Primitives from the Iowa Prairie

Usually, we can make a spur of the moment trip to our favorite little antique towns without a hitch, but boy did we pick the wrong day to go...

I just realized that this is the extent of my fall decorating! I do a lot better for Christmas, but thought this poor little pumpkin looked...

It has been so windy and rainy that I couldn't get outside to take photographs, so in between dispensing antibiotics to the kids, I'...

Grace and I still coughing, but we don't feel too bad, so of course, Anna starts running a fever today, it's strep. Grace just came...

I almost stayed home and skipped going to the Collector's Eye show in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, so so so glad I changed my mind. It is a ...

I started feeling congested yesterday, glad to fall into bed, just asleep when the pitter patter of Anna feet woke me up, "Mom, Grace i...

Paint and sand, feed the kids, do the errands, try to remember to pay the bills (are my lights flickering?), it has been a work a thon, with...