Daffodil Days

For several years I’ve seen posts around blogland by people who have chosen one word to live by or frame their new year. Every time I read about it I spend some time wondering what my word would be if I chose one. I could never come up with anything. Two days ago, as I [...]

One of my big grand new year’s resolutions is to lose 25 pounds. To God be the glory, I’m not overweight right now, but only barely. I want to live comfortably within the “normal” weight range instead of teetering on the high end of it. My plan is to run three times a week, do [...]

Oh boy are my two youngest high energy and high maintenance kids! They definitely keep things hoppin’ in the Bailey homeschool! I get asked a lot how in the world I can homeschool at all with a 3 year old and a 20 month old running around. In some seasons it’s been very hard. Newborn [...]

Wow. Where in the world to start? Well, for one thing, I’ve decided to take part in the blogging challenge over at The Nester. I thought at first that you just had to write a blog post on something for 31 days. That shouldn’t be too hard. But after reading more carefully I realized that [...]

of blogging right now. Maybe when the school year is over I’ll have a little more time but quite honestly I’m having trouble keeping my head above water these days. I promise I’ll be back as soon as I can!

I have so many resolutions for 2011 flying around in my head! I’ve never really been one to take resolutions seriously. Sometimes I would make them. They usually looked about the same: Lose weight Get more serious about morning devotional Read through the Bible in a year Pay off debt Seriously, I said those things [...]

It’s absolutely crazy at my house right now. We’re having a hard time finding a new “normal” since Jesse’s arrival. Schedules are totally out the window. A good friend of mine told me recently to keep the main thing the main thing. Hmm. I’ve pondered on that quite a lot. The obvious “main thing” is [...]

I know I’ve neglected my poor blog for some time. But I’m carving out some time tomorrow to upload pictures. Lots of fun things have been going on in the B. household lately!! A new school year, 2 birthdays with another right around the corner, visits from godparents, etc. So tune in again tomorrow for [...]

It started out innocently enough. Facebook had this quiz: “What is your smurf name?” You type in your real name and it comes up with a smurf name for you. Fun, right? I was game. I wanted to know my smurf name. So I typed in my name and got “Insane smurf.” Oh well. I [...]