In which I try new things with limited success
Another episode in my long, painfully slow saga of becoming a decent photographer. In this episode, I set up my new equipment. I recently acquired a set of light boxes, a backdrop stand,…
Archived posts from Nettie’s World Blog.
Wandering through the fog
There's inevitably a certain degree of mental fog that is part and parcel of having a newborn in the house and sleeping in 2 hour stretches. I'm already a bit…
Excuse me while I kiss this guy…
This has been a busy week of running to the hospital over and over in hopes that our Baby Ruben would be released, only to find that no, he's not…
Raising them right…
No wonder Efrain couldn't get to sleep - these were ALL in his bed! The rest of the kids are pulling similar shenanigans, all thanks to four boxes of books Megan…
You know what they say, “At the end of the day…”
"At the end of the day," "when all is said and done," "this is where the rubber meets the road." No matter how many meltdowns and extreme scream-fests there are…
Preparing….
Yesterday, after dropping Efrain at his first day of Pre-K at Ss. Simon and Jude, I made a trek to north Phoenix, an area I have barely even touched in…
Starting School
Oh the anticipation that has filled our home as we prepared for this new adventure - sending our first little one off to Pre-K! As a veteran home educator of…
Firsts
Well, I have a few minutes left before the end of today, so if I'm quick I'll get this in before the pumpkin hour. Ooo, pumpkin... pumpkin spice... pumpkin pie...…
A Glorious Garnet Gift
A long time ago, in a Blogiverse far, far away (Xanga!), I met Linda Burklin: a home-schooling, curriculum-designing, blogging, fiction-and-non-fiction-writing, ren-faire-attending, autoharp-playing, knitter-of-beautiful-things and mother-of-many who also, I discovered over time, designed and…
Jordan turns Eight!
It's true, we had a super summer birthday blowout earlier in the month, but you still have to celebrate each individual and very special person on their own day, right?…