Read more »

I have a book giveaway for you today! The book is called Top 100 Pasta Dishes: Easy Everyday Recipes That Children Will Love by Annabel Karmel.  This book is filled with interesting-looking recipes for pasta to please kids of every age.   The recipes are short.  Many include pictures, always a plus in a cookbook....
Read more »

We’ve had only TWO cherry tomatoes so far this year, but today we picked many cabbages, plus good quantities of cucumbers, peppers, beans, peas, and raspberries. Hooray for summer produce! Tonight in a bid to use up some of that produce I made my own tweak on shepherd’s pie: –a layer of shredded cabbage...
Read more »

This evening while the kids were at vacation Bible school I took an hour to wander a thrift store near our church.  I’ve heard people say that they never find good things at thrift stores, but I find something good at least 75% of the time and it is not because I’m lucky.  Four...
Read more »

Today I’m making flannel towels that you snap together and wind onto your kitchen towel roll for the convenience of paper and the eco-friendly affordability of cloth.  Since I don’t have any snaps at the moment, I’m thinking about doing buttons.  These will probably be Christmas presents for someone.    Here’s a picture of...
Read more »

I believe He is the Christ, Son of the Living God
Read more »

This it THE BEST thing I’ve done with raspberries in my life, bar none.  To get a true picture of the moment I snapped the above picture, imagine half a dozen faces around the table intently watching, waiting to gobble this goodie down.  Then, surveying the 9 x 12 pan, my 13 year old...
Read more »

This day left me with exactly zero creativity, so I am treating you to a rambling time line of the day.  Please feel free to wander off to more inspirational writing if you are feeling easily bored at the moment!  8-9:15 AM– Drinking coffee and writing answers for a phone interview with Mike Smith...
Read more »

Friends clued me in to a sweet fabric sale the other day where I scored 20 yards of fabric for a cool $20. Crazy, huh?  A store was going out of business, and the owners were getting rid of tons of quilting fabric. Between that and pinterest, I am itching to make things. My...
Read more »

…You shed your tears for me and then You took my hand and raised me high…
Read more »