Homemaker Chronicles

I absolutely LOVE summer time!
I love sitting by the pool.
I love rolling the windows down and letting the warm air blow in the car while driving at night.
I love wearing flip-flops.
I love the outdoor activities.
I love summer!
and just because I’m sure you wanted to know…I LOVE SUMMER!
One thing I proudly sport each summer is “The [...]

I put this onesie on Salem in the morning.

I found Salem like this in the evening.

Foreshadowing?
I should have known,what with all the paint we’ve had around over the last week, that he was bound to stumble upon an unmanned, yet completely full, tray.
The world is his dinner plate.
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This Friday, for Homemaker Moments, here at Homemaker [...]

When we actually lived here, the house looked like this…

and this…

Then…
We moved out…
We rented it out…
They moved out…
and now it looks like this…

and this…

FOR RENT!!

Let’s get down to business.  Theme weeks have not been going so well, now have they?  So, I’m taking a poll.  Which of you are enjoying doing things in themes and which of you do not?  Leave a comment or send me an email (angie@homemakerchronicles.com) and let me know.  Afterall, this is not ONLY for [...]

You guys need to pay a visit to the Homemaking Cottage Blog found here.
Shiloah Baker is doing a series on “Mothers with large families” and it is fantastic!!  Not to mention that I’m featured on this page today.
But that’s not why it’s fantastic. (grin)
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Don’t forget that tomorrow’s Homemaker Moment’s Theme is: your best summer story.  [...]

30 years
years gone by so fast
sagging old wrinkly wiser
get used to the fact
by Angie
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Yes, I’m 30 years old now.
I have accepted that.
The thing that is hard for me though is that I feel like I should be wiser or more experienced.  I was expecting Monday to be the day that I stepped over that threshold [...]

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Isn’t my husband ROCKIN’?? He clipped some of Regan’s little braided fake hair pieces into his hair and I snapped his picture. It looks like he has a rat tail- I wish he really did!!
Business in the front…party in the back!!
~Angie
Homemaker Chronicles

Alright guys and dolls.  It’s another theme week here at Homemaker Chronicles.  This week we are showing off our beautiful families.  It’s photo week!  And, if you haven’t noticed, I love taking pictures!!  I have just a few family photos to show off.
I chose this one because…

…because we are all dressed up and that is [...]

HAPPY

BIRTH

DAY

TO

YOU

CHA CHA CHA…

HAPPY

BIRTH

DAY

TO

YOU

CHA CHA CHA

HAPPY

BIRTH

DAY

DEAR

SALEM and DADDY

HAAAAAAPPY

BIIIIIIIIRTH

DAAAAAAAAAAAY

TOOOOOOOOOOO

YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

CHA

CHA

CHAAAAA!!!!
~Angie
Homemaker Chronicles

Don’t forget Friday’s Homemaker Moments is for pictures of your family.  Post them on your blog, on Flickr or Photobucket then fill in the “Mister Linky” thingy.  If you don’t want to do pictures then just leave a comment telling how you have fulfilled your role this week…like old times!
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If you haven’t signed up for [...]

Whilst out and about, I am constantly asked, “where did you get these towheads”.  I actually had to Google that term cause I’d never heard of it.  Well, justincase you didn’t know, the word “tow” comes from the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute, prepared for spinning.   These fibers are light-colored, and so towhead can [...]

This week at I heart faces it’s Sepia Tone week.  I love this picture of Salem just chillin’ on the rocks at a park in Texas.  I had to use his long-sleeved onesie as sunblock that day.  He just looks so cool and so cute at the same time! My favorite part of the [...]

I took a little hiatus from the camera this weekend, so these pics are actually from a Previous Day.  Hope you don’t mind!
We took the scenic route on our weekend trip to Houston several months ago.    There were antique churches on every bend of the highway.
Isn’t this beautiful?

~Angie
Homemaker Chronicles

This is the second week to have a theme for Homemaker Moments.  If you have no idea what I’m talking about go here for a brief explanation of Homemaker Moments.
If you’re on board for another fun theme week, then break out your “Favorite Salad Recipes” today!!
…and if you have a fun story to go along [...]

This week has been wall-to-wall going non-stop.  And I like it!  I’m just so sorry for people like my husband who have to get up at the same time every day, go into the office and SIT.  That’s all.  Just sitting for hours.  (Sorry Babe.)
Uh, can you say….Booooorrring!
God knows me better than to coop me [...]

My dad used to always ask my brother and I, “Do you know what I learned in Sunday school?
Of course we would answer, “What?”.
Then he’d always reply, “Shaaaaring!”.
There were two reasons for his asking this:  1)  we had something he wanted, like candy  and 2)  he’s weird…in a good way!  Nevertheless, we always shared whatever [...]

Did you ever have to endure those elementary school classes that would inevitably ask you to write an essay on “where will I be in 5 years” (or 10 years)?  It seemed like after summer vacation was over and we were back to school, every teacher seemed to think we’d had an epiphany about our [...]

~Angie
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Everything is changing here at Homemaker Moments Fridays!!  Well, not everything, but some things are.  This week begins the first Homemaker Moments Theme.  What’s the theme?
This week’s theme is “Firsts”.  What have you done for the first time this week that goes along with our overall theme of fulfilling your role in your home?
For me [...]

Can you believe my baby is 11 months old?  And he’ll be 1 year old in a few weeks??  WOOOOWWWW….
I know you saw pictures of when he was first pulling up to standing…and then a video of him standing…and of course there’s always the screeching eel.
But I don’t think you’ve seen THIS yet…I think you’ll [...]

I’ve never had a green thumb.  And by “never had” I mean that I’ve killed every living thing that has the potential to have roots, flowers, leaves, branches, and the like.
All that to say, that it’s quite a miracle that this is taking place in the backyard!
Introducing…our three week old garden…

Okra…

Onions…

The beans actually sprouted up [...]

I’d like to address the subject of buying groceries in bulk.
Raise your hand if you think it’s cheaper to buy things in large quantities, like at Sam’s or Costco…
Okay, now raise your hand if you think it’s cheaper to buy things from the regular grocery store…
Honestly, I’m not so convinced that it’s overall cheaper to [...]