JenaDec 6, 20143 minHow to be an old married coupleI was telling my daughter about the nice trip that her daddy and I had this past week. We only took two days–actually not even two full...
JenaSep 19, 20144 minIdentity crisis: part 1It doesn’t take long for circumstances to change. You wake up one morning, and you realize things are different than they were from some...
JenaSep 5, 20142 minA year without my husband and family?I attended a Toastmaster’s meeting with my daughter and husband. If you aren’t familiar with Toastmasters International, it is a public...
JenaMay 11, 20144 minthe pizza guy and other honorsOne of THE most wonderful things I have ever chosen to do is become a mother. There was, of course, a ton of prep work prior to that....
JenaApr 18, 20143 minHomespun advice from a hedgehogI have another child graduating from high school. I have a different child almost done with college. The one between those two just...
JenaApr 15, 20143 minGroups of GraceA few years ago, I was asked to lead a women’s Bible study at the home of a friend. Out of that group, another group sprung up that...
JenaApr 7, 20143 minYou just never know…I was picking up my daughter from (one of her many) jobs. She works as a seamstress for a woman with a home business. The business is...
JenaMar 18, 20142 minPost-homeschooling-mommy-syndromeThey told me it was coming. I didn’t believe them. No. I have plenty of hobbies. Plenty of friends. A great marriage. It’s not my...
JenaDec 23, 20132 minPine needles, crumbs and legosAfter our big party last night, I was dead-dog tired, out-cold, catching flies until waaaaaaay later than I normally sleep– this morning....
JenaDec 22, 20132 minKaper charts: butt-kicking redefinedThere is no such things as stress-free holidays, but ONE gift I gave to myself this year is a KAPER chart for food chores. With a big...
JenaNov 17, 20133 minStudy Skills RevisitedFor a few years, I was teaching a class called “Study Skills” at our homeschool co-op. I looked at the book, watched the videos and...
JenaNov 8, 20133 minDo I get homeschooling credit for this child?Today I wrote the transcript for my third child. It hardly seems possible that our third (Hudson) will be graduating from high school....
JenaNov 1, 20131 minTime to lighten up the mood, alreadySo, it’s that dress-up time of the year, i.e. “Halloween” as some call it. We have not celebrated this holiday ever with our children....
JenaSep 12, 20135 minSummer closure..2013I can hardly believe we are into fall already. Judging by the lack of blogging I did this summer, you probably figured out that life was...
JenaAug 13, 20132 minthe unstoppable treeThere’s this rogue tree growing in my flower bed. Actually, it’s quite a beautiful, little maple tree. And every year, for the past...
JenaMar 10, 20133 minPost-homeschooling clean out..Bbbbwwaaaaaaaaa…. wimper wimper, sniff.. sniff… Even though the last 147 years of your life (more or less) have been devoted to...
JenaFeb 10, 20133 minThe definition of a mom is..About a week ago, I cooked a turkey. “WHY?? are we having a turkey, MOM??” It’s like I need to post a four day in-advance notice (on...
JenaSep 29, 20122 minBaby SuzyMeet Baby Suzy. Way back in the year of 1970, a bald, blue-eyed little girl toddled around in a duplex in Gwinn Michigan, toting her...
JenaJun 28, 20122 minPot Secret..I was cleaning out the craft room in the basement. I managed to unearth some old scraps of colored paper from days of old. It was...
JenaJun 16, 20122 minAre you a sales person?So, I’m out on a Saturday morning shopping run. Even though my hair was majorly hedge-hogging, I managed to get out and do pilates...
