After 8 years of blogging, I never intended on taking a leave of absence, but it just kinda happened. Since my last post back in February...

Right before Thanksgiving, I stopped at Trader Joe’s and found this gingerbread Aframe kit.  I just knew it was meant to come to the l...

I’m sorry if I scared some of you into thinking I was closing down my blog. I’ve got too much invested in my blog ( the original pur...

A busy month awaits preparing for fall semester at my university . The appointments and meetings are plentiful. We've had some gorge...

Thank you for wishing Emma a happy 17th birthday!   We did a quick over night and celebrated Emma's birthday at the lake.   We...

With our lovely week of 40 and 50 degree temps, we have running water again at the A-frame !!! Chris took a trip midweek to check ...