The quality of this picture isn’t great, but it sure shows Nathan running at full speed during his first basketball game of the year.

Chantel Hobbs’ latest book, The One Day Way is a great book for those hoping to get fit in the new year without jumping on any of the latest diett bandwagons.  I appreciate her simple approach, “…focus on today and today only…”  which keeps one from getting hung up on previous failures or …

We are so thankful to have a nice warm fire to cozy up to in the living room.

Nathan wanted to join the big kids who were out shoveling snow.  It didn’t bother him that he rain boots instead of snow boots.  Nor did he care there wasn’t a shovel.  He made do with the garden hoe. 

I can’t tell a lie.  I didn’t actually take this photo today.  It was taken in December and it’s too cute to not include here somewhere!  I’m always surprised shocked when I have camera in hand with settings ready to capture a priceless expression like this….

This picture isn’t the best quality due to the really bright light coming in the window and because I took it using my cell phone so that I wouldn’t distract Tater from the “moment.”  Doesn’t he look all comfy and cozy on our first day back to school?  He set …

Since we haven’t used our wood splitter in a good ten years, Tim had to split this pile the old fashioned way.  He split enough wood today to last us through the next winter weather event which seems to be headed our way early this week.

Tim and a friend of ours went up in the mountains to cut a few loads of wood.  They picked a good day!  It was mid 40’s today up from the well below freezing weather we’ve had the last few weeks.

This is my home decorating/remodeling notebook.  It contains all of the ideas I clip from magazines, paint swatches I may want to try in the future, ads for decor items I want to keep an eye on hoping they go on clearance, etc.  The front cover has another simplicity quote …