Posts by gwen's mom

My girls (sizes 7 and 10) will be wearing red/black/white plaid pencil skirts for our Christmas pictures this year. I am looking for a button down black shirt or simple black sweater for their tops but I can't find anything....so far I...

I don't live in Ft. Collins; I live about 70 miles north in Wyoming but I dream of living there and sending my kids to Ft. Collins charters. Here is a website that you might find helpful: http://www.greatschools.org/

I couldn't seem to find this answer anywhere on the site...does anyone know if the g.c. expire? Thanks, MS

I actually found a daisy tunic and a brownie vest with all of the patches/pins intact at our local Savers. I brought them home, pealed off/used a seam ripper on the patches (without damaging the tunic or vest) and cut them down for...

Well a little bit of good news...DD had her appt with the COVD developmental optometrist today and she was found to have 20/20 vision with farsightedness. I don't completely understand how this works but the Dr. told me that a small...

My DD is 8 and has always been HSed. She has always struggled with reading and it is not due to lack of effort or desire. Unless I sit with her and touch the words on the page as she reads, she skips small words such as the, a, an,...

My last “normal” period was May 5. I did not have a period in June and then I began bleeding June 30 and have been bleeding heavily since, 4-8oz a day, lots of palm sized clots. No pain, just a lot of inconvenience and recently...

I am making Christmas dresses for my nieces-the top is stretch velour, the bottom is satin. So, I was thinking that it might be just as easy to serge the stretch velour. When I sew diapers with stretchy fabric I use woolly nylon. Is...

1 Million Pillowcase Challenge http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/ Little Dresses for Africa http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/ Here are a variety of charities that are looking for sewn...

So we have made the decision to have our HSed DD#1 evaluated by the specialists in the school district, as we suspect that she may have some sort of learning disability. In talking to the district folks and setting up the screening...