Today was Day Two of a cold-turkey sugar detox…again.  I felt completely fine in the morning, buzzing around the house, and then hit a wall after lunch.  I had to take a nap! Decluttering Challenge, Round Two Complete! I spent almost an hour in the schoolroom going through papers and books and trying to get […]

Due to a misunderstanding on my part, we learned today that we are actually still responsible for standardized testing.  I have strong feelings about standardized testing, especially for kids with learning disabilities like mine, but we’re just going to grit our teeth and do the best we can. New Books! When I saw that Better […]

My aunt sent me this adorable card last year and I knew I wanted to frame it for our schoolroom.  Makes me smile every time I pass by. Garden Progress I spent the morning soaking up that Vitamin D!  I watered and weeded the garden and hilled the potatoes again.  (I’m almost to ground level, […]

Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but we used a lot of our tax return this year to invest in something we’ve always wanted to do: bulk meat directly from the farm!  (The upfront price is quite steep, so this was the only way we could financially afford it.)  Anyway, Mark picked up our […]

School’s out for summer!  The kids worked hard to finish up the last of their schoolwork and we are all ready for a nice, long break.  They’ll still read books and do crafts/science experiments/music on their own all summer long, so the learning really doesn’t stop, just Mum’s involvement in it, ha! A Different Kind […]

I woke up feeling much better and headache free, praise God!  Mark went into town in the morning and due to the pipeline situation, many of the stations were already completely out of gas.  He said that the few that were still open had incredibly long lines.  I’m so grateful that we filled up last […]

Day 12 was a big day here at the Big White Farmhouse: our very first Processing Day!  (I only took photos during the setup, so they only tell a small part of the story.)  Mark and I slept fitfully the night before, excited and nervous and hopeful that we hadn’t forgotten to purchase anything important!  […]

Thank you, women who are mothers! You have sheltered human beings within yourselves in a unique experience of joy and travail. This experience makes you become God’s own smile upon the newborn child, the one who guides your child’s first steps, who helps it to grow, and who is the anchor as the child makes […]

Day ten!  We spent the day planting in the garden and prepping all the things for broiler processing on Monday.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute to take everything out of the box and make sure it works, ha!  I’m sure I’ll have more thoughts later on, but right now, I’m feeling so much […]

My grandmother used to keep a daily journal and I always got a kick out of the way she noted her more boring days; she called them her “Nothing Days.”  On Friday, I had my own Nothing Day: the weather was cool and gloomy and I was tired!  We all bummed around the house and […]

We live about 25 minutes away from the closest hospital and it recently dawned on me that I probably should keep some basic first aid supplies at home, just in case.  I found this helpful printable on Simple Family Preparedness and have been adding a few things to my shopping cart each week.  I still […]

This dog loves to bathe in the sun!  She’s perfectly content to relax on the stoop and supervise us while we work with the chickens. #28things7days Week One Complete! Today I tackled our kitchen junk drawer, one of those places where we throw random things we don’t know what to do with…and there they stay […]

Day 6 was such a sunny, beautiful day before a severe thunderstorm hit by late afternoon! Out in the Garden I was out in the garden first thing to make sure I got my squash seeds in before the rain.  Everything is coming along, but I’m especially happy to see all of the flowers on […]

Day five.  It was gloomy, rainy day, so we postponed all of our outdoor tasks (except for keeping chickens fed and happy, of course!) for later in the week.  I’m actually grateful for the rain: I often tell the kids that God is taking a turn watering my garden, ha.  One less chore on my […]