Book Review–Water Voices

I picked up this book randomly at the library because that has been my modus operandi since the girls and I have been attending story time at the public library for the past year or so–we participate in story time (which is a very relative term depending on the moods of the girls) and then [...]

Growing Up

Lulu is growing up, slowly but surely, right before our eyes.   From the time she was four months old, she sucked the middle and ring fingers on her right hand for comfort or out of boredom.  When I read on Mandi’s blog back in October that she was about to break her almost-three-year-old daughter of [...]

Kitchen Tip Tuesday

Here’s my tip for today:  make these cookies!  They are delicious.  I’ve baked these cookies many times, and I’ve never had anyone turn one down.  I got the recipe off of Becky Higgins’ blog.  She is well-known in the scrapbooking world, so I follow her blog.  She frequently posts recipes, and I had to try this [...]

Thanks, Mandi!

I won these cute “korker” bows at Mandi’s blog Sweet as Sugar Candy.  Mandi has her own boutique on ebay where she sells these.  Aren’t they adorable?  Of course, my models are adorable, too.  Now if I could only get them to cooperate for photos a little better. . .
Thanks, Mandi! You made my day!

Menu Plan Monday

Is anyone else ready to forget the rich, decadent foods of the Thanksgiving holiday and get back to your normal weekly fare?  I am!  This week’s menu is about as plain as one can get, with plenty of opportunities for eating leftovers thrown in.  Here’s what we’re having this week:
Monday:  crockpot beef roast, carrots, and [...]

Book Review: Giants in the Earth

I am in my fourth year of teaching freshman composition at a local community college as a part-time instructor.  This semester, I chose Willa Cather’s My Antonia and O.E. Rolvaag’s Giants in the Earth as our class novels.  While my classes’ reactions to the novels were mixed, I found both novels interesting and compelling for their depiction of humanity and [...]

Kitchen Tip Tuesday

Today’s kitchen tip deals with organizing recipes.  I have a confession to make:  I am a hoarder of food magazines.  With my subscription to Light & Tasty, in addition to other miscellaneous publications I have collected over the years, I have so many recipes that I was forever trying (and liking) a new one, only to [...]

Menu Plan Monday

I’m a little late with my menu plan today.  We had a hectic weekend.  Steady Eddie and I sponsor our church’s Bible quiz team, so we took about ten children to a competition 2 1/2 hours away from home on Saturday.  On Friday, a very beloved member of our congregation had died after having a [...]

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Works for Me Wednesday

Today’s Works for Me Wednesday takes me back to last week when I was planning Louise’s second birthday party.  As I have already mentioned, I made the mistake decision when Lulu was a year old to both bake and decorate her first birthday cake myself, thereby throwing down the proverbial gauntlet.  When we asked the [...]