A Pajama Mama

This is WACKY WEEK here at Blogger Friend School! Everything is wacky fun! This week YOU, the student, get to share something of your choice that is little “Wacky”!!! To know PajamaMama is to know that "wacky" is my middle name. PajamaWackyMama? I blog on our wacky crazy all the time. The topic for this week reminded me of something we...as in, just our family... did about a year ago. It was hilarious! If the neighbors were peeking, they'd just shake their heads and roll their eyes. Read more here ...and maybe you'll be inspired to try Fall Family Fun Night at YOUR house!! We might make it our new Fall Family Tradition!

My sweet Mama stopped by the other day and asked if I'd help her do something. And she whipped out a tall spray can. She said, "I want you to spray this on my hair to cover my roots." My first thought..."Oh no! She's being sucked in by infomercials now!!" But, she said WC sold it to her....her renowned hair stylist. That helped my feelings a little. It's a temporary shampoo-out colored hair spray that you spray on your roots in between colorings. I personally had never ever heard of such...EXCEPT for the pink, green, and blue versions you often see at Halloween and college football games. So, it wasn't completely a foreign concept. I ran to grab something from my "old" bedroom...and had The Can in my hands. So, while nobody was looking, I decided to see what it'd look like on MY hair....in the event that I, you know, color my hair and just so happened to need a root touch-up or something like that. Well. I didn't exactly expect it...

I have been waiting for this moment for 6 weeks. Or maybe I should say 10 years since it's been that long since I have had a tub to call "my own" that doesn't include Star Wars men, mermaids, and ducks floating around. My first bath in my new bathroom in my new deep-soaking tub. Ahhhhhhh, the bliss. I had my ipod playing, a candle lit, a soft and fluffy towel, and Me! Bath Icecream....chock full of skin-softening oils and a delightful scent. The tub was filled with yumminess and my heart was filled with gratefulness. Father provided for us. And my Hero put in a lot of hard work and he did it out of love for me. I am truly blessed.

OH, WAIT! It's not a garage anymore!!!! It's our new Master Bedroom!!!

My BFS Assignment for this week: Intro: It keeps going, and going, and going…. (Marketing credit: Energizer) Housekeeping: that household mess, it keeps going and going and going. It’s a perpetual chore that we diligently need to keep going on to stay on top it. We all have different ways of keeping ourselves energized..........This week tell us how You diligently keep going with your housekeeping chores. Yesterday, my sweet and very pregnant friend came over with her two littles to check out the progress in the new room. After walking through the den and into the kitchen, she exclaimed,"Look how clean your house is!!!" To which I responded, "WHAT?!?!" Then I walked her around the corner and showed her this: This is the current state of our school/computer room and I can't believe I'm putting it online for the world to see. It was organized and neat as a pin when we started up our school year last month. No, I don't have digi proof for you...just ta...

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Our Assignment This Week: Try it, you’ll like it! (Life Cereal) When everyone else was afraid to try Life Cereal, they called on Mikey. Sometimes stepping out of our comfort zone is just too scary. Have you felt God gently (or maybe not so gently) nudging you to do something for someone else? You know that it needs to be done, but you keep putting it off because it is outside of your comfort zone? Well ladies, this week we are taking a step outside of our comfort zones. My dh has a job that takes him in and out of homes and businesses every day. Most of the time, he just does what he has to do and leaves. But then there are THOSE times...those God-ordained appointments. He lives his life being keenly aware of what Father's up to and is willing to join Him. Many times, he has come home and asked for our help to minister to the ones he's met. A willing heart. That's all we need. Saying "yes" to His plans for the day as soon as our feet hit the floor. Sometimes, it...

Look at this gorgeous tv stand that we did NOT buy at an expensive upscale furniture store! This beauty for our new bedroom came from Target. Do we HEART Target or WHAT!?!?

Books and Chocolate ? Are you kidding me? How fabulous! Two of my favorite things! Our local library people had a stroke of near genius when they started the Books and Chocolate event a few years back. They load up all of their books they don't need on their shelves anymore, donated books, duplicate copies of books, etc. and set them up in a fabulous location in town. Then, they have people donate absolutely decadent plates and platters of chocolate confections...anything from chocolate chip cheesecake, to mint iced brownies to ooeygooey fudge. The event is free. Yes, free. Today was the day, and a stunning local bed and br eakfast was the chosen location. My Lovely friend and I took our kids....Aren't they cute in the pic? There were books everywhere. On tables all around the wraparound porch and in three large rooms inside. We looked at books and nibbled chocolate divineness for a solid hour! I left with two bags packed full of books. There is no charge for the books. We ar ...

