• Homemaking - Knitting and Crochet

    Knitting Notes: Finish It (or Frog It) February

    February 19, 2025 - By 

    I’m back this week with a (somewhat lengthy) knitting and crochet update! I got a lot more done over the course of the past month than I expected and had a lot of inspiration from fellow fiber artists lately, so I have quite a few projects to report about. First, we will start off with the Finish It (or Frog It) February Challenge. Then I will share what I have already finished since last month, and I will end what a report of what I am working on now. To Finish or Frog? In Finish It (or Frog It) February,…

  • Faith Talk - Writing Life

    But God: Five Minute Friday Link-up

    February 14, 2025 - By 

    This post is part of Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups. Here is my post for this week’s prompt:  Time begins now…. When I saw today’s prompt was “But”, at first I thought of all the excuses I make. I know I should do something, but…. Then I was reminded of the fact that in our weakness God is strong. So instead I decided to write on the But God statements that encourage me and keep my going when I am not strong enough in myself. (Which is all of the time!) I am often inconsistent and unfaithful, but God is always faithful…

  • Homemaking - Uncategorized

    My Sewing Plans for 2025 (AKA My 2025 Make Nine)

    February 12, 2025 - By 

    Welcome, back friends! This week on the blog I am sharing my 2025 sewing plans as they stand right now. These plans are being held pretty loosely because, as you will see in the photo collage below, I don’t yet have fabrics for all the patterns I am considering sewing. I have seen the term “Make Nine” used around the inter webs for some folks garment crafting plans, and I think it is most commonly used on Instagram (which I no longer use myself). It just so happens that I have nine vintage sewing patterns in my queue, so I…

  • Faith Talk - Uncategorized - Writing Life

    Noise: Five Minute Friday Link-Up

    February 7, 2025 - By 

    This post is part of Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Time begins now…. Today I ran errands alone and didn’t turn on the car radio. I didn’t listen to a podcast or an audio book. I didn’t even have Siri give me directions except on a very short jaunt to the UPS store that I hadn’t been to before. Maybe it seems like a small thing, to just sit in silence, but it seems like these days we always have some kind of background noise going. My children listen to audio books while…

  • Books and Reading - Uncategorized

    Reading Report, Vol. 24: January Progress and February Goals

    February 5, 2025 - By 

    It has been an unseasonably warm few days here in our little part of Colorado, sunny and balmy and quite spring-like! The kids and I have been taking our school books outside by mid-morning so that we can enjoy the fresh air and sunshine before more snow and cold returns. This mid-winter thaw finds me in a transition not just between months, but also between books. I finished up a couple of things at the end of January and have yet to fill their places in my reading rotation. Perhaps as I write this post, it will help me decide…