Rich MOMents

Apologies to anyone who still visits here. And, wow, are you loyal! I'm generally posting to my teaching/learning blog now, 3 or more ti...

For those who are interested in the current status of adoption from China, I highly recommend reading a blog entry on AdoptionTalk . The hos...

I'm reading a book to GG in which chickens are the main characters. After about page one, he turns to me and says in a slightly annoyed ...

This has been a VERY long time coming. I am a SCRAP RECIPE hoarder. Definition?...  I collect scraps of paper (recipe cards on a good day...

Several years ago I started growing celery in a half barrel on the back porch. It's always done well...as long as "well" is de...

In honor of the holiday, I'm wondering. About wallpaper. We're in the middle of a kitchen remodel. We just removed a kitchen cabin...

Pie cherries are ripe, so it's time to post a recipe we invented this winter. (A "sugar fix" moment!) It's super easy and ...

In a mere 6 hours we went from 85ish degrees to 45ish degrees.  A few photos from Oahu... P.S. We took this trip because ds won a $500 tr...

One thing that has been almost constant since GG came home...his love of eggs. Every morning, "Momma, want eggs. Eggs, toast, Momma. An...

We're at the library. I turn to type something into the search computer. GG disappears around the side of the bookshelves, out of view. ...

GG came to us at 3, fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin. We fully intended to help him retain at least the Mandarin, but he's pretty m...

So GG, age 4, continues to enjoy smelling me . It's like he has a little vacuum cleaner nose. I don't usually wear make-up. But on a...

Grace and Hope helped to arrange foster care for GG while in China.

GG and I are home from church today. Friday night/Saturday morning he suddenly had temps up to 104.9. It's the sickest he's been sin...

We're nearing the end of winter eatin'. I'm pretty tired of it and supplies are running low. As a family that tries to eat in se...