The Best News!
The following is not the best news…..that comes at the end, lol. Grant has the chicken pox…I think.  Fever for 2 days, spots starting in the diaper area, spreading all over….  He was pretty miserable before the spots broke out…

Green and Growing
I planted my garden a few days ago and little green shoots are coming up. The garden is more shaded than it appeared to be in winter before the tree leaves appeared. So it is a great experiment if anything…

Mulberries
The kiddoes are picking mulberries off our tree in the back garden. They got about a quart with more to ripen soon. I’m trying to post a photo from my phone. Crossing my fingers that the wordpress app will work…

Garden Update :)
Here’s a reminder of what my old garden spot looked like: Two weeks ago we had a garage sale and while I sat in the garage helping customers, Darren cleared my garden spot!  What a relief.  I didn’t know how I was going to find…

Low Carb Burger
My In-laws came down several weeks ago to help us work on the back garden of the house we are trying to sell.  Dad offered to go and get low-carb burgers for everyone from Hardees because I had no food or…

Darren’s New Toy
Don’t forget to enter our giveaway here. The winner will be chosen Friday, May 4th. How many times can I say no before giving into His handsome face? I started to think about all the things I plan to ask for this…

Why I Went to the Hospital
Don’t forget to enter our giveaway here. The winner will be chosen Friday, May 4th. I’ve been sewing for 20 years…or maybe a little longer.  So I was as shocked as anyone when I made a huge safety mistake with my…

Grant’s First Birthday
Don’t forget to enter our giveaway here. The winner will be chosen Friday, May 4th. It doesn’t seem possible that my baby is 1.  The past year has been a blur for me, but I wouldn’t do it differently if I had…

Cinnamon Soft Pretzels
The Grocery Shrink Plus menus take most of my free time to write these days, but it’s so much fun! The ladies over at our facebook group are amazing and often take pictures of what they cook and share with the rest of…