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Welcome, Baby!
In March I was able to attend my very first quilting retreat. It was so much fun spending uninterrupted time at the sewing machine! I completed two quilt tops, both baby quilts for friends who are...
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Marking Time
Today is the first day of summer. It is also the 171st day of the year, which means it has been 172 days since we arrived in the PICU with our son. There have been 170 days since his last blood...
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Crossroads
The season is certainly changing right now. We've had a few days where the high temperature didn't make it out of the forties, I've found all of my sweaters and all of my fuzzy socks and have been...
View Article52 Books in 52 Weeks
I am once again participating in the Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks challenge. The goal is pretty obvious - read one book each week for a year and then write a blog post about the book. Since I read over...
View ArticleFree Homeschooling Resources for Middle and High School
I remember "way back when" we first entered the middle school years as a homeschooling family. Suddenly the websites that I had routinely visited to create a special activity or worksheet seemed too...
View ArticleWeek 1: 52 Books in 52 Weeks Challenge
Every year Robin McCormack hosts a reading challenge. The goal is to read at least one book per week throughout the year and she is gracious enough to host a blog for participants. If you take a look...
View ArticleReading Challenge Week 2: I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle is a lovely book to escape into, written by none other than Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmatians.The story consists of the musings of Cassandra Mortmain, a young woman who has as...
View ArticleReading Challenge Week 3 - Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust's...
"So, you were in Poland during the war?" asked author R.D. Rosen, making conversation with a likable woman in her seventies during a Passover seder. With her affirmative answer, he then asked a...
View ArticleWeek 4: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in...
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.Edmund BurkeIn the Garden of the Beasts is a factual retelling of the lead up to World War II, when Hitler had a free hand...
View ArticleReading Challenge Book 5: North of Here by Laurel Saville
This story is about a search for "self." Miranda, the main character, must try to discover who she is after tragedy visits her life in spades. While some parts of the story are compelling, others make...
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Book Review - The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish
I thoroughly enjoyed The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish. It is, however, not at all what I thought it would be like. I expected a book about women who were known for their...
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