A little more About Me

When I was little, it seemed my mom was always "going for coffee" with the other moms in our neighborhoods. I realize that this daily interaction with fellow stay-at-home moms probably encouraged my mom to keep on keepin' on with the sometimes thankless, always repetitious responsibilities of stay-at-home motherhood. Now, I, as a stay-at-home mom, desire that same kind of empathetic comradeship. I have a few hindrances to physically "going to coffee" on a regular basis, however, including living in the country and homeschooling, and not drinking coffee.

So, this blog is one way for me to "go to coffee." In it, I will record my current musings, craftings, and anything else I deem worthy of a good report in the spirit of Philippians 4:8, which, if you don't happen to have this verse memorized, reads, in the Amplified version: For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if here is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your mind on them].

As far as "keepin' it real" in this blog, since my reality involves a daily conflict with my life-long aversion to and loathing of housework, as well as the challenge of parenting two significantly developmentally delayed darlings with their consequent behavioral issues, in addition to my on-going attempts at weight management, I will spare you. (However, I reserve the right to report victories in these areas of my reality.)

And because I like to know a little more about bloggers before I spend time with them, here are a few of my interests (just in case you don't want to take time to go to a different area on this blog): evangelical Christianity, parenting, Spirit-led homeschooling, adoption, calligraphy, music (especially playing the viola and piano with our family strings group), reading (especially the Bible and CS Lewis and Dorothy Sayers and Charles Dickens), crocheting, knitting (I'm learning!), sewing, embroidery, Texas A&M, dogs, photography, dancing (especially Jazzercise and quadrilles), baking, Bunco, Nebraska football.