Fresh as a Daisy

Fighting a cold.

No energy.

Be back soon.

The first day of first grade was today. Technically. Flash got on the bus at 7:55 and was back home by 11:00am. The school day was actually less than 2 1/2 hours. Just enough time to give the teacher all the supplies, get an overview of the teacher and class and [...]

Actually, Pinwheels found it and killed it. “It” was a cricket. It had to go. And it had to go before bed. The reason? It kept me up most of the night last night. Every time I would start to relax and doze off it would start chirping, loudly. [...]

School starts next week. It’s a little hard to believe it’s already the third week of August and time for school and yet, here it is. We had a lot of fun this summer but the kids are looking forward to going to school.

Flash begins school on Tuesday with a two hour block. [...]

Besides getting ready for Pinwheels’ deployment I have been quite the busy crafter. I’ve been able to keep the house and my computer/sewing room fairly picked so I can do some projects without much guilt.

I have been wanting to make each of my kids a bed quilt. When my mother-in-law came in July [...]

One of the things I love about summer, and one of the things I am grateful to be back in the states for is, fresh produce.  And it doesn’t hurt to have your parents only 12 minutes away with a garden full of goodies to share.  In fact, thanks to my dad my lunch today [...]

We are having a busy, busy summer. We have visited and have been visited by family many times since we arrived in March. At first it was because we hadn’t seen most of them in nearly 2 years. And then it was so we could spend extra time with family before September. [...]