I have been doing a lot of cleaning, and not a whole lot else.  Monday I cleaned the kids’ bedrooms and the bathroom, yesterday I cleaned the master bedroom, today I cleaned the kitchen and the family room, tomorrow I will clean the playroom and the office, and Friday I will clean the basement.  WHEW!  [...]

Eight years ago today, David and I got married.   We’d been engaged for three and a half years when we got married, and NO ONE thought we’d actually stay together through college when we were half a country apart.  But we did!  In eight years, we’ve acomplished so much… and we’ve gotten closer and [...]

Ingreedients: 1 bag of butterscoth chips, 3-4 cups All Bran cereal
Melt the chips in a bowl in the microwave, then stir in the cereal.  Drop by spoonful onto parchment paper and let cool.

-Ellie was awake from midnight till 5am last night.  No real reason, she just couldn’t sleep, and for the most part she was happy the whole time.  But while David and I slept, she went and fed Lily a few hundred treats (again).  Poor Lily, she’s in for a not-so-happy day.
-Due to her late night [...]

I decided tonight would be Pie Night.  Pop-Pop, Katie, and Trav joined us for dinner and I made Spaghetti Pie and Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie.  Both were amazing – try them!

I’ve had a wonderful Mother’s Day!  David and the kids let me sleep in, then woke me up wtih presents!  The kids got me this beautiful necklace:

(Its a family of four – two parents and two kids)
David got me some awesome wireless earphones for my iPod, which will be WONDERFUL when I go for runs [...]

Front hosta and violet bed

Front raised bed (seeded with junior sunflowers, calendula, zinnia, and daisies)

Little birdfeeder bed (impatiens, petunia, and junior sunflowers) – this little box is set over our well!

Side Flower Bed (seeded with perrenial wildflower mix, gladiolus are coming up, and full-size sunflowers have been planted – I’m also going to add something [...]