The morning view from our back porch :).   I had already been working at my desk for several hours this morning when Nathan got up to leave for work.  He came back in from starting his pick up to tell me that I REALLY needed to go outside to …

In honor of my sister-in-law, today on the one month anniversary of her heavenly home-going, I’d like to post a recipe that is our family’s MOST requested dessert!  In fact, it is SO POPULAR here that both of our sons have even made it on occasion when they were hungry …

This summer has been so busy I haven’t had much time to spend in the kitchen.   The one day I decided to spend a few hours cooking some freezer meatballs, this is what I came back to after letting them cool.   This was mid afternoon!   I won’t …

Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a firm believer in giving kids meaningful “work” to do :). Charlie is “working” in this photo.   Fourth-generation construction business owner coming right up 🙂

Charlie has had a busy morning helping me with the chores!   We had to feed and water Nathan’s chickens and let the neighbor’s chickens out.  Charlie’s “chore” is to latch and unlatch the little swinging door where the chickens go in and out of the coop. He counted all …

Early this morning our dog went crazy with barking and howling.  After the sun rose, we found out what all the commotion had been about as he pointed us toward a coon he had treed during the night! Mid morning the boys decided they needed to take care of the …

I love that the days are getting longer!   There was a beautiful view of the moon early this morning which reminded me of this song by Steven Curtis Chapman.   …”Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee…   Holy. Holy, holy…”

Back in October, Amanda and I saw some cute glass balls hanging in a store window downtown while taking Charlie trick or treating.  We stopped to look at them and I commented how pretty they were!  Amanda remembered that and bought three of the glass orbs for Christmas with a …

I have always used a Tickler Filing system for bill paying and other things which have dated deadlines.  I have 6 such red files which are numbered with the dates as follows:  1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25, and 26-31.  I don’t have enough dated deadlines to warrant a file for …

This metal bucket with dividers is one of my most favorite office organizing tools!!  In fact, I would venture say it’s one of a dozen things I would consider “office essentials.”  It has six areas for keeping a variety of office essentials neatly organized! This is what I keep in …