Are We There Yet?

Of the 100 Things I Learned the Hard Way 81.  Even though the days when the babies are a) teething,  b) up all night with cholic, or c) en...

St. Isidore the Farmer Prayer to St. Isidore O tiller of the soil, dear St. Isidore, it is said that while you labored in the field, ...

The last time I added to these was a year ago. My, how time flies! (Numbers 1-70 can be found here .) 71 . If you need to mow the lawn, i...

No matter how much you want to be a good mother and add nutrition to a pot of hot chocolate on a cold snowy day... DON'T add chocolate ...

This Works for me Wednesday edition of "100 Things" fits perfectly into Shannon's theme for the week: What doesn't Work....

51. Mud driveways and carpeting are a bad combination. 52. When you're getting rid of the carpeting, go with tile or save up for hardwoo...

After driving around with caffeine-drunk navigators for an hour or two Sunday afternoon, our caravan (5 cars long) finally made it to the bi...

41) Old house "charm" is not all it's cracked up to be. (This snuck in by my wonderful husband in the midst of caulking up cra...

31) You haven't succeeded in preparing the house for important company (or a showing when you're selling), until you've broken a...

3rd Installment 21) If you want to understand the concept of how a box kite works, drive a 15 passenger van through the mountains in high w...

Installment #2 11) Peanut butter really does get gum out of hair. 12) In a healthy, normal rural environment, the idea of feral cat overpop...

First Installment: 1) Never put concentrated liquid dish detergent in the dishwasher. (Seriously. Don't do it.) 2) Raising your own foo...