Early May 2012
So we’re barely out of April, but still loads going on. (I hope really soon to start back up with the menu-building posts– because it could mean *I’m* back on a menu.) We decided to sell Cream. It was...
View ArticleSchool Plans for Fall of 2012
We are very excited (nervous, anticipatory– not anxious) about school this fall. As you may know, this year is Jay’s “turn” to travel to Antarctica again (because this is the internet I’m not going to...
View ArticleNext Steps – more infrastructure
Whew! Reminded today why I was sure as a kid I hated writing. And I’m instantly a supporter of smart, on-line registrations. You know the kind– where forms replicate your information as soon as you...
View ArticleAugust Update 2012
Okay, school’s in session. Jay asked me to spend the the first day of school on-site, in case the sudden change was too much of a shock for any of the children. I camped in a workroom one wall from...
View ArticleSooo… We have Goats again.
Most of you probably already knew that, and I was going to save this post until we have picture capacity back, but I’m sick (aka sitting still), and they’ve been here a week, and I figure I can come...
View ArticleYour brain works differently when you’re tired.
I was bit by a rat today. Of course, that’s because I grabbed it, as it was scrambling around the no-hiding-places new room Jay’s started building for the goats. And he didn’t just bite me. He took...
View ArticleBasic Steps Toward Healthier Living
This is the text of the talk I gave at my kids’ school assembly, to all the parents and kids that were present for the Fall Festival last Friday night. There are two main approaches or philosophies...
View ArticleTrauma
So I seem to have a habit of giving people more than they’re [really] asking for. Gerald, my Toastmasters mentor, called up over his lunch hour and opened with some species of “How’s it going?” I’m...
View ArticleMay 2013 (Facebook Compilation)
May 2: EEP. So I’m slowly and in a not-actively-marketing way growing my business (Untangling Tales: Professional Bios and Story Coaching), basically praying about it, staying “available” but not...
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June 2013 (Facebook Compilation)
June 5: Our new in-house OCD test: Real-life picture layout on our welcome-wall (first wall you see walking into house). June 8: The newest member of our crew at Willow Rock Farm: flew her home from...
View ArticleLife-Shift
My children are all away at school now. I have no goats to milk, rabbits to groom, or chickens to keep alive (as my once-necessary source of eggs-that-don’t-give-me-migraines). I have read over 180...
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