The Princesses received a Butterfly Garden for Christmas. It took us until March to send off for the caterpillars. They came in regular mail. Upside down. But, the caterpillars all survived. A few days later, they crawled into the top of the cup and formed chrysalids. We then had to take the paper […]
Organizing a family: Chore Charts
Organizing 5 kids [wpsr_pinterest] We have been asked two questions, numerous times by people who learn we have five children. “Don’t you have a t.v.?” How do you manage all those kids? Here are our answers. For the first few years of our marriage, we did NOT have a television. In fact, our first television […]
Square Foot Gardening
Well, we are trying Square Foot Gardening. Have you heard of it? It is different from regular gardening. I’m not even going to try to explain it. There are tons of websites that can give you good counsel. So, far this is what we have… Tomatoes are planted in every square foot. The boxes are […]
Mubarak, Aggies and Duct Tape on my brain.
These are my thoughts this morning…disregard if you have something better to do…like polishing your mailbox flag or have a seat and explore my mind. (Be careful…it is a dangerous place!) People in Egypt are fighting for their rights this a.m. (I get that!) but why is it that every clip I see on the […]
Every-time I think I know something – I realize there is so much more to learn.
Gardening for beginners: Everytime I think I know something, I don’t. Sunflower Field I’m planning a Spring garden…not as big as the ones we had growing up but hopefully, less weeds. Planning it makes me think of all kinds of scriptures… from: Jesus cursing the tree when it didn’t produce good fruit (Matthew 21:18-20) to […]
