Reclaiming My Inner Pioneer

This isn't garden or puttering, but you can never have too many cute baby pictures... Baby E playing on his "computer".  ...

My Mister and CP worked on digging a trench to run the sprinkler line to our new smaller "big" garden.  Since the house is go...

The new bean seeds arrived.  I was hoping I'd have enough from what I saved last year, but I decided those needed supplementing.  T...

House Bill 363 is a bill which would allow Utah Schools to drop sex education classes, and prohibit them from teaching about contraception i...

Occasionally I receive products from BzzAgent to try out and review.  The most recent was Comforts diapers, wipes, and sippy cups.  These a...

CP and I decided to tackle the green house today.  He had some tomato plants that he had started that really needed to be planted, so today ...

This is what happens when you have 20 minutes before dinner has to be on the table, you haven't been grocery shopping all month, and you...

I got distracted and missed putting in the bay leaf, thyme, parsley, and allspice (nice huh...)... It still tasted great- a nice thick beef ...

A turned 8, which meant this is a "Friend Party" year.  He wanted to have a spy party, so I started thinking about what kind of a ...

Since we barely got our first decent snowstorm of the winter, it seems a little inappropriate to say it's mid-winter, but I'm ready ...

I've been craving butternut squash ravioli for awhile now, and since we have church at 9am this year, it gives us plenty of time to make...

The other day I remembered the shelf full of squash that is out in the garage and decided we'd better start eating more squash so none o...

Sort of. I like the idea of a spend nothing month- figuring out how to make do with what I have, and really thinking about what a necessit...

Now that Christmas has passed, my brain has started to think about what comes next.  I know some people refuse to set new years resolutions,...

J is in fifth grade this year, and can now wear my shoes.  His interests are soccer, electronic games, beyblade (although I’m told that bey...

CP calls french bread "Crunch Bread".  He likes it dipped in oil and balsamic vinegar.   CP, ever since he was a baby, has done ...

Notice the pine tree.  I'm not sure what happened there, but it looks like something took a bite out of the side. A couple of the ...