Part of our new holiday tradition is lighting candles every evening.  It’s not the same as a good wood fire crackling merrily, but it creates such a beautiful atmosphere when all the lights are out.  I left them up until the new year – even without the Christmas tree lights, it still makes the [...]

A while ago, my husband and I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7.  I love a periodic fresh start and I was so excited to wipe all the clutter off my computer and start over!  (You don’t have to do this – most upgrades keep all your information and programs and just install the [...]

 
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Today we made stacked pancakes, just like Almanzo eats on Sundays in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Farmer Boy. 

(This was one of our homeschool history lessons.)

Fluffy pancakes, crisp around the edges from just enough butter, stacked with melted butter and brown sugar in between each layer
…and barely-drizzled maple syrup on top.

Sweet enough [...]