What a day we’ve had today! For starters, David took and passed his driver’s exam first thing this morning. Then, I happened upon a much-needed windfall from a neighbor who provided us with something that we really needed. It was such a blessing! Third, we found out that Lora and Chad will be having a [...]
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While I’m not in the UK, people in any region of the world can enjoy delivered flowers. Who wouldn’t love fresh flowers by post uk? This is the time of year when I can usually stand a dose of color in the house. It’s cold, gloomy and snowy day after day outside. Inside, life can [...]
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Have I mentioned that our family is growing again? Lora and her hubby are happily expecting number three for their family at the end of June. Not the ideal season for baby hats, but little people can use a hat in any month of the year. They already have a girl (five in March) and [...]
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It’s a bittersweet thing to write about this. David has loved drums since he was a little boy — always drumming on something or another. This naturally led to him learning how to play drums and becoming quite talented at percussion. He’s had a full drum set sitting in our front room for as many [...]
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For the first winter in a long time, we here in our household are actively praying for tons of snow! Why? For playing? Well…we do have lots of little people who enjoy a good snowman and ride down the sledding hill…but we have another reason, too. Hubby is going back into the snow plowing business. [...]
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As I’m sitting here at my desk, I have a steaming hot bowl of homemade cream of tomato soup in front of me that my darling daughter just delivered. There is nothing quite so satisfying and soothing as a hot bowl of soup when the weather’s cold. Here in Wisconsin, we’ve settled into real winter [...]
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We’ve been talking about going up to the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells for years and this year we finally decided to JUST.DO.IT. Last Sunday, we packed up the kids and a ton of food and headed out to enjoy one night and two days of playing and splashing in the warmth of the indoor [...]
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As I was getting out the winter gear a few weeks ago, it was nice to see all of the kids’ nice down jackets. I splurged last year and bought four of them new coats, which…miraculously…still fit them this year! Yay! I did have to buy a coat for Rachel and I may need to [...]
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Brrrrrrrr — it sure feels like December, even if we don’t have snow yet. We are starting our first round of sniffles in the house, too…so winter is at our doorstep. I’m buried up to my eyeballs in school and work — no time to worry about anything, let alone flexible metal hoses. I’m feeling [...]
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We just recently finished our annual fall cleaning. Yep…you heard me right. Along with annual spring cleaning, we also do annual fall cleaning. After a summer of activity with the entire family traipsing in and out of the house constantly, you might be amazed how dirty a house can get. So…we do most of the [...]
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