June 2009

My Most Favorite Oatmeal Cookies Ever

These don’t look like impressive cookies, but they are some of my favorite cookies ever. They are so good. And, even more fun, they are unsuspecting. Usually when people pick them up and take a bite they say, “Wow — these are really good.” It’s kind of fun to surprise people like that. I’m not [...]

Many Little Links {June 28, 2009}

How to Make Vanilla Extract — Joy the Baker (I totally have got to try to do this sometime! Anyone ever tried it before?) Sweet Summer Trifle Ideas — Make and Takes (I have a trifle bowl, so I love all of the different combination ideas!) The Simple Fitness Rules — Zen Habits (Must exercise. [...]

7 Quick Takes – June 26th (Volume 7)

~ 1 ~ This week, we enjoyed our first zucchini from the garden. It was so good! We enjoyed it sauteed along with some fresh basil that was also from the garden. We are hoping that we will be able to enjoy a lot more fresh zucchini as the season continues. ~ 2 ~ Speaking [...]

Using Preplanned Curriculum For Part of Our Homeschooling

Last year was our first year of homeschooling. I bought portions of a preplanned curriculum last year, but with the intention that I was just using parts of it and would just plan the whole thing myself. (Then I sold most of it shortly after starting the school year anyway.) And that was just what [...]

Create Your Own Craft Kit for an Inexpensive Gift

Noah was recently invited to a birthday party for a girl that he used to go to school with. I kept thinking, “Hmmm…what should we give a nine year old girl?” And, quite frankly, I didn’t feel like spending a lot of money either. Then, I remembered that this girl enjoyed crafts, as I think [...]

Quick and Easy Party Recipe: Cucumber Sandwiches

I went to a small get together this evening with a church group that I belong to that was having a farewell for one of our priests who is being transferred. I had a problem though — I needed to bring along food, but wouldn’t have much time to put it together (at all!). Thanks [...]

Big Problems at Blogger (aka Who Knows If You’re Actually Reading This)

Apparently there are some big problems here at Blogger for those of us that use a custom URL (for instance, that I use www.manylittleblessings.com instead of manylittleblessings.com now). Several days ago, Blogger stopped redirecting traffic from the old blogspot address to the custom URL for all of those that use one. And, worse yet — [...]

7 Quick Takes – June 19th (Volume 6)

~ 1 ~ While at Walmart with the kids today, I spent $10 on a bubble blowing machine. What a totally fun way to spend $10! If the plastic toy doesn’t break, it is going to continue to be a ton of fun. I’m glad that I picked up one to give as a gift [...]

Little Girls with Hats and Scarves

I’m not sure why I love to see it so much, but there is something so sweet to me about little girls in hats or with scarves on. Really…who knows why? But, isn’t she sweet? And, I figure if it makes me smile every time I see it, it must certainly qualify as one of [...]

How I Do Our Menu Planning One Month at a Time

Although it seems like menu planning is much more common around the blogosphere, I often have people react with surprise when they find out that I tend to do my menu planning one month at a time. In addition to the menu planning one month at a time, I also tend to do one major [...]

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