If you follow me on Pinterest, you are familiar with my ‘Pins I’ve Tried‘ board. This is where I normally put all the crafts, projects, recipes and ideas I’ve tried – hence the board title. I always add a few notes about my experience for the next potential pinner. But today, I’m stepping out a little and doing a full-on Pinterest project review, which I hope to start including regularly in the blog. Today, I’m talking about an Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on September 10th, 2018What makes a house a home? This is a question I ponder quite a bit. Admittedly, I think about it most frequently when I’m feeling frustrated with our tiny, old house. But I want to share with you my thoughts on the subject, because I think the distinction is important. House vs. Home: Words to Consider As defined in the dictionary, a house is a “building for human habitation.” Continue Reading
Hey y’all. If you follow me on Facebook, you’ve been seeing my posts about what’s happening where I live in south central Kansas. If you don’t, here’s the deal … Monday afternoon, we were alerted to a large wildfire burning just a few miles to the east of our homestead. It was a big fire, fueled by that good old Kansas wind and the tinderbox of pasture ground that we live in because of an Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on April 3rd, 2018 HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Today is a day that our family really enjoys celebrating – from the wearing of the green to the eating of the corned beef, and especially the drinking of the Guinness! 😉 One of our favorite things to make our St. Paddy’s Day feast fun is making a ‘Shamrock Punch’. Since none of us is a huge fan of the exactly 2 Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on June 7th, 2018 I spent the last week outside, celebrating the gorgeous sunny weather. And … working on this beautiful farmhouse bench! I’m so excited to share how I turned a thrifted coffee table that was super outdated into a beautiful, functional farmhouse style bench for my mudroom. Several months ago I bought a coffee table from one of our local Facebook buy/sell/trade pages. I didn’t need a coffee Continue Reading
This post was most recently updated on March 16th, 2018A lot of people love spring. I do not happen to be one of them. Where I live, the wind rampages, dust blows, and my seasonal allergies spring into full bloom. It all leaves me feeling like a sneezy, itchy, watery-eyed, stuffy-nosed mess. Rather than stay miserable through the season, I mix up my favorite home remedy for seasonal allergies, sinus issues, colds, & congestion. I lovingly call Continue Reading
The best summer gardens begin in winter. Which is why seed companies and nurseries ship their colorful and alluring catalogs in January, of course. I used to think these festive fliers in my mailbox were just designed to mock me during the cold, dreary days of winter and make me covetous of warmer climates where there was still color, even in January. But as I turned through the pages, gazing at what could be – what might be Continue Reading
It’s time to enact some of my exciting plans to be more organized and orderly in this new year. There are actually so many areas where I want to be more organized … it was a mind-scrambling challenging task to figure out where to begin. I made a list of all the things I felt I could be doing better: Meal planning; home school record keeping; house cleaning; blogging; Mama Time. I thought about which of those areas I was ‘managing’ Continue Reading
