Pillow sack dress

I finished her dress!

Clutter Conquered!

We have been making a bit of progress over the clutter in and around the house this weekend: the garage, the school room, the backyard and the front room have all been tackled!  YEA! Now if I can just get the laundry room shelves and the upstairs closet done, I will feel really accomplished!

Creamhorns for breakfast

We had cream horns for breakfast this morning as a small tribute to mom; she loved these things.  I never understood it, and have never liked them.  The kids had never had one before, and the reaction was mixed as to whether they liked them or not, but for them it was neat to experience something that was one of her favorites. 
Then for lunch we had quiche with eggs from our chickens- that is always a hit.  Well, we had to have something real to eat after the cream horns- they are like eating sugary fluff!

The Wayward has returned!

After two weeks to the day of being "missing", we finally have our dog back!  I registered her description with the city's animal shelter, and they would email me pics of dogs that sort of matched.  The very first one had a pick of a dog that I just knew was her!  It was, but they wanted over $400 to get her back, so we waited the day or so and just adopted her back for $75 instead.  She was running loose for a week, and then spent a week in the city shelter.  NOT a nice place. So she now has kennel cough, but is otherwise no worse for the wear.  Someone must have picked her up in our neighborhood and tried to take her home, because she was picked up by animal control over 12 miles away from our house, and across the river!  The kids are thrilled, needless to say.  It could have had a much worse outcome for all involved.  We prayed that God would return her, and He did!