The curse of the creative. I think a lot. A lot. My poor brain. I work so hard to turn it off. There are multiple obsessions... I ponder my business and how to support my oil team, I ponder my patisserie and what kind of equipment I'll need... what kind of menu I will...
Full Time Family
Wanted: Farm for Sale
Wanted: Farm for Sale. The wind is howling. It's January and the colour of the sky hasn't changed since dawn.But it can't stop my excitement."Can't stop the feeling!" This. Is. Our. Year. We're in the final, final stages of a four-year plan that...
2016 in Review
Just a few more hours left in 2016 and I stand in awe. How often do you get to look back on a year and go WOW. I mean, truly, WOW! Here's my 2016 in review! I feel like Scarlett in the sunset screaming, "As God as my witness, I'll never go hungry again!" I'm...
A Homebirth Story
Well, it's that time. Time for a Homebirth Story. Junior's Homebirth Story... and dare I say... the last one I will ever write. Just typing those words brings a stillness to my heart and a pause to my fingers. I mean, you just can't go on having babies forever. And...
Potager…The Garden at Sunset
Dusk in the Jardin Potager. I love those words... jardin potager. They are so romantic and descriptive to me I can hardly stand it. But you have to swear to me that you will pronounce it "poe-tagh-ay" - soft "g" and all that. Never say "pot-ig-er". Ever. ...
The Birth Story You’ve Never Read
Eleven years ago this October I started this blog. True…. It’s not super popular… truth be told in terms of “blog lingo”… SEO… numbers… all that… I have no idea what I’m doing. But, I started out ‘cause I was a proud Momma of a boy that turns eleven today! I wasn’t on...
Opening Thoughts – My Zofran Story
Well, what a difference five days makes. Have I got a story for you... Firstly, thank you for all your kind words of love and support on my "Closing Thoughts" end of the year post earlier this week. I was touched by your sympathy and understanding. I suffered...
Closing Thoughts
Ick. Where to begin? I'm all for fresh starts. Mondays, the first of the month, New Years Day. Fresh starts thrill me. Fresh starts stir the goal setting maniac that resides not so far beneath the surface. But this year I am having a hard time stirring that beast....
Back to My Homeschooling Roots
Ok, maybe not that far back. When I was a child we "homeshooled" for awhile and it was not cool. (My Mom knows I'm not dissing her here!) But, somewhere over the last couple years, this train has come off the rails. The procreating. The puking. The nursing. The kid...