Homemaker Chronicles

Truthfully, I’m a little leery of Fridays now since I had a total blogBUST a couple of Fridays ago.  So, here’s hoping this week will return lots of great stories and Homemaker Moments!!
Join in the occasion as we write and read about how we fulfilled our roles this week.  Whether it was a totally wacked-out [...]

We all know that April Showers Bring May Flowers, right?  That is the one thing I keep telling myself as it pours outside my window 24/7 this week.
“Just wait for it.  The flowers will come!”
Oh, the kids love it…sure!  Who wouldn’t love spinning around the muddy yard, with reckless abandon, singing “Stand in the Rain” [...]

I still haven’t gotten Google’s blessing, but I’m not waiting any longer!!  I’m so anxious to post some of our recent fun stories and pictures.  So, blessings or not…I’M BACK!
I gave you a nice little preview last week of the beautiful wildflowers, here in the good ‘ole South, with a promise of more.  These are [...]

Lake Whitney

The End!!
Angie
Homemaker Chronicles

I’m so sorry for the confusion, corruption, and infection here on my blog as of late.  I hope that noone was adversely affected during all the drama.  (Sidenote:  If you are reading this now, you are not at risk for infection)
If you are having strange things happen on your computer (ie popups, being redirected from [...]

Join us this week as we talk about fulfilling our roles in our homes.  You don’t actually have to be a “homemaker” to fulfill your role…you just have to be at home sometimes!  So, follow the rules below to participate!
My moment this week hit me very hard.  It actually came as a, and I quote, [...]

Our favorite night of the week?  Sundae night!!  And tonight was make-your-own-icecream-sundae night.
But, before the sugar rush began we had a little contest.   More like a relay!
Boys….

against…

girls…

(Girls lost!)

The object was for the blindfolded person to get as much icecream in their teammate’s mouth and in the shortest amount of time. We girls neither got [...]

You might have noticed I have a new little green box on my sidebar there. Well, that’s because I am PROUD to announce that Payless Shoes has gone Green!! They have a new line of shoes, Zoe&Zac, that is made out of recycled rubber and organic cotton.
If you purchase any of these shoes [...]

What is an Archaeologist’s favorite kind of music?
Hard Rock.
Hardy Har Har!!! (Joke courtesy of C.C.!)
I found this really great activity to do with the kids, as I am always keeping one eye open for a good lesson to teach, and I came across this one.   Coffee Ground “Fossils” was the perfect outdoor activity for us [...]

I know I just put this picture out here yesterday, but I am entering this one into a contest that’s title is Easter/Spring.  Sorry for the redundancy!

This photo is cropped and smudged to focus on the parts of the picture that have to do with the eggs.  It was indoors and a rainy “lightless” day [...]

In honor of Easter- which is over with…

 
…and in honor of our indoor egghunt- which we rarely do…

 
…and in honor of eggs- which have nothing to do with Easter…

 
I have a neat little tip for you!!
(Basically I just wanted to show off my pictures from yesterday that didn’t make the cut for the My Day in [...]

Homemaker Chronicles

Are you a Homemaker?  Are you a Hardworker?  Are you a Mom, a Wife, a Woman?  If you could answer “yes” to any of these  you should be participating in today’s festivities!!  Friday’s Homemaker Moments is devoted to telling about how you have fulfilled your role…in life!  Here’s how it goes.
This week I was WAAAY [...]

Like I promised, here is a sample menu that I would make for our family for a week.  This is actually this week’s menu too!  (I am going to split them up into Breakfast Lunch and Dinner so that I have more room to go into detail, but normally I would lay it out like [...]

I really don’t consider myself an expert at menu planning…just at planning for OUR family!  For a family of 7 to eat a meal a little planning must take place…and I’ve gotten that down to a science!
I learned right off the bat that I HAVE to make a menu for the week.  One that includes [...]

Today in English Regan was writing a Haiku poem.
Remember these?
They are God’s gift to those who can’t write poems.  People like me!!  They don’t have to rhyme, they don’t have rhythm, and they don’t even have to make sense.  God bless ‘em!
We used to play this game (we haven’t done this in a while) that [...]

And by wiener, I mean WINNER!
Cinda had a quick return on my post with “The Princess Bride”!  I figured most of you out there knew that movie, so it was just a matter of who answered FIRST.
Good job Cinda!
About that prize?  A 14-day free trial with BLOCKBUSTER!!  (click here to sign up- it’s totally [...]

 
Turn up your volume and press play!

“Know what that sound is highness?  Those are the screeching eels!  They always grow louder when they’re about to feed on human flesh!”
Oh, and this is that scream I mentioned last week.  The one that reaches a note that has not been accessed by humankind in all of eternity [...]

Homemaker Chronicles

You know, I was really hoping that Homemaker Moments would give us all broader perspective on what really goes on behind the closed doors of our homes.  I wanted to get to know some women and share fun stories, or even burdens.  I had “big plans” for each Friday here on my blog!  But I [...]

When we moved to Texas we ended up in a little bity town south of Ft. Worth but we have spent most of our “going out and about” time in a bigger town that is just north of us- Burleson.  As we were driving to Burleson one afternoon Titan piped in matter-of-factly, “Mom…Dad…when I grow up, I’m [...]

I would love to take this time to let you all know what things our family has found to be the best “family bonding products”.  They just encourage us to spend time together.
Things like the trampoline we bought three years ago at Christmas.  Other than breaking your neck, it can be used for so many blissful activities.  There is [...]