A couple of home craft projects I have completed recently: This cabinet is located above our toilet, and since the doors would never stay ...

A couple of home craft projects I have completed recently: This cabinet is located above our toilet, and since the doors would never stay ...
We are now in the midst of Advent season, and I am slowly beginning to feel like I have a hold on things. After a whirlwind Thanksgiving wee...
Yesterday afternoon I was preoccupied with giving kids baths, washing dishes, doing laundry... all the usual Monday activities. When the UPS...
Margaret: (playing with plastic animals) Seals like acorns, too. Me: Maybe. But I think most seals like to eat fish. Margaret: Fish are s...
Margaret is currently sleeping in and recovering from a weekend full of birthday festivities. The big family celebration was on Saturday and...
These quotes were included in the sermon on Sunday, from the "Why Work?" essay by Dorothy Sayers in her book Creed or Chaos. ...
Ever since I can remember my family has made an annual blessing box. At some point during the time that we lived in Columbia, while my dad w...
Home remodeling project: knocking down the kitchen wall. Part 1. I had a hard time finding before pictures of this rather repressive wall...
I know this wobbly, barely-in-control, teetering walk phase will pass all too quickly. Hopefully this means that I will soon not have to...
This week's project: reupholstering the parrot chair (finally). I found a lot of things in our backyard shed as I cleaned it out this ...
Margaret fell in love with the pumpkins displayed prominently all over Wal-mart during our last grocery shopping expedition. I wasn't ex...
Margaret and William are my entertainment. You don't need television when you have these two around. Which is good, because we don't...
Little Pard turned one recently and we hosted a birthday party for him last weekend. Complete with both sides of relatives (everyone except ...
My recent hiatus from the blogging world hasn't been due to lack of postable material. Unfortunately our internet was completely uncoope...