Hello everyone. Here, on Eren's blog I'm known as S. This is my first guest appearance. I was kidding Eren about being wrapped in a blanket, outside in the snow, taking pictures even before the boys got up. After a bout of bantering Eren dared me to write something on her blog, so I accepted the cha...

OK, so I have been avoiding writing this post for several months now. But it seems the previous post regarding our education choices struck a chord. I heard from homeschoolers and public schoolers alike...all of us just trying to make the best decisions for our kiddos. And I am encouraged to be a pa...

We are actively looking for signs of Spring's arrival here. So, this week I decided to post a "signs of Spring" post everyday. Hopefully this will lift a bit of the February funk that always seems to seep in this time of year. Anyone want to join me? No flickr group to post photos to...just a quiet ...

I don’t know about you, but between the Christmas programs, shopping, photos with Santa, baking and parties, the holidays can make you a bit crazy. My MIL is coming into town on Sunday and I am already mentally preparing myself to hand over complete control of my kitchen. But as I sit here typing ...

sun, originally uploaded by eren | thisvintagechica. Hello world! That's pretty much how I am feeling after being in Texas with family for the past several weeks- no internet, limited cell service and very little TV.   Ahhhh....it was nice to unplug for awhile. A bit hard to get used to at...

I say "part 1" because I do not think that everything that has been swishing around in my head regarding the boys education can be put into one post...at least it I haven't been able to do it yet.  So, this is how my questioning (or at least thinking a lot about) the&...

  For our forefathers back in the day, autumn was a very, very busy time I imagine.  The days would have been filled with harvesting the last of the crops for the farm animals, canning and preserving what was left in the garden and chopping wood for cooking and warmth through the w...

-from my journal three years ago Saturday, July 31, 2004 Arrived in Nicaragua this afternoon and made it through customs without issue.  A torrential downpour welcomed us on our first night.  I have never seen so much water flowing down the streets.  We went directly to Casa Bernabe t...

Sonya, sweet, sweet Sonya of Knitsonya(which I Iove) was giving me a bit of a hard time last week in a comment and asking me if I had turned my blog into a food blog.  And one might think so by the topics of the last several posts...minus Father's Day, of course.  I hadn't realiz...

Dear S, There was a time when we were dating that you said you didn't ever want to get married or have children. And we almost split up forever. In an effort to protect us all from the sometimes hard life you knew we would be living, you were willing to sacrifice it all and live alone. But thank...