I hope everyone had a merry, merry Christmas! After presents were opened we had a pancake breakfast, packed up and hit the road to Georgia where we visited with family. We are back now, and I’m here to tell you all about it. Below are some snapshots into our last minute makings from Christmas Eve […]
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Santa lightened his load and a lesson was learned
For the past, oh three years, I’ve been trying to clean out my basement that is a land of misfit toys and activities. It’s where the loud, battery operated, messy, and too-big-for-our-living-room toys go to live. Every time I get motivated to weed out just one tiny space down there, I’m reminded of how difficult it […]
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These days it’s about downtime and doing less
These days, this week, in what could be a furry of doing before the big day – we are doing as little as we can. The rain has brought all of us to a slowdown on this late (now yesterday) afternoon. I am enjoying a mama’s treat of a coffee and Baileys (again) while the girls quietly play school, […]
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The joy of spending one-on-one time with my girls
Last night was night one of two, where I took one girl ice skating downtown at our Holidays on Ice outdoor ice skating rink. Tonight will be part two in the making, with my oldest daughter getting her turn at an outing with just mom. I must say, Knoxville does it up right during Christmastime. […]
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Upcycled canisters and gifts from a special reader
My girls were lucky yesterday to be gifted an upcycled can of homemade and local goodies, from a friend and local blog reader. In it were some nice ideas I want to share. I don’t exactly know where the canisters came from, but they are the cardboard variety with a metal rim on the top […]
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Behind these old window :: My office space
Behind These Old Windows is a series I do here, from time-to-time, to share repurposed and handmade ideas while decorating around the house. We live in a 90 year-old house with huge windows and the original wavy glass. They fill every room with character and inspiration. My office sits in a big black armoire right smack in […]
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Ginger bread loaf house was “the best project ever”
Making a gingerbread house is a tradition in our house for the holidays. But every year I cringe at the candy ingested while going about the project, and the frosting that turns to cement, and the gingerbread pieces that never actually get consumed. We have used the kits and I have baked a house from […]
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Letting the ribbon ends tie themselves
Lately I’ve made lots of mental lists (and a few real ones) of all the holiday projects I want to complete, to make, to tell you about, to do with the girls and so on. Us moms get a picture in our mind of the way we want to create holiday memories for our children, […]
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My new red hair gives my violinist a boost of bravery
My middle child has been taking violin for about two months. As a very new student, she was nervous about playing in her winter recital. On Wednsday, among ignoring all the Christmas things on my list to make, to do, to bake, to wrap, to get ready for entertaining family …. the list goes on […]
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Green teacher gifts I’ve created over the years
For us procrastinators, time is running out to figure out what to give teachers on the last day of school before the holiday break. Hopefully these ideas, of things I’ve created throughout the years, will help get you inspired. I love making teacher gifts for my girls’ teachers. I appreciate all the caring, compassion, and […]