Behold! Sherwin Williams "Artichoke" Thank you to my models Rayray and Chunji. I painted doors " after hours " all week. (" After hours " is AFTER homeschooling all day, laundry, feeding hungry people, dishes, shuttling kids here and yon, cleaning up, etc. etc.etc.) About those doors...there are 5 of them. Fronts and backs needed painting, two coats each. That's 20 doors, total. Let's just say I was thrilled to put the last of the paint on door number 5, coat 20 last night! Tonight and tomorrow is the tedious process of trim painting. The Hero had the delightful task of painting the windows. By tomorrow evening, the floors will be going down!!! Stay tuned for more updates!

First of all, I am not a culinary artist as you can tell by the picture. Secondly, I've never been able to make a great meatloaf....until now. Behold! Meatloaf that could actually be fed to dinner guests with no remorse! Here's the recipe, which I tweaked a bit and it still worked. Stuffed Meatloaf 1/2 cup chopped onion, cooked (I didn't cook mine...) 1/2 cup finely chopped roasted red bell pepper from a jar. (No, none of that to be found in SmallTown, GA and we didn't miss it...wonder if pimientos would work..) 1-2 tsp Adobo seasoning 2 large eggs, beaten 3/4 cup bread crumbs 1 1/2 lbs ground beef 3/4 t freshly ground pepper 1 1/2 cups fresh baby spinach (yes, you read right) 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (I used round slices of provolone instead.) 20 very thin slices of Genoa Salami (about 4 oz ). (This time, I used salami in the sandwich meat dept bc it was BOGO...and it was the same size as the provolone and just worked perfectly...but I did not use 20 slices.) S...

Because doing the celery experiment with only one color is boring.... The mad scientist thought it'd be more scientifically theoretical to try a rainbow of colors. And here's the result: Ok. So the colored rainbow celery doesn't show up so great on digi, but the blue worked best. Take my word for it.

Oh, what a relief it is! This week's assignment is to " tell about something you’ve struggled with and how God’s mercies gave you the strength to get past it. Also, share any curriculum/homeschool methods that have been a relief to you, i.e., a particular Teacher’s Manual or Homeschooling method that’s been easier for your family. Talk about how you felt when the burden was lifted." In my last assignment, I blogged on my thoughts about our Butter's struggle with reading and what Father keeps reminding me, daily. Earlier this year, my friend Beachmama excitedly shared a "find" to help one of her sons who had some similar issues. The program is called the Barton Reading and Spelling System . It is based on the Orton-Gillingham method of teaching children who struggle with dyslexia and other reading issues. It's written so the instructor doesn't have to go through weeks and months of classes in order to tutor a child with it. In other words, the aver...

Sheetrock is UP!!! Woohoo!!! A homeschooldrywallingdaddy did the job and did it wonderfully. It SHOULD mean paint on the walls after trim and ceiling paint... But we are having issues with the tub/shower surround. And I'll just leave it at that..... We do have a paint color picked out, though. It's called "Artichoke" from one company and "Native Henna" in another paint line. All I know is that the Artichokethenative color will look gorgeous with my new quilt.

Oh, What a Feeling!!! That's the title of my first BFS Assignment. I'm to share a little about what led us to homeschool in the first place....and our ups and downs. The title is kind of funny to me...mainly because THIS homeschool mom runs the gamut of "feelings" about our home educating adventure. One day I feel great and encouraged...the next day I might feel like I've completely lost my mind to think I can teach my own children a livelong thing. One day I feel like I knowthatIknowthatIknow Father has called us to homeschool and the next day, I feel like I'm completely ruining the poor little dears! Please tell me I'm not alone! My two older brothers and their wives introduced the idea of homeschooling to me, who went to a private school all 12 years. There were friends here in our small town, as well, who were homeschooling when hardly no one else in a 60 mile radius was. I talked to my sister in laws at length about their reasons for homeschooling and...

The siding is up and painted. The a/c is finished. The Butter and his Daddy worked together and got all the insulation up in the room and attic yesterday. It was hot and itchy work. The City delivered this mound of dirt first thing this morning. It will be spread about to help with our floodwater issues in case we get another foot of rain anytime soon. Read more here . Um.....No. We didn't get hit by a tornado. We had 4 sick and dying pines taken down today...... because we like to do everything all at once like that. And this tree fell wrong and demolished 1/2 of the swing set. I don't have to tell you that one little girl was devastated. You may have heard her wails at your house! The 2nd tree came down on the fence.... No, I'm not kidding. It's ok, though. Fences and swing sets can be repaired. Next up is sheetrock.....!!!!