Life, Love, & Laundry

I am going to tell you a story about our youngest daughter.  I describe her life, right from the moment of conception until today at 13 years old, as just a whole lot of surprises.  Allora was 9 months old when I discovered I was pregnant again. This was a complete shock to us, for several reasons. 1 - Our last two children had taken years to conceive, with active trying....and 2 - we were actively trying to prevent pregnancy....I was breastfeeding, and we were using a barrier method birth control. I was also using NaProTechnology as a way to...

I thought I would take this blog to explain why I am spastic with my blog posts.  I have had several people compliment my writing style, and say they enjoy reading my blogs. One person even said I am her favourite blogger. (Awww....so sweet!). Now having this information, you might think this would make me more likely to try and be consistent and encourage me to write more. Unfortunately, my brain works opposite than "normal" when it comes to things like this.  Hearing these compliments actually makes writing blogs more stressful. If I wrote, assuming no one read or enjoyed,...

Please bear with me as I take you down the rabbit hole of my mind... For months now I have been exhausted...mentally, emotionally, physically...my soul has been tired. Several times I have told Ben I just needed a few weeks to slow down/stop life, I need to sleep when I was tired and relax when I am awake, if I felt I needed to.  I love my life, I really do...the business and the homeschooling and the dogs (I bring up dogs because one of ours has been very sick...so added stress)...I would not trade it for anyone else's set...

Hello world...everything right now is insane...for real. I honestly feel like we are living a movie/book, crazy stuff is happening....seriously I would not be the least bit surprised if zombies started walking the streets (too much Walking Dead?LOL) or if aliens arrived from the sky....but alas, that is not what this blog post is about. We have enough fear/bad news posts out there. I want this to be a happy/good news/making the best of a bad situation post.  Beginning today, Ever After Acres will be posting Days of the Year....(some will be international, others may not even be something Canada...

It has been one week since I have brushed/combed my hair. You may think I am doing this on purpose....but nope, I live in a house with 4 other females...and brushes/combs always get lost. I am not sure how, I use mine and put it back on the dresser where it belongs, until one of said other females "borrows" it and does not bring it back.  I swear we have at least 10 brushes in this house and way more combs....my hair does not care which I use...it doesn't not really care for my fingers (which is what I have...