Our last home in New Jersey was in inner-city Trenton. It was not a very nice neighborhood. Nor was it very safe. But Jim was teaching at a charter school for challenged inner-city kids, and it was close to work. On my front porch I had hanging baskets with purple petunias in them. They always…

A rescue deer! Isn’t it adorable? No – it isn’t ours. Its mother and twin were killed by dogs when it was 1 or 2 days old. This one was saved just in time and taken to a rescue place. It’s a girl. Her name is… Cookie Dough. Get it?? Dough. Doe. Get it?? I…

All of our children love to draw, but Emery is our budding artist. For Christmas, he received a Drawing curriculum that has a DVD portion. We made use of Jim’s most recent gleaning to have a drawing lesson. Here are the children watching the DVD portion of the curriculum: Jim took this following photo b/c…

It’s been a while since I posted about any garbage gleanings. (Don’t worry, they still arrive daily, they just aren’t very noteworthy.) Jim did happen to find a good one the other day, that I need to tell you about. The children have been listening to an audio ancient history book. They’ve really been enjoying…

Jim and I have a weekly date night. It involves putting the children to bed and sitting in front of the television watching a television show. I’m not quite ready to admit which show I have become addicted to – but I will tell you that it is on Thursday evenings. I look forward to…

I’m just going to let this picture speak for itself…    

I adore seafood. Shrimp, fish, scallops, mussels, crab, clams, lobster – you name it, I love it. But what do you expect from a girl who was raised on an island? Jim detests seafood. Shrimp, fish, scallops, mussels, crab, clams, lobster – you name it, he hates it. But what do you expect from a…