Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~Matthew 6:21~
A bit of new technology we purchased was a digital drawing tablet. I wanted it for photo editing and simple graphics, but I knew, just knew, that the kids would love to do digital drawings with far more precision that the mouse provides. Here is Haniya’s first drawing, using the drawing pad and GIMP. She [...]
Desk, $20. I am getting a laptop computer. The current computer will become the kids’ school computer. We’re setting up a wireless network in the house, but even so, I don’t imagine I’ll be carrying the laptop all around, so I need a desk. At Goodwill on Wednesday, the kids and I found this table. [...]
Saturday, we had friends over. The guys and kids worked on a burning brush pile. Even though Jeff had in mind three piles for burning, they only got to one of them. The monster pile (pictured) proved very difficult to start ablaze. It was totally covered with blackberry vines that had grown over it in [...]
A local organization took ownership of a country store in the area. They are in the process of renovating it and adding fresh produce, a vegetarian restaurant, bulk foods, and gift shop. They asked me to contribute some of my craft items in the gift area. Of course I said yes. I am mostly participating [...]
I’m going grey. Look, I can prove it. Naomi was kind enough to help me document this.
Like Daughter, Like Mother? Either way… I think we belong to each other!
Yesterday. I was inside cooking lunch, waiting for Jeff and the kids to come in from taking a walk. I heard noises from the roof instead of the expected sound of the back door opening and closing. I went outside to find out that everyone but me was having a party on the roof. They [...]
Mikah started a little fire last weekend, but as usual, we were unable to keep the fire going. Just about everything is too wet — typical Oregon. You’ll hear Mikah say, “It catched the old man’s beard up!” This is because he was utterly shocked that it caught fire, instead of the cotton ball. I [...]
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