Second Son has my old camera. It works perfectly but the lens is smudged. Because it would cost something like $80 to have the lens professi...

Trying out my new camera Kansas Dad says this picture says just about all you need to know about our lives. Yet this one manages...

For a while now I've been posting on Mondays (What I Loved About Last Week), Wednesdays (My Favorite Picture Books) and Fridays (whateve...

1. Children's adoration started at our parish this week. I don't think we'll make it every week, but it was wonderful and I am v...

Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food by Lisa TerKeurst I started reading this book last summer with a couple ...

1. This week I pulled out an old exercise tape. This is one I originally used back in 2001 and have used off and on in all the years since. ...

1. The Cosby Show is one of the best shows. Kansas Dad and I have been enjoying it much more than we remember when we were children. Not onl...

Time for some small successes! 1. I have exercised every day in the past two weeks. 2. Last night, there was a spider the size of a base...

So I started exercising again. This, I'm sure, is a good thing. I'm up to about 40-50 minutes a day. The thing is, that's 40-50 ...

1. We made our first batches of strawberry jam! So far we have four pints of strawberry jam and seven pints of strawberry lemon marmalade. T...

We had some wonderful successes this week! 1. Kansas Dad fixed the dryer. It's been squeaking horribly for at least two months. He to...

Each week, Faith & Family hosts Small Successes, where we celebrate the small things we accomplish each day. 1. I took the kids on two f...

I skipped Small Successes last week. I figured you were all tired of reading about how I'm still exercising (I still am!). (Like how I s...

It's hard to believe it's Thursday already, and time for more Small Successes. 1. My mom and I made these lovely jars of applesauce ...

It's been a slow week on the blog, mostly because I was sick earlier in the week and now I'm busy preparing for a visit from my pare...

How unreasonable is it to feel anger when the remote controller won't work to stop rewinding the exercise tape after I've exercised?

It's time for Small Successes again. 1. I have exercised every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since we started homeschooling. That's e...

Should I worry about First Son watching my exercise tape? In general, I think it's a good thing when he watches me exercise. He sees tha...