Personal Growth
The goats forage outside my work room window. Leah, the very pregnant farm cat, wanders noiselessly through their pen. In the background I hear Elise's quiet voice as she reads to the boys. How do I store up these quiet moments so that I can remain peaceful in
Personal Growth
Someone recently asked me about my blog name, and I thought it would be best to answer her with a post. The name originated with the idea in Psalm 30:5- For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night,
Healthy Living
We've added the first non-feline animals to our little homestead. These two little half sisters are Nigerian Dwarf goats. We've had them for over two weeks now, but they just now are officially named. Naming in our house usually goes like this. For days or weeks
Emma's Story
July 14. This date usually looms in my head for at least a week if not more before it hits. But not this year. For some reason, perhaps the hectic activity surrounding our move and the arrival of our goats, the date snuck up on us. My good friend Laura
Family Updates
And so, we moved. Well, sort of. We aren't finished yet. Moving a family of our size plus a home business, requires more than one day of work apparently. We still have to go back to get a few things that wouldn't fit the first time
Family Updates
My favorite quotes from today: Seth - "Me superman. Nobody can spank me." Will - "Mom, there was somebody at gymnastics today that looked like a bad guy. He had on boots, bad guy clothes and bad guy hair." Will - "Seth, you be the
Family Updates
Last night after putting the boys to bed and reading to Elise and tucking her in, I decided to make some granola for the morning. I mixed it up, put it in the oven on low, set my timer and headed to the sewing room to get an order done
Healthy Living
I know I haven't posted anything about our June food challenge lately. We are still "technically" doing the challenge. I say "technically" because we've made plenty of exceptions over the month. But I just had to come to the realization that this
Healthy Living
I have finally found a process for making yogurt that takes very little time and turns out great tasting yogurt. I bought an actual yogurt culture, rather than using store-bought yogurt, so that I'd have a little more control on the results. The website I ended up using
Personal Growth
This blog post is not about food or about family, but it is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. I love writing blogs. I like to read blogs as well, though I'll be honest that there are only a very few I read consistently
Handmade Hobbies
Sewing moods come and go for me. I've had some fabric on hand for summer clothes for the kids for awhile now, and realized I better get started on it before it is fall. It's hard to fit in personal sewing with all the Baby Vardo
Family Updates
This week I am practicing the art of economy in cooking. In other words, I'm trying to figure out how to use what I have in my freezer and refrigerator before I go buy more food. This is mainly because I've already spent all my allotted