weekly wrap-up 2013 // week 7

it feels like the exit of winter around here lately. and you know what that means? i feel like cleaning. and crafting. and being outside. sunday | february 10: started out the day by cleaning out the game closet. i should have taken a before picture but i was already sorting puzzle pieces and game…

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week 36 wrap up

football is on and company is on their way so i'm keeping this short today! =) monday | september 3: it's labor day and i did zero laboring. i did doodle, watch reruns of who' the boss?, and pretty much veg and eat myself into a coma. that's why the remote feels so far away.…

all of a sudden he wants to be paid for living here…

what is this, you might be asking yourself. a craft? could it be? why yes, yes it is. thanks for being here for my first craft in what feels like ages. i haven't felt too crafty lately but the topic of allowance came up and my brain went into craftland. allowance. it's something we've never…

week 33 wrap up

so we meet again! it's week 33...are you ready? sunday | august 12: today was take12 and instead of putting those pics here, i gave them their own post here. but i did take some other pics during the day. gibson's desk, ready for homework. he's not always a thumbs up guy. monday | august…

week 31 wrap up + a birthday

by the time you read this, i'll be back at work. catching up after 13 days of vacation. i had a lot more planned in my head but wasn't able to do everything on my list. but we still had fun. monday | june 30: i played name that treat on instagram and facebook...it's an…

flashback friday: things my kids won’t experience like i did

via times have changed, we all know that. the pendulum has swung so far left that we can't see the destruction it's done to our kids. i've been wondering lately, how these losses effect how my kids are growing up. what are they missing out on? what skills won't they pick up because technology does…

enJOYing the rewards

Without labor nothing prospers.  ~Sophocles we praise hard work in this family. and what's gonna work? teamwork! which leads me to this atrocity that we call a backyard. the winter always wreaks havoc on our unmaintainable (is that even a word?) yard and it's a mess to clean up. i had no plans to lay a patio this weekend.…

enjoy yourself and pay them no mind.

i shared this on wednesday when i was hanging out at it's our long story and thought i'd share it here in case you didn't have a chance to stop by heather's. ................................................................................................................... via honestly, no one's really looking at you or talking about you or thinking about you like you think they are. so you…

mom and son journal

do you know my friend kristy at kristy.makes? well she made an awesome journal for her and her young son to write back and forth to each other. 'kind of like a diary, but between two people', as my son said. i just loved the idea and thought gibson would totally be on board with…

flashback friday: 4 years ago

october 13, 2007 settling in to watch shows on a saturday night. it was late. gibson got to bed late and i was feeling tired. only a few days past my due date but i was anxious. didn't think that as i got up to go pee, my water would break. uh oh. no panic,…