September 2009

Using Leftover Hamburger Buns to Make Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

I have talked about ideas before for using leftover hamburger buns.  One of my favorites, especially when the buns are starting to get a little on the not as soft side, is to make grilled cheese sandwiches with them. I can’t claim this ideas as my own.  One of my best friends, Amanda, used hamburger [...]

Thanks so much to Baby Steps for the kind words!

Thanks so much to Baby Steps for the very kind words about my blog last week!  Here are the sweet things that she had to say about me and my blog.   Although it took more than a week for me to post about it, it really made my day.

Play It Again: 10 Things I’ve Learned From My Kids

I’ve been pretty busy lately, but I think that I’ll be caught up soon!  In the mean time, please enjoy this post that was originally published in August 2008.  Funny — when I read through the list after more than a year has passed, I still thought, “Yeah — totally!” ——————————————— 1. When you go [...]

What is Mumbling?

The kids were talking in the van as we were getting out, so I said, “What?”   Noah replied, “Jack was just mumbling to himself.”    This made Molly ask, “What is mumbling?”   Noah answered, “Mumbling is when you are silently saying something to yourself but somebody else hears and asks what you said.  [...]

Free Home Depot Kids’ Workshops

A couple of months ago, Eric took the boys to Home Depot to complete one of the Kids Workshops that they offer.  The boys came home pleased, and also had a completed project, a pin (with a graphic of that month’s project on it), and a certificate of completion. (Oh, and some orange aprons that [...]

Homemade Cake Donuts

Although I last made these before Christmas, with Autumn starting today, it seemed perfect to post about cake donuts.  This recipe is one that my Mom used when we were growing up. Before I post this recipe, please know this is from an old cookbook.  These are not low cal donuts.  Hang on, are there [...]

Choosing Beauty: A 30 Day Spiritual Makeover for Women (Book Review)

In my latest review for the The Catholic Company reviewer program, I read Choosing Beauty: A 30-Day Spiritual Makeover for Women by Gina Loehr. I was really excited about this book, and liked the idea of it being broken into small sections, which is great for busy Moms.  I was thrilled when the book arrived, [...]

Many Little Links: September 20, 2009

Sorry for so many links this time around!  I tried to weed through some of the things I have saved over the last couple of weeks.  And, believe it or not, this is my weeded down list. More Spinny Speller Fun — Let’s Explore I have written about the Spinny Speller before, and we still [...]

7 Quick Takes: September 18th (Vol. 16)

~ 1 ~ The free piano that we totally refinished, built new parts for, and prayed that it would actually be able to be tuned has now been serviced by a piano tuner. I was so nervous that after all of the hard work we had put into it that it wouldn’t be able to [...]

Introducing Kids to Needlework Arts

Admittedly, it cracks me up to write that title for this post.  It makes me sound like I’m on some kind of solid ground on needlework.  So, in the interest of being brutally honest, I am not an expert at all.  Not even a little bit.  In fact, it is only thanks to my Mom, [...]

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