Garden Helpers

Last Saturday I decided to weed the garden.  It was so hot outside, but it needed to be done in order to put the newspaper and straw down this week. Weeding the garden is definitely not high on my list of fun things to do.  Weeding the garden by myself is even lower on my [...]

Homemade Teacher Gifts and Circus Party Ideas

Yesterday was the last day of school for my older two children and I am so glad.  I am looking forward to a fun summer. I always like to give their teachers a small gift at the end of the year and found several great ideas online.  I gave the kids some choices and here [...]

Excuses

I have used many excuses over the years as to why things get messy, cluttered, or out of control in our home.  If you are like me, when you let things gradually build up they eventually become mountains that you feel like you will never be able to climb, especially when it comes to housekeeping.  [...]

Menu Plan for the Week of May 23rd.

This weekend was the first time in several weeks that we haven’t done a baking day.  We worked a lot in the garden on Saturday pulling weeds.  It was so hot out that by the time we were done with all of our outside activities I was in no mood for baking.  It was no [...]

Eye of the Beholder

The countryside is covered with these yellow blooms right now.  They remind me of a time many years ago when my grandma came for a visit. She had driven past many fields that were full of these yellow flowers.  She described the fields as being beautiful and wondered what they were.  My dad told her [...]

Using Decals for Frugal Decorating

Are drawer pulls that match your decor a necessity?  No.   Are they fun to have?  Sure.  Do you have to pay a lot of money to get some?  Not at all. I decorated this porcelain drawer pull for my daughter’s dresser a few years ago.  (actually I made a bunch)  I purchased some ready made [...]

Cook Once, Eat Twice

This isn’t a new concept, but it is truly a time saving one.  I enjoy cooking and I try to make nutritious meals for my family.  However, there are times when I just don’t feel like cooking a huge meal from scratch.  Here is where the cook once, eat twice concept comes in handy. For [...]

Created to Be His Help Meet: Chapters 22-24

When I decided to go back through Created to Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl and make note of important phrases and scripture, I didn’t think about how big of an undertaking it would be.  Yet, I am glad I did it. This book was definitely an eye-opening, “in your face” way to look [...]

Menu Plan for the Week of May 16th.

Saturday afternoon we did some baking.  We made some double fudge brownies for a church carry-in, 2 pans of whole wheat cinnamon rolls, 3 loaves of whole wheat bread, a pizza to put in the freezer, and… …pizza and breadsticks for supper that night. I have been freezing extra loaves of bread, cinnamon rolls and [...]

Country Life

We live out in the country where things are pretty quiet.  Nothing overly exciting usually happens.  Some might find it boring, but I find it to be very peaceful.  OK, kids, it really isn’t that boring out in the country, is it?  Actually, they weren’t bored.  They were playing on our front deck, and decided [...]