Our daughter-in-law celebrated a birthday this week and asked for a chocolate chip pumpkin cheesecake for her birthday cake. I used the Hershey’s recipe. The recipe calls for a chocolate crust, but I used a graham cracker crust instead. DDIL thought the chocolate crust might have overpowered the pumpkin flavor. I think she’s right. The [...]
Oldest Daughter brought a kitten home with her when she finished her summer job at a girls’ camp in New York. The kitten, Cedar, is probably a few weeks older than our newly acquired kitten, Amy. It has taken them about a week to get used to one another. But now they play hard! Here [...]
This kitten was trying to eat from the outdoor cat dish on the back porch a week ago. When DH approached her, she tried to run away. But DH and DD managed to capture her. She was dehydrated and very skinny. She’d obviously not been eating or drinking much for a while. DD named her [...]
While the twins were visiting this week, I made a couple of dresses for them. My dear friend Laurie gave me a stack of little girl fabric and some patterns that she could no longer use, as her granddaughter, all of seven years of age, declared herself too grown up for those prints. I showed [...]
We took a walk / ride through the garden this morning. It looks beautiful. Orange is my least favorite color, but there are some totally beautiful orange daylilies. Like ‘South Seas.’ The girls walked through a lot of the east front yard, but decided they had gone far enough on their own steam. So they [...]
Our older son, his wife, and their family arrived at midnight Friday for a week’s visit. We are so happy to have them home! The parents and Sissy went to bed and the twins stayed up with Pa and Ma. They were too excited to go straight to bed! So they washed dishes for grandma. [...]
DH is not only a wonderful husband, but a great father, as well. Our children know they can *always* depend on him, no matter what. And he’s a great “Pa,” too. This time of year, if he has any free time (not so much lately!), you’ll find DH on his bike or in the garden. [...]
Buttercup has decided my new basket makes a great bed. She has been sleeping in it during school, as she waits for DD to finish her work. Happy likes to sit on the railing at the back door. She weighs about ten pounds, but when she drapes herself over something, she looks much heavier. It’s [...]
Last week, DH, DD and I traveled east to visit our older son and his family. We had a wonderful time! We spent some time enjoying the beautiful weather. The twins picked up with us just as though we were always around. They love Pa’s homemade rolls. And Ma had lots of help making pizzas. [...]
I’ve tried several ways to store the books and binders I use for homeschooling our daughter. I had them on the counter…no good. They were in the way, it looked cluttered…I had to shuffle them to find what I needed. I set them on the floor, against the drawers next to my desk area. But [...]
