Heat Advisory

Days like today with a temperature topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit and a humidity level of 100% (okay, maybe I’m exaggerating just a little) really make me pine after Wintertime…the snow, the grey, cloudy, cold skies and the distinct lack of sweat. Come on, Winter!

Show Us Your Life: Favorite Bible Verse(s)

Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous; is not proud; is not conceited; does not act foolishly; is not selfish; is not easily provoked to anger; keeps no record of wrongs; takes no pleasure in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth; love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and [...]

Super Easy No-Bake Flag Cake!

Super Easy No-Bake Flag Cake What you need: 1 Sara Lee frozen pound cake 8×11 baking dish Blueberries Strawberries, stemmed and cut in half lengthwise 1 bucket frozen Cool Whip What to do: Slice the pound cake about 3/4″ thick and lay the slices in the bottom of the pan. Ice the pound cake with [...]

Spending waaay too much time dreaming

Bathrooms… I have to admit, I’m a serious sucker for a good white wainscoting job.  It’s so classic, clean and charming.  The house has three bathrooms & I think we’ll do this in all of them!  My husband rolled his eyes when I told him this, but hey, I don’t care what he thinks because [...]

Show Us Your Life: Show us what you make!

For me, this post is more about “show us what you’d LIKE to make sometime in the near future” … Right now, I don’t find time very often (actually, right now it’s more about not having a place, not so much time or money) to craft all the things I’d like to start making, but [...]

Show Us Your Life: China Pattern

This week on Show Us Your Life, we’re doing China Patterns!  Let me start by saying that I don’t actually own any china.  None.  Nada.  That’s nill. Got it? But, here’s what I’ve been swooning over: It’s called Sirena, made by Lorenzo…see it here.  I love the classic silver/white, and that it’s not just way [...]

Show Us Your Life: Teacher Gifts

I’ll just go right ahead and ‘fess up. We’ve never given one of James’ teachers a gift.  Ever. He’s only had, like, two.  But, I can admit we should have treated them better. Since that’s the case, I’ll one thing that I think makes a good teacher gift and even one thing that my mom [...]

Show Us Your Life: Organizing Tips

Well, today’s “Show Us Your Life” from Kelly’s Korner is supposed to be showing/teaching other people the organizational tricks I use in my home. But, it turns out I’m not so organized. In fact, I am what you might call the “opposite of organized”. I’m organized’s antonym. Believe it or not, it’s not because I [...]