String o' Pearls

When you have a lot of children (and not that the five my husband and I have is that many, but it's enough for what I'm about to say...

My husband and I are celebrating 42 years of wedded bliss today, so I thought it was a good day to talk about marriage. The last thing I wou...

For this Christmas Eve post, I’m going to ignore the stomach bug that’s made an appearance in our over-full house, just in time for Santa’s ...

A week ago, our middle son, his wife, his five children (aged 8 down to 9 months), and his mother-in-law moved in with us.  His mother-in-la...

  The tablecloth is fake—not Battenburg lace, but cheap, kid-friendly vinyl. The candles are fake, with kid-friendly LED lights instead of r...

I meant to blog on the 6th...but life got in the way!  I hope it was a happy one for everyone! Two of our sons celebrate the feast of St. Ni...

In this recent post , I promised some photos of my oldest son and his wife Regina's sweet Iowa homestead. Their livestock includes thre...