Choose Your Own Adventure

          I look at our cat Tiger, and I'm awe...and a little jealous.  She's not even a year old, but she gave birth to eight amazi...

           Who would bring their kids to a movie entitled "Mom's Night Out"? Isn't the whole premise about a mom getting a...

            I was a little taken back when my daughter finally spewed out what had been stuck in her craw. "You want me to be perfect!...

           My stomach began churning as I quickly rummaged back and forth between my handfuls of bags, my purse, and my coat pockets. Then I...

           Some of you reading the title of this post might be thinking, "Yeah, right!?". However,  I had this epiphany earlier th...

         We have a new animal on our farm. The sea monkeys have finally made their appearance albeit a couple of weeks later than we had ant...

           Half-Pint bought an incubator about a month ago; and though our first batch of old eggs failed (and oozed and gave us grief-read ...

             We have one chicken who is a master escape artist. Her name is Sunny, and she goes rogue almost every afternoon. She brilliantl...

           School began in our house this past Monday; and if you couldn't tell by the title of this post, our new coursework includes.....

             I've been in the baby stage of mothering since 2002, but I still keep learning more about myself and children. Here's a...

          We've gone through negotiations for a house many times now, and just when it seems like it's only a matter of days, someth...

          A good friend of mine took some of our girls over to her house for the evening, and asked what time I wanted them to come home. I ...

         Life is full of black and white; but between the black and white, there is the gray area...that's the tricky part, the part I f...

          Yesterday my five year old lost her very first pet, Duke, our lone Rhode Island Red rooster. He was beautiful and was almost full...

            Our three year has shown interest in potty training off and for the past six months, but it wasn't until a few weeks ago tha...

Dear Hubby,        You are an amazing man! I think you tend to focus on the negative things about yourself (like I do about myself); so thi...

           Our youngest is four month old and unintentionally pulls hair when he is excited to play with you. I quickly defend him to his si...

           We got a pair of mallard ducks at the same time that we got chickens,  and I honestly think my two oldest loved them more than an...

           One of the things that I think about in the middle of the night is the legacy that I will leave behind. There's a book that m...

         Today is the third Thursday blog hop for Hearts at Home. The topic is "No More Perfect Meals." I don't know that I e...