While toting rocks across our property in the bucket of my hubby’s CAT (landscaping project of the moment), I got to thinking more about our housekeeping thread in the comments of my First Impressions post. Several of us were throwing out descriptions of homes, such as “filthy” or “lived-in” and now I’m wondering, just where [...]
Archive for June, 2008
First Impressions
Published by June 26th, 2008 in Christianity, Homemaking and Paterology. 16 CommentsDonned my painting clothes yesterday morning, determined to get back in the house-painting groove. Yes, the vacation is definitely over. *smile* Is there any other chore more tedious to home-owners than painting? Or scraping, preparatory to painting? If there is, please let me know in comments, it might help me complain less!
It’s a long nasty [...]
Campsite Kettle Beans with Bacon and Mushrooms
Published by June 23rd, 2008 in Cooking and Food, Homemaking and Vacation. 0 CommentsI found this recipe two days before our camping trip in a Country magazine at the library…it sounded fantastic so we zipped over to the grocery store and bought the ingredients. Turned out to be even more delicious than I hoped! And perfect for fixing ahead and packing the canned goods along to add at the [...]
Warning! At the end of this post is a pic of me with no make-up. It’s only fair to give you advance notice…just so you don’t spew coffee all over the keyboard or something. J
Jessica over at Farm Fresh came up with this voyeuristic idea…that we moms need to give a grand tour of what [...]
Big Families: The Outsider’s Scoop
Published by June 19th, 2008 in Cooking and Food, Family Ties, Home Schooling, Life, Parenting and Vacation. 14 CommentsAs promised, my gleanings from three days spent with a super-mom of six!
Some may consider a family with six children smallish, especially when contrasted with broods of ten-sixteen…but in my book, six is big. Consider the conversation I had the other night with friends at the pancake feed benefit for my s&bil. I was surprised [...]
Need a delicious brunch recipe? Or simply want to spoil your overnight guests? My friend fixed this for our first morning at her house…she prepared it the night before, slick!
Baked French Toast
1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
8 eggs
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground [...]
This dessert was a hit our first night at Jana’s house! Even my hubby who is not a chocolate person, told me to “get this recipe”! Jana served it warm–it makes its own fudgy sauce–with vanilla ice cream! To-die-for! And well worth leaving my diet and exercise plan at home, lol! (I gained three pounds [...]
So my hubby springs his vacation plans on me during the week of the stomach-flu from you-know-where (or was it salmonella from tomatoes? we’ll never know…). I had one week to prepare for a 1500 mile round trip camping vacation. Joy! Here I was just thinking we were fortunate to get healthy [...]
Blog Tour: Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
Published by June 16th, 2008 in Book Recommendations and Christianity. 0 CommentsI was raised by a Mary-heart! And I’m such a Martha. This non-fiction gift edition spoke to my heart, whispered to me of “living room intimacy with God”, “fruitful living”, the wisdom and desirability of keeping God at the center of my busy life, how to work through the “Lazarus Moments” of [...]
Hebrews 11:6,
But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
What a great verse. Faith is the key to pleasing God.
John 6:28-29,
Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we [...]
