We have had a record breaking heat spell in Iowa for the past couple weeks, and everyone here is affected by it. We are watering our flowers...

Bookcases are soooo yesterday! We just made a bookcrate.... I started collecting crates over a year ago, and use them all over the hous...

This past week I got the chance to take my kids on a "shopping" field trip to the Big City! There is a wonderful shop downtown cal...

Well, I couldn't call it Independence DAY, so we called it Independence Weekend, since we celebrated it on July 7th: here are some deta...

i am attempting to write this post from my smartphone.... Scratch that, I finally stole my daughter's laptop. You should have seen thi...

It has been REALLY HOT here for over a week.....and while mama and daddy worked on some of our outdoor projects this past week, we decided t...

Well, the week started out on an adventurous note and ended on a equally adventurous one! It has been REALLY hot here in the midwest this pa...