Just over a year ago we went solar.  SolarCity came and installed our system for free. Now that we have had panels for a year, I think it’s time for an update.  I compared our electric costs for the past two years (one year without solar, one year with), and amazingly, we have already saved […]

I’m back, Rebecca’s friend Marianne! Perhaps you saw the blog Rebecca so graciously posted on Q – Quilts of Valor. Well somehow I tricked her (can you imagine) into allowing me to blog again! There’s a theme with me and it centers around – wait for it – SEWING! This time I’d like to tell […]

When Rebecca, one of my best friends, confidant and mother to our God Daughter, mentioned she was going through the alphabet in her blog once again, I thought this would be a great time to give an update about Quilts of Valor! She was thrilled with the idea, so here I am two years later […]

“What should I write for my N blog”, I asked at the second soccer game of the day. “Write about me!” exclaimed Number 5.  “I start with N!” Yes, baby boy, you do start with N.  You are my Number 5.  You are my last child. You will always be my baby. Blogging my way […]

This week as I have been doing my usual running around, I have had these moments in which I felt utterly content.  Don’t get me wrong, the daily frustrations of life were still there:  the juggling of the kids, work and farm; the constantly messy house with its never-ending piles of dishes and laundry; the […]