Last week on Thursday my children were exposed to Hand Foot and Mouth disease because of an outbreak in a town nearby. I immediately knew that I should prepare for a warzone around here. Ever seen seven kids sick at the same time? And Itching? For those that don’t know Hand Foot and Mouth disease [...]
Over the weekend I found out that our kids had been exposed to a particularly nasty virus. Like all sicknesses, increasing vitamin C intake helps your body fight off and recover. One of the easiest ways to get children to increase their vitamin C is to make vitamin C popsicles. I make these popsicles for [...]
Time. Its probably the “thing” in our lives, most often, taken for granted. I know most people “know” that and yet, some how in the back of our minds we always think we’ll have more. Time flew right by me during April. So fast that I nearly didn’t see it passing. In my defense, I [...]
There have been so many changes lately that it is really hard to catch my breath. April is normally a touchy month for me. Dakota’s birthday is on April 1st, and his heaven-date is April 12th. For eight years I have just floated through the month of April and went through the motions. Not this [...]
I can’t believe its already been a year, since I hit the ground running and started SavvyPracticality. This year has been full of ups and downs, (mostly ups) as I struggled to learn code, design, what works and what doesn’t. I know most won’t believe this, but a year ago today I was talking to [...]
I hope your family had a blessed day on Easter Sunday. Our family gathered for a cookout and Easter egg hunt for the kids. We played a bit of yard ball, and sat visiting and enjoying each others company. In a way I was sad the day ended, but I am glad all the work [...]
Our order from Murray McMurray Hatchery came in the mail and the babies, and their new parents, have had a week to settle into a routine. Now that I can breathe a slight sigh of relief, I’m going to sit down and tell you what I know about baby chicks. Placing Your Order When you [...]
I’ve read several posts and news articles tonight about the Trayvon Martin slaying. George Zimmrman a man with a violent history, who still held a concealed carry permit, gunned down Trayvon Martin as he was walking home from a 7-11 on February 26th 2012 in Stanford, Florida. I can’t imagine what Trayvon’s parents must think, [...]
We’ll we haven’t blowed away out here. My granny used to call me after a storm, even though were were separated by 500 driving miles and ask me if we had blowed away. We didn’t, but we did loose some equipment that isn’t easily replaced out here. We are back up and running now, and [...]
I was reviewing my order from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds this morning and realized that we have been quite adventurous in our heirloom seed purchases this year. Before we chose our seed varieties Clif and I agreed that we would try two new types of seed this year, but I think we ended up purchasing [...]
