Collecting the Moments

In our homeschooling, we often glide naturally from one study to another along with the seasons.  As winter moves into spring, the critter...

The meeting with the landlord to give her the keys was yesterday. My plan was to try to get our deposit back in full to help comp some of th...

The cute little raccoon family has been getting some flack lately from kids and cats. And so the mama decided that she was going to pick up ...

Old pictures (from Feb) but appropriate. This house has really hurt us financially. I just figured out that it has cost us $2154 in gas bil...

I called the guy at the power co again just to see if there is any chance that this is a mistake. He says no. It is over $400 every month al...

We got our first gas bill today. We moved on Dec 1st so this is two months worth of gas charges, but it was $1100. That doesn't includ...

This is where everyone says "What the heck is an evil toilet doing up on your blog Val?" Well friends, that is the bane of my exi...

A passion of mine is beautiful inexpensive decorations for holidays. Usually involving paper... lol... Here is the 7 ft tree I made out of ...

There are 5 Red Winged Blackbirds in this picture... along with two Stellar Jays. There have been more on this tree... but this was the mos...

Things are shaping up that way. Everything is canceled. I know we seem like wimps here in Western WA with our snow fear, but honestly, ours...

It is downright astounding how many critters we get here every day. Not just varieties (although my list will shock you) but the number of e...

When you move, it is like you have to come off auto-pilot. You can't just take a drive to your favorite store, take a walk, or even make...

Here is our long awaited pantry shelf. My dry goods are a source of pride with me. It is sort of funny that I have a picture of my pantry f...

Mostly I have found stuff like the books that go on our shelves, the can opener that magically disappeared, the cord to my camera, my first ...

We got internet today. *glee* There have been tons of posts going through my head lately... esp when I am talking to my friends about the se...

This reminds me of Taio, our 20lb MainCoon cat . Alex says "except the mewing, cuz Taio doesn't do that." So for our mute cat,...

And then there is annoying unexplained banking problems. Grrrrrrrr... Yesterday, we were told that someone was stealing our mail and had t...

A walk through of the new house Enjoy! I am rather excited myself. I can't wait to see my stuff in it.

One of the many glitches to moving is of course, that the rest of life continues around you. lol ... Computers break a bit, kids get colds a...

In our new house, we have a breakfast bar in the kitchen/sunroom. I have never had that before and therefore, never needed stools before. I ...