I give props to our local restaurant for generously sharing their original recipe on their website. Thanks Maggiano! Continuing our Secon...

There’s good news and there’s bad news. Which do you want first? Bad news, of course. Unlike my sweet kindred spirit, Robin, I apparently...

Giving thanks for - the luxury of a vacation. Safe travel for our daughter returning home after her week at the beach. Sunblock. Blue ski...

Giving thanks for - Simple things that don’t seem so simple when it all boils down to what’s most important. Faith, family, friends, free...

Giving thanks for - FaceTime. Without it, I would not have been able to see my grand littles as much as I have. Also the provisions that ...

Today is Tuesday, April 21, 2020. I have been thinking about how to best record this weird time in our history in my own space, here on t...

Giving thanks for - well, today there are a lot of things I think are on this list that I might not have thought to add to it just a few w...

📷 The corona virus is spreading rapidly world wide. My daughter leaves today for her birthday trip with a friend to California. I am not...

Good happy Sunday!! Boy, is the sunshine making me cheerful. :-) As I work to tend our home with some much needed TLC and think about the...

Giving thanks for - A pastor who knows how to teach well. The fact that Spring is around the corner, despite the cold and rainy day upon ...

Giving thanks for - this house, our home, and the family that God created that brings it to life in so many ways. Outside my window - the...

Giving thanks for * God's provision that enables me to continue to be a stay-at-home wife, mom, grandma. * A generous, kind husband...

Be intentional. Make your choices count, no matter how small they may seem. Love someone in action every single day, including yourself. ...

Outside my window - It is officially winter. And I don’t like it, not one little bit. It’s cold and gray and dreary. I announced earlier ...

Outside my window - Well, it’s Monday and the sun is shining after a few days of rather dreary weather. Halloween was cold and wet! There...

I’m continuing to work on a “List of Things I No Longer Want to Do”. I messaged my kindred spirit a few days ago and told her I was going...

Outside my window - It’s still dark because today is the second day that I managed to resume my 4:30 am wake up time so that I have a lit...

Outside my window - The sun is shining - the forecast says 90s again. There are the beginnings of a deck rail!!! Repairing the deck has b...

I see this "start here" element on a lot of blogs these days when the blogger wants the reader to understand something about the purpose ...

Outside my window - it’s still dark. I managed to get up at my preferred time of 4:30 AM. I know that sounds insane to some people, but i...