“Knitting is cheaper than therapy– and you get mittens.” – Anonymous (Work in progress: A simple dishcloth of my own design in Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Psychadelic. The pattern…
Rhythm
I know it’s months (years?) away, but there will be a moment when all the things that right now feel so huge and different and…
Christmas in the air {middle years edition}
So you’re thinking about Christmas now. And you’re wondering … what on earth am I getting for my 12 year-old? Another Minecraft t-shirt?
Christmas in the air {toddler edition}
It’s October, you say. Christmas is forever away. Uh, yeah. About that. It’s not.
The Pausing Place
In reality, the breaking down of the conventions of “safe parenting,” happened the moment we said yes to a crazy idea like moving to a…
Laundry
Right now, school doesn’t get started until 10 a.m. at my house. Our regular start-time was 9 a.m. in the States. By that hour, I…
And then it happened
It was a simple moment, but one that I have longed to live in for five years now. Nothing special. Nothing remarkable at all. Just…
{Work in Progress Wednesday}
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return,…
We are here
We’re a week and a half(ish) in to the new norm of pumping water, watching a load-shedding schedule, listening to dogs bark all night long.…
By request: A painless meal planning system in 3 easy steps {3}
We’ll call this Advanced Meal Planning 201. At this point, you’ve already got your master list, and you’ve completed at least one menu. Your feet are wet,…