Color or B&W?
Our homeschool group’s year-end carnival was a fun event, complete with snow cones, funnel cakes, fried curly potatoes, hot dogs, popcorn, and cotton candy – YUM! Unfortunately, our old-style carnival required a lot of electricity, beyond the capabilities...
Camera Phone Friday
I’m going to catch heck if my kids see this week’s collage: my youngest, who will be six in less than two weeks (HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT HAPPEN?), is in five of twenty pictures. She’s my little buddy and hangs out with me (and being next to my...
The Power of an Encouraging Word
Our driveway is one mile from the front of our subdivision, a hilly two mile walk there and back. I’m trying to get in shape and lose some weight, but my natural instinct is to resist moving outside of comfortable. This June in Georgia is no place to find...
Confessions of a Reluctant Pool Mom
Our neighborhood pool opened a week and a half ago. Hardly an hour goes by that one of the kids doesn’t ask me a) if I’ll take them to the pool or b) when is the next time we’re going. The truth is, I can’t swim and I’m just not much of a...



