Beautiful Calling

Participating in Spring Cleaning for Normal People over at Biblical Womanhood I tackled my kitchen.* I am somewhat embarrassed to show you before pictures. Before I show them to you let me emphasize that although the cupboards were unorganized – my kitchen is always clean and never looks like this. I pulled EVERYTHING out to [...]

Some Good Reasons to Use Mini Loaf Pans for Desserts: I get 6-10 Mini Loaf Desserts from a Recipe I don’t know about your house but at mine, we can eat a pan of brownies or whatever just because I baked it and it is there. By doing small loaves, we eat one or two [...]

And as promised….here is a picture of my fabulous Reitmans umbrella I mentioned here. *** I really do love to shop at Reitmans. *** Their clothing is affordable and they usually have sales and a mark-down rack for an extra deal. They also have a great selection of styles. I am generally a pretty conservative [...]

Monday night my friend Becca and I were talking about what a big job mothering is. God has called us to do a whole lot! (See Proverbs 31). Home-making and mothering is a beautiful calling but it is also a big one! Some days it seems overwhelming – especially when they are sick, or the [...]

Well, this morning I have to admit I didn’t shower or dress until 10am! My sweet and wonderful John was up every hour last night! I don’t know what is going on with him. He’s getting over a cold so maybe he’s still having trouble breathing? He’s also putting everything in his mouth so maybe [...]

A google search of the word “Tune-Up” revealed the following definition: An Adjustment for Better Functioning A search for the definition of ‘Adjustment’ revealed the following:A Small Change, A Minor Correction, A ModificationMore on Tune-Up Tuesday here. This week my focus will be on Food! That area of my life needs a tune-up badly and [...]

***************** COMING THIS TUESDAY ***************** A google search of the word ‘Tune Up’ revealed the following definition:An Adjustment for Better Functioning A search for the definition of ‘Adjustment’ revealed the following:A Small Change, A Minor Correction, A Modification Based on those definitions, there are many things in our lives, our hearts, minds, bodies, schedules, attitudes [...]

We were at the store the other day and I saw a deal I couldn’t pass up. For some, maybe it wasn’t a great deal but to me it was! I purchased 10 pounds of carrots for $2.99. Now what to do with them?!? We had some with our dinners all week but my dh [...]

I have donned my apron (see why here), put on some inspirational music and am ready to go! Though my little ones are still sick, especially the baby, I hope to pull my home together today. No spring cleaning, just tidying, getting the laundry done and cobbling something up for dinner. My husband is off [...]

Well yesterday was a very busy day! I posted my blog entry and began praying about my day. As I mentioned yesterday, my spring cleaning was put on hold before it really started. Amazingly my sick, sweet John-John fell asleep in his jumper yesterday morning which enabled me to get started on those 145 cupcakes! [...]