Look at that smile. She has been the happiest girl in the world, because her current two biggest desires and prayer requests came true all in one weekend: 1. That we would get a lot of snow before we leave for our sabbatical in Texas. (“I love snow, Mom. I don’t want to be in… Read More You Can Blame Your October Snowstorm & Power Outages on Kayla!
It snowed here last night! After a summer of cold and rain, it was not exactly a pleasant sight either. As I drove home from a Bible study at Amherst College in the evening, it felt and looked like a blizzard. The lights were shining brightly down on the school’s playing fields which only highlighted… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Chicken Tenders & Creamy Cider Sauce
It is just so beautiful here now! The leaves are at peak colors, it’s breezy today, the sky is blue, and it’s a perfect 65 degrees. (Perfect for SOME people, that is. My perfect is more like 85 degrees, but Robert simply loves to pull on his fleece jackets.) We went for a 6… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Pumpkin Love Smoothie
Here’s another recipe re-post! It’s cold and rainy here today ~ can’t seem to get warm in my own house, even with lots of layers! Thankful that our field trip to the Apple Barn for apple-picking, a hay ride, and pumpkin-picking was canceled this morning, but getting a little weary of the rain up in… Read More Cold, Rainy, Fall Day = Pumpkin Tartlets
The beautiful colors that have arrived this week have made me want to start cooking all-things-pumpkin-and-squash. This is a recipe re-run from 2007 ~ but with pictures this time. This re-run is partly because Robert and I are running the Hartford Half-Marathon in the morning, and I’ve got a million things to do before I… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Pumpkin Souffle
Ugh. This hair. It looks terrible! And the gray…goodness, it’s even more visible since I got that trim last week. Natural highlights? Ha! And why can’t I be like all those other women who can leave the house with their hair wet, and only look more gorgeous as it dries naturally? This is what I… Read More Old and Ugly or Wonderful and Good?
Seems like we are getting this question a lot lately. Yes, we are the crazy people still homeschooling our high school aged kids. Even us ~ the two parents who absolutely loved our high schools, excelled there, enjoyed probably too many extra-curricular activities and clubs, stayed out of trouble for the most part, went to… Read More You’re Still Homeschooling Your High-School-er?
The temperatures are hovering in the 60’s (almost freezing overnight), the apples in the orchards are a ripened red, and the traffic has dramatically increased in this multi-college town. All the signs of back-to-school-time are present, and we even got an early start this year. This blog post is about two months late, but our… Read More Homeschool Prep: Antiques and Nostalgia
Sunday nights are greatly anticipated around here because of our traditional dinner of pancakes, eggs, and sausage, but last Sunday I just didn’t want to go to the trouble of individual grilling and taking orders for chocolate chip, blueberry, strawberry, banana, or some combination of the three. I had a vague recollection of hearing about… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Lazy Puffy Pancakes
What a gift this past weekend was! It’s so consistent with the character of Christ that when you are called upon by Him to teach or serve or lead, the joy is not so much found in what you were able to give by His grace, but in what you received because of that grace.… Read More Sisterhood and Sanctification in Slick