I wound up being the coach for C2’s Pre-K/K soccer team this season.  I have never coached a sport nor do I have much experience with pre-K kids beyond being a babysitter when I was younger and a parent of one now.  But, I’ve learned a lot over the span of the season, and I’ve wound … Continue reading →

I like reading the five on Friday posts I’ve seen on other friends’ blogs where they just tell you about five random things on Fridays, so here goes! Are you on Periscope, yet?  I was hesitant because I don’t usually like watching internet videos.  I tend to be pretty impatient and videos seem long sometimes … Continue reading →

So I’m not busting out the Christmas music just yet, I do wait for thanksgiving before doing that, but I am starting to plan the activities on our advent calendar this year. Each day from December 1st until Christmas Day the boys get to pick an activity out of our advent calendar. Sometimes it is … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on my Newsom cardigan since March since it hibernated on sleeve island for a while.  But, now the sleeves are all done and I’ve attached all of the pieces.  I missed an increase after attaching things, so I had a little frogging episode recently, but now I’m almost back to “positive knitting”. … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon, I carved out a bit of time to photograph my remaining unphotographed stash. Once I figured out where I got the best light, it didn’t take long to get them all taken. I discovered that I had taken 150 pictures! To make it easier, I made a folder on my computer desktop called … Continue reading →

C1 decided he wanted to be a mad scientist this year. He tried to convince C2 to be the monster he created, but C2 received a Spider Man costume for his birthday so he wasn’t having it. I decided I would be the monster he created instead. So, I present to you Spider-Man, the mad … Continue reading →

It’s the time of year when I re-discover that I have a blog and decide i should post to it.  It happens every year, I start out with good intentions and it lasts a little while, then life gets busy, but I do miss having the record of what is happening here & I feel … Continue reading →

About this time of year each year I get obsessed with sewing, specifically garment sewing.  Please note, my sewing machine hasn’t been out in months, but man have I been daydreaming. I have a bunch of fabric I bought a year or two ago for some garments for myself.  I think I need to get … Continue reading →

I had read about Project Life a while back, but I was afraid it would be hard to keep up with. You see, I still have a scrapbook, complete with sorted photos & page layouts selected from the six-year-old’s first year. It is in a box, with only a couple of pages done. However, the … Continue reading →