All morning, I haven’t heard anything except – “I’m cold” “I’m freezing” “It’s cold” “It’s freezing” and every concievable variation of those complaints! So good, kind, loving, dutiful mother that I am. I turn the heat on. “I smell something!!” “What’s that smell?” Good, kind, loving, dutiful mother says: “You’ve been complaining ALL morning, “I’m…

The featured post from last week’s Making a Home – Homemaking Linky is: Honeysuckle Jelly from Taylor-Made Ranch. I remember well standing around the Honeysuckle bush with my siblings and cousins sucking the honey out of the blossoms. I’ve shown my kids how to do it, too. Have to keep those family traditions alive. lol…

We are in the bathroom at the library…..Melissa, Zachary, and I…….Mel is doing me a favor and washing Z’s face before going into the reading program…..because he didn’t wash and home like he was told to do….and I didn’t check…..ugh…..I notice Z’s shirt is dirty…..“Zachary…WHY did you put on a dirty shirt?”Z – “It was…

Volleyball seems to be the dominating activity in our home lately. Thankfully, our homeschool team plays in a Christian association so we have no worries about having to miss church services due to volleyball. She has had to miss some extra church activities, such as band practice and CR, though. Abby played in two volleyball…

Abigails strawberry pinata, that the whole family helped make. 

How The World Eat, Time Magazine The June 11, 2007 issue has an intersting article about what people in other countries pay per week for food for a family of four. Japan, $317.25–meat and fruit and vegetables are the higest $98.90 & $83.43–traditional Japanese Diet; Germany, $500.07–traditional fresh foods, beverages $70.17, Miscellanous $91.01; Chad, $1.23…