ONE Today we started our Shakespeare Club.  I invited all the children, grades 4 and up, in our homeschool group to my house.  We are reading "Twelfth Night".  I want to give all the children an opportunity to read it.  It's better read out loud in actual Shakespeare text.  We completed Act I.   TWO…

One I drove onto post this afternoon (the Air Force and Navy calls it base, an Army installation is a post).  As I was waiting for the gate guard to look over my ID, I was getting irritated.  I was the only one in the car as I was going to pick Brother up from…

One I grieve occasionally.  At times I might even get jealous.  Jealous, but not so that I wish others didn't have it.  Of what you might wonder.  Well, conversation.  I want to hold a conversation with my son.  A real one.  Okay, well all of ours are real.  I want to talk about him.  Not…

One Rain.  I've been loving the rain.  However, I was a bit annoyed with it when it arrived on Wednesday, the day after I had 6 cubic yards of topsoil delivered.  Perhaps I should've waited to have it delivered.  Luckily, my dad was still around and we were able to cover it with tarp.  I…

One We went strawberry picking at Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls.  We left at 7:30 arrived at the farm at 9 and finished picking by 10:30.  There have been some  years where we don't even finish one box in an hour because there weren't any strawberries.  One time we had only the bottom layer…

One My mind is filled with tutus.  Ideas for bodices and decorations.  Styles of bodices.  Fabrics.   Two One of my favorite cooking shows is "Worst Cooks".  Oh, my goodness.  I'm not a great cook but a not a bad one.  Makes me feel better.  It's awful, but… Three I'm an alum of Boston University.…

One Raising a child with special needs is a challenge.  Often, I think, "Oh, we're finally making headway."  Then, I get a report.  An evaluation.  The latest one marks Brother at a 7 year old level on some things.  I won't get into what items here, as I don't want to violate his privacy too…

  One Ben returned on Sunday around 9pm.  The children were kept in the dark until about 7 when my dad hung up the welcome home sign.  They were very happy.  Sister was too but you could see in her face that the past six months had been painful for her.  A suffering of sorts.…

~1~ I'm trying to get back in the saddle on various things and blogging is one of them.  I want to continue to blog here and to blog more at The Seemly Seamstress.  Now, the key word is "try". ~2~ Ben comes home soon.  I'll leave it at that. ~3~ It is not Nutcracker season.  It…

~1~ Nutcracker season is starting soon.  It's an exciting time of the year.  We are so busy we don't always know if we're coming and going but we just LOVE it.  Sister never wants to leave the ballet studio and frankly, I just love watching it come together (when I am able to sneak in…