Imagination at Work: Cattail Bombs

Moving cows has its down times. My son and his cousin entertained themselves with the cattails growing alongside the road. “Look Mom! It’s a bomb.” Who needs video games for blowing things up when you’ve got cattails?

Tradition

Twice a year I make crepes for breakfast–Sunday morning of General Conference. Thanks to our laying hens, we had plenty of eggs this year. I made a triple batch. This is how much batter I had left when the munchkins finished eating. I usually use two pans. This...

Doubly Loved

This card arrived in the mail the day before my birthday. Someday I’m going to be like my Mom and mail birthday cards so they arrive before birthdays instead of days after. I still have a thank you card from this summer waiting to be mailed. It’s been...

Homemade Fun

Last Friday my oldest son went to play at a friend’s house. I pulled up to his friend’s house just in time to see a Lego man attached to a parachute launch into the air from his perch atop an old plastic film canister. My son’s friend sent a canister...

A Bit of Remodeling

My site is undergoing a bit of construction. It’s my husband’s idea. He can’t stand the thought of me having an off-the-rack background any longer. He’s determined to get me into a more custom designed site. He does after all get paid to design...

Raccoon Power Outage

My eyes popped open at 5:22 this morning just like they do every morning. An alarm is not to blame. It’s just nature calling my name. For the second time in less than three weeks, the toilet gurgled after I flushed it instead of refilling with water. A very...