Mammas Meandering Mind

Merry :: Merry :: Merry :: Merry :: Merry

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:51:00 +0000

Park Surprise!

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:35:00 +0000

Jess and I had a park morning planned for over a week, but I decided not to share with the Pickle. We arrived about 10 minutes before Jess & her girls...Meg's face was priceless when she realized M was walking up the sidewalk! I just love so many things about our days, but surprises are definitely one of the best!

Our Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:17:00 +0000

Our day began with a trip to Meg's dentist...she did well, but her small cavities haven't begun re-mineralizing yet. I'm disappointed about that, but we'll go back in a few months to re-check them and see if the grain-free diet & cod liver oil have begun to help.

When we pulled up at the drive-thru teller, there was the most amazing spider web. All decked out for Halloween!

At Sprouts, Meg BEGGED for this giant pumpkin...it was only $29! I sent this picture to Poppie, asking him to grow her one!

Pickle was so excited to be a black cat this year! She just had to try on her costume before getting ready to leave for Chickenburg and the Cousins.

As we walked out the door to leave, I told Meg I thought I was forgetting something...we ran down our mental list of what we needed to take...locked the door and away we went...without the camera! So our entire day was documented on my cell phone. Thank goodness for camera phones, I guess...

Light Box

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:32:00 +0000

Parchment glued to bottom & sides, lights laid in the box w/cord hanging out.

Lid latched--scissors & pencil for size comparison.

Ready to go!

All lit up!

I found a great website for sensory activities that showed a home made light box. The one I really want (anyone want to buy this for us???) is just way too expensive, so I opted for the $7 version from Satan's House.

I bought a small thin clear storage container for $3.97 and a box of 100 twinkle lights on a white cord.

I tried taping a piece of parchment between the lights and the box, but tape doesn't stick to parchment. :o) I pulled out the hot glue gun and glued the paper to the bottom and sides of the box. I laid the string of lights in the box and latched the lid in place. The bottom of the box I bought was flatter than the top, so we're flipping it upside down. I left a few inches of the cord hanging out so we can plug her in.

Here you see the box lit with clear glass floral beads depicting a cloud in the sky.

So much fun in store for us with this!

Chook Treats :: Meal Worms

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:46:00 +0000

Our girls are needing some extra protein, so Meg and I started a meal worm farm! They're living on top of our fridge right now, but we'll probably need to move them into a different container once they become beetles and start to lay eggs. Meg thinks they're SO cute--so funny since she won't even consider touching one!

Lip Balm

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:02:00 +0000

Grated beeswax, coconut oil, Shea butter & peppermint oil. Mmmm...

Desert Storm

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:03:00 +0000

We walked out to see this in the sky...

this under our feet...

which became this by the time we got to the store...

to get these.

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:34:00 +0000

Really grainy cell phone photos of Pickle's rearranged room...with an actual bed frame! We were so blessed by the man from the far east valley who met us half-way to deliver our $30 Craigslist bed frame.

Five Year Old Fashion

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:17:00 +0000

Sweatshirt material tunic tucked into a red corduroy mamma-made skirt with stripey wool socks and dress shoes. She is all the rage!

Geraniums for Grandad

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:25:00 +0000

Geraniums always remind me of Grandaddy. He loved their smell. He told me they reminded him of his Grandmother Susan. I plant them each fall to remember him.

Pickle Love :: October

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:33:00 +0000

Meg to Iana: That's my SPARKS book. It's where I learn my verse, (excitedly yelling) because God is our LORD! He is savior of all! Here, I'll get my SPARKS cd and start it!

(Iana is our friend's four year old daughter--her mom is raising her as a Jehovah's Witness. I was amazed at how easily Meg shared her faith. What a lesson!)

My February Lady

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:56:00 +0000

I finally finished my February Lady Sweater. Find the details here.

Photos by the Sweet Pickle!

Intentional

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:08:00 +0000

That is the name I'm giving this new year, The Year of Intentional.

Intentional means done by intention or design. Conscious, deliberate, intended, knowing, purposeful . . .

My one and only goal for the year 2011 is to live Intentionally, with resolve.

I long to be purposeful and deliberate . . .

In prayer.

In thought.

In speaking.

In action.

In loving.

In fully living each moment.

“Time is a relentless river and it rages on, respecter of no one.
And the only way to slow time is this: Enter fully into the current moment and the stream of time slows — slows — with the weight of a soul’s full attention.

We slow the torrent by being all here.

Life at its fullest is this sensitive, detonating sphere, and it can be carried only in the hands of the unhurried and reverential—a bubble held in awe.”

~ One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:45:00 +0000

Modern Cranberry Noir Christmas

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Here is our card for mailing--they'll probably arrive a little late as usual, but were so fun to make!

We did a little family photo shoot with my remote shutter--kind of like a grab bag, they turned out pretty well considering there was no one behind the camera!

The JOY of Jesus!

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:50:00 +0000

As we are looking back on the blessings and struggles of 2010 and looking ahead to the possibilities of 2011, we hope that you, too, are able to see God's grace and mercy in your life and that you are basking in the glow of His love.

~JAM

Choose Joy

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:57:00 +0000

If you have spent any time around our little patch of earth over the past few months, you'll have heard J or me say, "choose joy." A lot. Thanks to one little girl who has been choosing grumpy and angry a lot of the time.

We talk a lot about God giving us joy in every moment if we choose to find it. Even when we don't feel it.

I read a post this morning about worshiping in our work. That in everything we do, if we do it with joy, we are worshiping our Lord. Worship doesn't require Sundays or singing, just choosing to do the task at hand with a joyful, worshiping heart.

News? Not really, but a really great kick in the rump. Motivation to stop talking about God giving us joy in every moment and start living every moment with holy joy.

Are you motivated to live every moment in joy?

Hopscotch

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:00 +0000

Dandelions Redeemed

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:43:00 +0000

When you can't get rid of them . . . find fun things to do with them!

(Idea credit goes to a fabulous homeschool blog that I can't find the link for right now . . . )

Sunset Walk on the Farm

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:17:00 +0000

We took a walk at sunset hoping to get a closer look at the does. Turns out clomping little boots do make them run.

Does in the hay field :: Shadow fun :: Autumn sun :: Running. Just because :: Grass angels, Mamma :: Shrooms :: Self-portraits :: Western entertainment :: Ute Sunset :: Do you see the rainbow?

A Girl and Her Pumpkin

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:15:00 +0000

She picked this pumpkin vine out at the nursery in Durango Fourth of July weekend to plant in Nonnie & Poppy's garden.

She lovingly checked on it each time we came up and was so excited to see all the green was finally gone!

She tried cutting it off herself, but needed a little help from Pop's pocket knife.

Poppy weighed it after she 'helped' carry it in. 16 3/4 pounds.

She can't wait to carve it for Halloween.

10 days :: 11,000 feet

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:40:00 +0000

Ten days, nine nights.
San Juan Mountains, South-western Colorado.
All Photos taken with my HTC phone.

Jesus in Wikki Stix

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:31:00 +0000

She's a Master in training.

I, on the other hand, need to learn to focus the camera on my phone.

Library + Park = A Good Day

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:29:00 +0000

Jammin'

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:22:00 +0000

Strawberry Jam . . . with pectin this year. I don't like it as well as the pectin free from last year, but it will do.

Low light Phone pic--lousy quality. :o)

Happy Freedom

noreply@blogger.com (Amber@OneMamma) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:35:00 +0000