As we set up our Christmas tree yesterday, I was talking to the kids a bit about Advent and the season of waiting it is.  And I was thinking of ways to really help it not be about presents.  Not that I think it's bad to love the presents... who doesn't...

Yippee!  For quite some time now I've really wanted to change the look of my blog.  I've wanted to add something a bit snazzy but really wasn't sure how.  But tonight I finally figured it out with help from several different sites!  I had to outfit it...

<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few simple pleasures in the past week or so: <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">*telling Mattie that, yes, she...

That I hate having to cook around food allergies???   To cook a food that doesn't bother anyone I have to avoid dairy, soy, eggs, wheat, corn, and sugary and tomato based sauces.  If I'm counting all of the things that bother Jacob somewhat that...

I don't know why this has been so difficult for me.  For a long time I've felt like I needed to have some sort of written "proof" that we studied something.  For lots of inane reasons, probably, but also so we could go back and reference it for...