I was really looking forward to doing posts for “Back to Homeschool Week,” but with my internet connection down all week, I didn’t get to do it until today.
Maybe I will get a chance to back-fill the other topics. If for no other reason, it is good to answer those questions for myself.
Todays prompt [...]

Our anniversary trip was great. I have some pictures, but I don’t feel like uploading them right now.
The Green River Bridge House was beautiful. I forgot how much I love being that far out in the country. It is way out on a dirt road out in the middle of Nowhere, VT. [...]

Finally, I am back online. As I mentioned earlier, my internet service was out. It turned out to be a problem with the lines to the house. No charge! That was a huge relief because we thought it was our modem.
After service was restored and I posted my quick note earlier, [...]

The Comcast tech just left.I’m back online.All is well with the world.

On this day in 2002, I married the man who would turn out to be the husband of my dreams.

I have so many things that I wanted to post about before we leave tomorrow, but it looks like it won’t happen. We still have so much to do before we go, and the kids will be off-the-wall with excitement when they wake up.
Have a great weekend! I know I will!

I didn’t do a “Works-for-Me Wednesday” post this week because I forgot that it was a parenting advice theme, so I wasn’t prepared.
Okay, actually, it’s because I am a lousy parent and I have no advice. You caught me.
Be sure to head over to Rocks in My Dryer and check out the WFMW: Parenting [...]

I love getting free stuff.
Recently, I signed up for a few “free stuff” newsletters that get e-mailed to me periodically. My plan was to check them out, find the legit offers, and tell you about them.
Then I received this:
It was the free starter kit for signing up for the “pledge,” from DelMonte and Starkist. [...]

Last month, I did a Frugal Friday post about molding your own glycerin soap. In a comment, someone encouraged me to try making cold-process soap again because melt-and-pour soap has added detergents.
I e-mailed the company I use, and sure enough, they do add detergent.
After much searching I found these two sites for purchasing non-detergent [...]