I am a huge fan of Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman. The more I read from her, the more I cook from her stuff, the more I watch her, the more likable she is to me. Love her.  But I marvel at how she is able to do the things she does. She must have lots of minions in the background helping her...Read More

Not this little guys'. His Mommy's.  But I'd rather look at picture of him! I'm 34 today and finding that hard to believe. But I'm also happier today than I've ever been before. And more delighted with where God has taken and continues to take my life than ever before. I am the most blessed of all women. One fabulous husband, three healthy...Read More

 This was my dining room table a few weeks ago. Chaos. Something that drives me crazy.  Since I set August 15th as the first day of our school, I had to make some of this chaos fall into order. That meant moving my sewing machine out of sight, putting the ironing board back up (which meant I actually had to iron...) and finding...Read More

 A few weeks ago, on a Wednesday, Kyle happened to notice that the circus was coming to town.  Ironically, we were also reading Pippi Longstocking to the kids and had just read the part where Pippi goes to a circus and causes all kinds of trouble. On Thursday, Brooklyn asked me, in her hilarious Brooklyn way, if there were circuses in this world....Read More

 Lemon-Lime Blackberry Italian Meringue Pie That is what you see before you. And I made every bit of it from scratch, 'cept of course the blackberries. Those came from God. Ok, truthfully, so did the lemons, limes, cream, etc. But I put all the components together all by my lonesome.  The "italian" part of the meringue was interesting. It involved whipping egg whites...Read More

 When I got the email saying my order had been shipped, I was ridiculously happy. When it said the boxes would arrive this past Saturday, I was giddy. Brooklyn and August and I were on high alert all day. Everytime anything remotely sounding like a delivery truck rumbled down our street, we all dashed to a window to see if it was FedEx....Read More

So these days I'm averaging one post a week. I hope to improve on that average. It's just that, as you'll see with subsequent posts, I've been busy getting our supplies ready for school. That is, Goshen Academy aka Ecole De Goshen, which will commence its flagship location on Monday. I also launched and have been posting on an internal blog for DD&F...Read More