Hand Washing our Dishes ~ Intentional Simplicity

Hand Washing our Dishes ~ Intentional Simplicity

This winter, while taking a mini writing break, I wrote a three sentence post about hand washing our dishes. A few people have asked me to write more about that and I agree that this subject deserves more attention than three sentences. Our family made a conscious decision this year ...

Life Is Good

Life Is Good

The kids and I spent a couple hours at the ocean yesterday afternoon. The ocean. Friday afternoon. Blue sky. Life Is Good.

Friday's Flowers ~ For my Giraffe

Friday's Flowers ~ For my Giraffe

Check out Simple Homeschool for my post published today Lessons Learned while Camping. Last weekend was Brienne's first ever dance recital. Celine took dance for a couple years when she was Brienne's age also. I even danced for a bit and had my own recital experience. Yikes is all I ...

Prizes, Swaps and Gifts from the Heart

Prizes, Swaps and Gifts from the Heart

One of the things I have so enjoyed about blogging is how it has expanded my circle of friends and contacts, in ways unexpected and delightful. Meeting people around the world, reading about their everyday lives, so different yet sharing similarities to my own, makes me happy. Sometimes you get ...

Audio Books ~ A Mother's Sanity Saver

Audio Books ~ A Mother's Sanity Saver

What started as a tool to transition out of nap times has become a family tradition - listening to books together.

Backpacking at Horns Pond and a Creative Recharge

Backpacking at Horns Pond and a Creative Recharge

Today is my hiking day-off. I realized late last summer that if our family was going be hiking almost every weekend I needed a day off once every few months. Physically, emotionally and mentally. I need this time to recharge my creative batteries. photo credit: Laurent Tougas Time to putter ...

Strawberry Haiku

Strawberry Haiku

We picked our first strawberries from our backyard plants this week. This is insanely early for strawberries, in my opinion, but who's complaining. We're waiting on the organic u-pick farm berries to ripen before we go strawberry pickin' in earnest. For now we'll snack on berries from the backyard. Brienne ...