Proverbs 31:15 …she provides food for her family… I picked up an old fashioned photo album from the thrift store today. Remember when people used to have real photos? Now its like, “here look at my phone, here is my daughters dance recital.” In other words, the thrift store was full of photo albums. Of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Proverbs 31:15 15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. Just checking in to say I’m busy working on verse 15. I came up with a recipe file of 31 family meals. I started feeding the babies baby mush cereal. Leah likes [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
{Hi, I’m back. I took an unexpected blogging break. Recovering from a 103 F fever will do that to a person. I added new pages to my navigation bar during my week off. Check them out, Meet Jess and Welcome to Just a Blink.} Onto the task before me…try to learn about the wisdom found [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Proverbs 31:12 She gathers wool and flax and works with eager hands Today, I had a yummy mid-morning snack. Recipe adapted from the back of the Hodgson Mill Flax Seed box: 1/4 cup Millled Flax Seed 1-1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt Couple shakes [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
Shopping I “gathered” wool from Mill End Factory Outlet. I looked for felt fabric that I loved, but I guess modern felt is made of 100% Acrylic. So, I purchased a yard of Ralph Lauren wool from the remnant pile. Beats finding a sheep to sheer, no? I picked up a box of flax seeds [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 28, 2010
or more aptly named…Baking with patience, love and more patience Okay, so I’m not a “baker”. You know the type, homemade everything for anything (MOPS, potlucks, neighbor gift, dessert, birthdays). At times, I’ve been envious. But, I know my place in the store bought section of the potluck line. I am glad that “bakers” have [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Blue tinted 1% milk Purple “berries” from Berry Kix Dried blueberries Grape Jell-O Grape jelly in tortilla Blueberry yogurt with a fruit snack This muffin tin (cupcake liner) lunch added a much needed levity to our day. Pencil on the wall, book torn apart, car doors being locked…oh my! Thank goodness for sunshine and artificial [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 2, 2008
Here is our first go round with Muffin Tin Monday (MTM) from Her Cup Overfloweth! I can’t wait to try the Family Heritage theme for next week’s MTM post. We are Irish, German, French, Norweign, Scottish. Oh My!
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
The kids are back! Where did they go? Well nowhere physically. However I can feel their sweetness return again. I go in and out of cycles with my kids of joy and frustration. I just spent the last few days joining the cycle of joy again. I hope to stay there too it is way [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Last March or so I joined a cooking group. Rather a recipe sharing group. It is a bit of both actually. We share ideas, we talk about recipes and we swap meals. Once a month several women and I connect to exchange freezer meals. Our group is loosely based on the concepts from Cooking Among [...]
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