August 2012
a little of this & a little of that {today you get random}
The type-A part of me has a really hard time posting random snippets here and there but at the moment I just have too many darn things floating around in my head to keep it all neat and tidy. It seems like lately life has been moving far too fast for me to keep up, at least on here, so today, you get random. Bear with me. Road Trip My first bit of news is that I just got back from another little road trip with the girls. We first stopped in Athens, Georgia to visit my friend Mir. If you read her blog you know she is going through ... read more
How to Make Homemade Pickles {Tutorial}
When I was pregnant with Trouble, my best friend Alysha gave me a basket of homemade goodies for Christmas, including a jar of pickles she had canned herself. It was all good, but those pickles were the best thing I had ever tasted and I ate the entire jar in one sitting. I couldn’t stop. And then I asked for another jar. And another. And thus began a lifelong (well, okay, 3 year) obsession with homemade pickles. Since then I have begged, pleaded, & even cried to her and all my other pickle-making friends for more pickles. I have to avoid farmer’s markets because if I see them for sale, ... read more
Tender Spirits {Why We Homeschool}
It is often in our failures that we learn the biggest lessons; the same holds true for parenting. Several weeks ago, on the final leg of our summer road trip, I had an epic mom fail. We still had 4 hours to go and I was tired and crabby and ready to be out of the car. I don’t even remember now what it was that set me off, whether it was the girls bickering or complaining that I wasn’t changing the DVD fast enough or spilling food or asking for the billionth time when we were going to get there, but I lost it. I got angry and I ... read more
