So, things have been a little crazy around here. You could say we've all gone "kuku"! ("Kuku" is the Swahili word for chicken, by the way!) We welcomed six little baby chicks around Easter. And, no it wasn't a whim of the Easter Bunny. I've been asking my husband for chickens for years. I was hoping to document the building of our coop with a series of posts, but after the first few days, I ...
Home and Garden
Why I mopped this morning….
You know it's time to clean your kitchen when you find yourself trying to figure out what you'll do if someone drops by. This morning, I actually thought that if someone stopped by, we could pretend we weren't here, but then I realized that they would hear us. We're loud. So, I thought, I can tell them that we "MIGHT" have the flu. I mean, I've got four kids. At any ...
It must be time…
to take down the Christmas decorations. You see, I've been a bit behind. What with the flu, RSV, bronchitis, the stomach virus, ear infections and so on and so forth, I've just been pretending they weren't there for the most part. I mean, I had enough to clean up (stomach virus, remember?). So, this week, I've been working on pulling things down and putting them away. As I was ...
MS Women Bloggers Christmas Tour of Homes
The MS Women Bloggers' site is hosting a "Christmas Tour of Homes" today so I thought I'd invite you in and share with you how we celebrate in our home...or at least how we decorate! So, grab a cup of coffee (if you were here, I'd brew you a good one!) and let me show you around. To be honest, this year I was tempted to do as little as possible for Christmas decorations. In fact, I had ...