Well, I've already fallen off the No Sweets bandwagon. Ha! I made King Cake for Andrew's birthday, and then it just kinda went downhill from there. I'm not going crazy on sweets or anything, but I made dessert for the missionaries, and I did partake ( Read more... )

Boy, has this been a crazy week of weather! It all started Friday with sleet/snow. The kids got out of school, and Andrew was home from work. Saturday, it started to melt, and we ventured out into the world. Monday the kids were out of school for MLK day, then that night, it snowed AGAIN! The kids were out again, and Andrew was home again. ( Read more... )

I found out today that sugar withdrawal is a thing. I've been feeling like crap the last few days. Pretty much ever since I got back from Arkansas. Ridiculously exhausted. My muscles aching. Terrible headaches. Chills. Sweats. It's been weird. I thought maybe I was getting what Owen and Brooklyn have, but I haven't had a fever at all like ( Read more... )

I didn't finish NaNoWriMo this year. I got like 15K words in, and life got busy, but mostly I got tired. Awake enough to do things that don't require me to think but too tired to think about what to write. Also, I'm at a pretty emotional part of my book, and it's kinda hard to write, so there's that, too ( Read more... )

Since I'm here, I might as well write about Halloween, too. It's really late, and I should be sleeping, but hey-o ( Read more... )

My Evan is growing up on me. He turned 11 on the 4th. Tonight he is on his first ever Boy Scout campout, and this is the first time he's ever been away from me and not been with family. I hugged him and teared up when we were packing his bags ( Read more... )

Our family has started a new adventure. Actually, I doubt the kids would describe it as an adventure. Evan's been referring to it as "the program ( Read more... )

Two Days until NaNoWriMo starts, and I don't feel prepared at all, but I'm just going to be a pantser this year, I guess. I wrote out a timeline, but I think mostly I just need to start writing and see where it goes ( Read more... )

So NaNoWriMo is coming up, and I've committed myself to do it, but I haven't done any prep work. Honestly, it's because I'm going to be working on the book that I started 3 years ago that I still haven't finished. So I've already got things kinda worked out in my head. It's just a matter of actually taking the time to write. So I figured in the ( Read more... )

2 years ago on October 1st, we were blessed with my little angel baby Brooklyn. She was sweet and calm and happy. She would let me hold her and snuggle her when I was feeling overwhelmed with taking care of things while Andrew was away working, and we were in the process of moving. She was just the sweetest little baby ( Read more... )