You know how there are certain things around your house that you pass a thousand times and think, each time, "I really need to do something about that..." but you just never do?  That "thing" has been my porch light. Given the lovely stone entrance to my house, one of my favorite things about this house, this pathetic little ceiling mounted light fixture...Read More

I'm almost embarrassed to tell you this story, but without the story, there is no follow up. The Monday morning our chicks arrived, it was raining. Despite our best efforts, water was tracked into our house and onto the tile floor.  And then to get the chicks all set up, we were running back and forth upstairs and down.  On one of my...Read More

Many who know us have been secretly casting bets on when the next baby announcement would be made by me and Kyle.  I know some of you were looking at Dorien and thinking, "any day now....". That day is now! Hi, I'm Ashley and I'm expecting Baby #4. Praise the Lord!!! I'm currently 11 weeks and a few days and that puts me...Read More

I've been reading my friend Carol's blog and she's written several times lately about her father and the legacy he passed along to her family.  She lost her father to pancreatic cancer 10 years ago, and her memories, and her Dad's legacy are truly beautiful. Very thought provoking.  I remember her Dad well.  Her family grew up only a few streets away from mine,...Read More

This past weekend, there was a buzz of excitement at my house because the chicks were due to arrive March 18th!  Well, to be perfectly honest, most of the excitement was felt by me and the kids. Kyle is still wondering where in the world all this chicken mania came from and how his wife caught it. I know, it surprises me too....Read More

I go through spurts in my cooking. I have weeks of inspiration and weeks of utter drougnt. I've been in a drought lately. Nothing sounds good.  On a whim this evening, I checked out one of my favorite cooking blogs - Love and Olive Oil, and did a recipe search. It could be cause I'm hungry right now having spent 5 hours this...Read More

For the past 6 1/2 days, I've been at our Farm with the kids. Kyle went to Austin for South by Southwest, and since he was gonna be gone so long, I decided it would be a good opportunity to relax at the Farm. Take an early Spring Break. Another perk of homeschooling. You can take off whenever you want!  I managed to...Read More

I walked into the nursery today and found 3 wasps (of two different varieties) lolling about on the hardwood floors. They each had a bit of dust bunny attached to them, making me wonder how exactly they got into the room. They were in that sluggish, it's still too cold to be awake yet mentality which made them extremely easy to squash with...Read More

There are weeks when I am perfectly content to go for days...I should really go so far as to say there are months when I am perfectly content to go for WEEKS without seeing other souls. I say that as though I wander the lonely halls of my house in solitude when that's not quite the truth.  My halls are full of little...Read More