Kids songs. Any parent will tell you how incredibly frustrating it can be to have to listen to the same song over and over again to keep the kids from getting crazy…and then continuing to hear that song in their heads for the rest of eternity as they walk down the grocery aisle humming to […]

In the next couple of months, I’m going to be reviewing a few of the items we bought and used during Mackenzie’s first 3 years of life. I cannot even believe that she’s already that old! Hopefully some of you who are expecting children, have young ones or know others with youngin’s will find the […]

Hello dear friends, Today, I thought I’d talk about something near and dear to my heart. People always ask mom about my relationship with Mackenzie. In their minds, a big black dog and a little girl are a recipe for disaster. But in our house, it’s the perfect combination. You see, Newfoundland dogs are extremely […]

When we bought our house, it was a 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. Actually, I guess you could consider it a 3/1.5 since there is an outhouse in the courtyard (which we thankfully never have to use). So one of the very first projects we had our contractors work on was adding a bathroom with […]

 Long-time NOH readers will find it no surprise that we have begun really enjoying to make wine over the last 3 or 4 years. It’s not something I’ve really talked a lot about because it’s a rather involved process, and we were really still trying to learn what everything is and what it’s for. But […]