The garden season is slowly coming to a close. All of the Asian Pears are harvested. The apples (evident by a recent taste test) are almost ready. We only got Gala this year thanks to a local dear. We planted a chop suey variety of baby greens recently too. They’ve been yummy with a little...
Author: Melissa
I won!
If you’ve never seen the Give Away Today blog, you must hop over to it now. I enter almost everyday. Today, I was pleasantly surprised estatic to see my name on the winner list! I won a $25 gift certificate to Shade Clothing Products.
Foto Friday, Big Announcement, Input Needed, Etc.
Last weekend, in an attempt to make the most out of summer before school started, we… …fed a giraffe… …played ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’ with a chimp… (The kids were sticking out their tongues and the chimp was imitating. So fun!) …witnessed an awesome rainbow… …took in some college soccer (in the rain)… …and caught...
Brilliance
I’m in love with creative and imaginative decorating/storage ideas. I mean I have two curtain rods in my kitchen displaying oodles of artwork. Now I just have to find a wall for this brillant idea that I found at the Goody Blog. It uses rain gutters for book shelves. I bet you could even use...
It's the most wonderful time of the year…
Oops. Did I say type that out loud? Anyone remember that Staples commercial from a couple years ago? The women singing that song while gleefully flinging school supplies into her basket? Moving on. We are officially back into the school swing of things. PJ had a half day yesterday and his first full day today. Mia...
Hindsight
“Hindsight is 20/20” they say. Who is they, anyway? I received a packet in the mail last week that caused me to pause long enough to look at Ty’s adoption story in hindsight. And in 20/20 vision, I saw God’s handwriting all over it. Remember how I already mentioned other ways that he’s a miracle...
Foto Friday
On the road again (last weekend). This time in the beautiful white mountains of New Hampshire. 24 hours of driving, 1000 stairs, lots of dizziness and 294 pictures later… I my children didn’t have nearly enough patience for me to finish editing the hundreds of pictures from our adventure, but you check out...
Foto Friday
We’re trying to make the most of what’s left of summer. Earlier this week, we met some friends at a tire park.* *tire park=park with a lot of recycled tires We’ve been chasing flies around the house with a fly swatter trying to swat them enough to stun them but not kill them. Not because...