Wordless Wednesday

We decided to walk to the store....not ride






Some were pushed....



Some skipped...


Some were daring....


There were adventures


One even drug something home


We decided to walk to the store not ride,
I am glad we did

Things I know

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the soundtrack to Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Sound of Music, make me very happy and we go days playing them everywhere than they disappear for months only to return again sometime in the future

if springs doesn't not hurry its little tail along I'm going to go bonkers!

I am done with procrastination, it is causes so much drama over here...so maybe tomorrow I'll ....finish what I should be doing today...

somebody's feet, or legs, or arms are always growing

I enjoy turning up the music and dancing until I sweat with my kids so much more than I ever did in "da club"

What did you learn this week....link up at Yay for Home

Moving Away From Consumerisum

Image via WikipediaThis is a post and hopefully a series of post directed by bloggy friend over at Simple Single Mom she is most definitely an inspiration. The idea is to be conscious of what we buy and why we buy, to live within our means, and even more to consciously purchase.

The week of April 3rd:

Purchase of $11.99 Tea Tree Oil, we make most of our own cleaning supplies. So this item is indeed a house item, a consumable. I don't tend buy organic simply because of price. The same size bottle organic would cost $29.99. Now that I think of it we make ALL of our cleaning supplies except laundry and cloth diapering soaps.

Image via WikipediaPurchaesd of $53.46 for Legos. This were individual blocks purchased either through Lego directly or through ebay. These are for a Lego Club through Currclick. This month's class will be about building simply machines.

Purchase of $31.45 for math books. We school all year round and main subject items are purchased as needed.

While the last two items are necessary for the learning at home family. I still want to create a budget for these items. I want to have the money actually on hand, a line item budget item. I am not there yet but I hope to be by June.

I'll need to check with our dear leader in this matter as to if we should post all things we purchase or just the extras...hmm

Wordless Wednesday

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via FoxyTunes
Loving diaper butts, baby legs, wool balls, and a curious kid

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Friday Five Fact

It's time again. Time to reveal 5 little known facts about you, your family, maybe your job, your childhood, whatever you may see fit. This little ditty was started over at Simple City Life, please join in.

#Many people feel that my religion does not believe in Jesus. We certainly do believe in Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior.

#After being thoroughly planted and raised in one house, one city, for over twenty years, I cut loose and have spent time in AZ, CO, MN, and CA.

Image via Wikipedia#Pepsi is my crutch. After watching the movie "Tapped" I was thoroughly enraged and determined to boycott Pepsi....that lasted all of 19 hours 33 minutes. I'll try again next week.

#I have worked 3rd shift for over 10 years and it has now become part of my fiber and personality.

#When I was younger, I would dream of my future family. It was made of 12 children, which were all twins, 6 sets, a boy and a girl in each set and for some strange reason...there was always a red head in there.

Go check Simple City Life's Facts and let's hear yours..

Things I Know

or as I feel today, things I am pretty darn sure about...

I love these posts. I see the funny, the frustrating, and what is important. I see how we are all very similar. I enjoy smiling to myself as I read through the post. Please join Yah for Home, it's her idea and just a follower....

I still get butterflies when I see my husband's profile and I really know what large closets are for

diversity mean inclusion, I laugh, learn and have empathy because my friends are different from me in age, race, class, family status, and oh boy moral stature. It's not enough to be want diversity or to tolerate diversity we must BE diverse.

my kids are going to be some kind of wacko crunchy opinionated bugaboos....all we watch is documentaries and read articles, they even request them. Mom we are not going to THAT store are we you know they.....oh just shut up and come on

crockpot crockpot crockpot....next week I will know how to make 3 square meals @ day from the most remarkable, time saving , saving grace peace equipment that a working homeschooling momma of 8 could have

Wordless Wednesday

Link up! hosted by Triple Duty Momma and The Adventures of Curly Tot

Friday Five

Okay okay I almost forgot about the fact. Please join Simple Life and let us know 5 facts about you too.

I hate peas, I love pods, the casing around the peas makes me gag, the casing around beans makes me gag, but if they are smooched they are divine

I want to be a morning person, I am so NOT a morning person

I am a closet hermit. I want nothing more than to be a vagabond, maybe later, for now I raise the kiddos and try really hard to be sociable...how am I doing :)

My dh is 8 years my junior. There I said it. He is my young stud, love keeping him happy. I feel as though I dreamed him, as if all those times as when I thought of my prince it was he. Except when I want to let out a pack of wild dogs to chase him away, that doesn't happen too many times.

Head on over to Simple Life and join in...

Things I Know

From Yah For Home!

I need to be more careful with that chat widget inside of gmail, because for the 2nd time I have told someone I never met and only emailed 2x that I love them more than anything (thought I clicked on my husband's icon).

Dinner needs to begin at 330pm no later or there won't be any dinner.

children love routines, and I need to work on mine.

doing this natural parenting things usually means going it alone for me.

I love the time I have at home

God does not judge me for the food I eat, toys I buy, all thing in moderation

God gave me a brain and free will to make decisions that impact my family

God does not send me specific signs, like parting the cereal aisle and only leaving HIS choice standing, and so I bounce back and forth, organic, natural, cheapest, grab what my PMS demands

I had great plans to blog and do a little cleaning/organizing but a 2 year old is calling my name and if I don't get moving it will turn to a blood screeching scream shortly.

Wordless Wednesday

>Shh, we trying to get some sleep

Friday Five

Image by Steve Kay via FlickrA magnificent person over at Simple City Life does random facts about her life/family on Fridays. Simple City Life: {Friday Five}: "
I love her idea so I would like to tag along:

1. The sun makes me smile, always. I love to feel it. I love to see it. It is inspirational when it comes from out behind a cloud. If every I am in a bad mood. Find the nearest sunny spot and sit me in it, for about 10 minutes, I'll come back a new woman.

2. I hate bedtime. No I like to sleep, but I have not got any rhythm set up for the kids. I am either so tired that by 8 830 I am like go you to bed, vanish now, or because I work 3rd shift I am so focused on what I need to get done so I can get out of the house. So sorry kids. I am really working on it.

3. I love jelly beans. Well honestly I love Brach's Jelly Beans which only come out during this time of the year. So I just recently sent my husband to the store at 10:50pm to begin my stockpile.

4. I have to do laundry everyday. It begins to look like a blob, or the thing, or it, something, something smelly. I also have no room for piles of clothes to hang around. So I do roughly 3-4 loads each and everyday. Of course that includes cloth diapers.

5. Blogging frightens me. I am not that interesting, I'm pretty pathetic, I am a complete mess, I have so much to work on, and by putting my ideas and thoughts in black and white, you just might find that out to.

What's are some facts about you?