Beautiful Calling

Christmas Morning 2010 {Their new Christmas Eve Pj’s from my parents say “Don’t wake me, I’ll wake you!” which is very fitting if you know my early-rising tots!} I love Christmas! I love the decorations, the excitement, anticipation, family, friends, food, gifts and of course, celebrating the marvel of our Savior’s birth! My mother used [...]

    robert.molinarius Quitter. The word brings to mind negative thoughts along with feelings of failure, of lacking in determination, of giving up and being defeated. I became an Epicure Consultant. That took courage. To take that first step and sign up then to plunge in wholeheartedly; leaving my comfort zone far behind. I’m not always [...]

I was at the dollar store the other day and saw this container. I knew it would suit my needs perfectly. It’s a cheese saver! We don’t eat a lot of packaged sliced cheese but I like to have it around for burgers or grilled cheese sandwiches. I buy a package of sliced cheese, we [...]

      Photo by LiminalMike “I kin do it mysef!” As the mother of two tots, I hear that a lot. Many times, it is then followed by an excited, “Mom, I did do it all by myself!” which makes me so proud. But more often than not, when it comes to my little 2 year [...]

Fresh flowers were a something I treated myself to regularly before our littles arrived. When I became a stay-at-home mommy, our budget changed a bit. Actually, not so much the budget but my priorities. Anyhow, my neighbor told me about this farm where you could buy beautiful flowers that I could feel good about ‘splurging’ [...]

Photo by Jek-in-the-Box Sunday Night 10:45pm I have a cold in August. There is just something wrong about that statement!Here I am, can’t sleep because my ‘node id dough duffy’ and when I lie down I can’t breath. I gave up and just took a Nyquil. I’m generally opposed to taking medication but sometimes it [...]

It was too early to plant a garden before we left for Africa and a little late when we returned. Because of that, I cheated and bought a couple plants from our local greenhouse that were already started and others we bought seeds. But started from plants or seeds, this is our first garden ever [...]

Yesterday I read a post about lost socks which led me to share with you, we have sock troubles. Two go in to the washing machine but only one comes out. One sock goes in, one comes out and you’re left puzzled (DH discovers a whole in one sock so he throws it out and [...]

Steve Took It Recently I read some information that I found interesting. It was about water being used that we don’t think about. When you buy meat, do you stop to think about how much water it took to bring that to you? I know I don’t! Including water that they drink, water it took [...]

Do you want more order in your world? I know I do. I also know from experience that lists help me to do that! I became aware of the importance and helpfulness of lists as a child watching my mother make lists for everything from chores and groceries to camping and vacations. As an adult, [...]