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  • Watch out for the giant hole in my kitchen

    The men started working on the plumbing issues in our house today. You know it’s not good when the jackhammer stops and all you hear is, “Oh, no!” and, “Oooh, that’s not good,” and, “I’ll have to call the insurance company again.” Good times.

  • Kitchen Flooring

    Do you remember last year when some plumbing issues forced the boys to have to leave the house? I wrote a little bit about it. The problems with the shower were repaired and our bedroom was put back in order before Christmas. We decided to wait until the holidays passed before we started on the…

  • Questions and Confessions

    First question: What do you do for a those nagging symptoms? Please share your favorite remedies for runny nose, coughing, mildly sore throat, and sneezing. We’ve treated all the –itises with antibiotics. These symptoms are just lingering and now we’re trying to kill them. Second question: What do you use to clean your house? Please…

  • Easter Mountain

    Several days ago, I blogged about preparing for Easter and what we’re doing at our house this week. (Let me just share that when you do the lenten candles in a pitch dark room, the fewer candles I have to light each night, the more difficult it gets to read the booklet. I think tonight…

  • How do you celebrate Easter? and a blogging theme for the week

    Today is the Saturday of Palm Sunday, and so we will begin our Easter celebrations tonight. Even though we are not commanded to commemorate the birth of Jesus, there are myriad resources available to celebrate Advent and help moms make Christmas more Christ-centered. On the other hand, we are commanded to remember Christ’s death and…