One of the things I wanted to do this year was read more, and I’m not talking about reading outloud for homeschooling. Read more for pleasure and for my own edification. I set my goals very low, 12 books for 2016, in the hopes that I’d actually double that. Well, here we are at the end of January and I haven’t read a single book. *sigh* I started a book but was having trouble getting into it and decided I…
So far, 2016 has been plagued with sickness – all mine. I think the past 6.5 years of inconsistent sleep, and especially the past 16 months, plus months of eating out while we were renovating our house, have caught up with me. I got my wisdom teeth out right before New Years, and it took 2 weeks to recover. Thankfully I’m out of pain now but I was worried there for a bit! I’ve also had a really hard time…
As promised, I will be putting up pictures and descriptions of our house renovation up on my house blog (From Hovel to Home). Here is the first post in the series! (No pictures yet, sorry to disappoint!) Check it out: From Hovel to Home: A House Story
I’ve been thinking about what I want from writing in this blog. I think I’ve moved beyond the desire to have a daily record of what I am doing. It was nice at the time, but now feels tedious. So I think I’ll move on from that. I am thinking of using this space more as a place to share what’s on my mind. The problem with that is I don’t usually get a chance to fully flesh out my…
I feel in some ways like I’m visiting an old friend. It’s been so long! So much to catch up on! Looking through my posts, I realize it’s been 2 or 3 years since I blogged regularly. Let’s see. Back then, I was a very active volunteer with Atlanta Birth Center. I moved away from that and together with a friend started a group called Georgia Moms for Better Birth. We started out as a pregnancy/birth support group with an…