So, David is going to go gluten-free for the next month.  He has several symptoms of being gluten-intolerant.  We never would have thought of it, except that I was researching eczema because he and Ellie both have really bad eczema – and one of the causes is celiac’s disease.  Other symptoms that David has are [...]

The kids and I made good use of the teacher workday in Floyd today – we went to the Mill Mountain Zoo!  There are two playgrounds, a picnic area, a discovery center, the Roanoke Star, and the zoo all in the same park, so it was a perfect way to spend the afternoon.

Why, yes!  I [...]

You know what’s even better than going to a farm and buying apples you pick yourself?  Picking apples in your own backyard!!!

So, all I’ve been tweeting about the last few days is my ongoing race to get all of the 50 lbs of apples we picked made into apple butter.  I ended up culling some [...]