The Power of Ten – Works for Me Wednesday

I admit it, I stole the “Works for Me Wednesday” idea. I thought it was cool and way more do-able for me than “Wordless Wednesday” where you just post a photo with a short sentence. You know I can’t write just a short sentence, and you don’t even want to…

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Little Guy’s First Haircut

I gave in. I didn’t want to, but I had to admit it was time. The girls had been saying “Mom, he needs one, he looks like a girl!” for weeks but I didn’t care. His hair was so soft and fine, with ends that curled up around his ears…

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The Joys of Home Ownership

Teacher and I lived in rentals for the first 12 years of our marriage and couldn’t wait to get our own home. We would get so frustrated whenever we had to call our landlord with a problem because we had to wait for the landlord to send the company maintenance…

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Sunday Afternoon

Our house was was relatively quiet; all I could hear the fish tank’s gentle gurgling and the TV murmuring in the other room. I grabbed the camera to capture this moment for all posterity – it’s not often that our house is so quiet! Little Guy was fast asleep on…

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Basketball Photos

Warning – the photos you’re about to see aren’t my best but I’m posting them anyway. If you don’t like ’em don’t look. I’m not a photographer and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Back in high school I took Photography and really enjoyed it; I even remember some of…

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Pizza Casserole – Quick and Easy!

If you know me you’ll know that I don’t like to cook. The problem is that I’m running a child care and the kiddos like to be fed – three times a day! Over the years I’ve found some recipes that are quick and easy enough that they don’t take…

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Today’s Task

Keeping up with housework is hard when you have children, especially when your children are young. Little Guy and Z-Man sometimes go into Tornado Mode – whirling through the house at breakneck speed, leaving a trail of destruction behind them. When you add in the extra work, mess and lack…

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ABC Quiz

What do Asparagus, Brussels sprouts and Clam chowder have in common? Humming the theme from Jeopardy… They’re all foods that my family has had for dinner the past three nights. Not only that, they’re all foods that most of my children like – no kidding! Angel Face isn’t fond of…

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Sledding with the Boys

I can’t remember the last time there was enough snow to go sledding over Christmas Break, so this year we took advantage of it. Teacher, Uncle Jay, and I braved the Wisconsin cold to take Jo-Bear, Z-Man, and Little Guy sledding. We would have taken the older kids too, but…

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Mail Call!

One of the best things about being a sewing WAHM (Work at Home Mom) is getting packages in the mail. I’m as hyper as a kid waiting for Santa when I know there’s a package on the way. I watch for the mailman Sorry – mail carrier all morning, popping…

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