What do you do when your kitchen just doesn’t want to follow the crowd? We have an authentic farmhouse kitchen…at least in the bones. This room just wants to be simple without fuss. Truth is old houses just don’t always want the changes you have in mind. Going with a white kitchen … Read More about 3078 Farmhouse Kitchen Paint Job
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Grilled Summer Vegetables
Looking for easy meals for the summer days that can be hot and busy? Me too! I head for the grill. It’s quick and easy clean up. My kitchen doesn’t heat up which is already warm as the afternoon sun floods in. Fresh summer vegetables are so delicious. My husband has a vegetable garden. What he … Read More about Grilled Summer Vegetables
Williamsburg…beginnings of a nation
Williamsburg is one of my very favorite places to visit. I love the interactive living museum with original and reconstructed buildings. Along with Nancy and Nathan and girls, we stopped by on our way home from the Outer Banks after a wonderful vacation with our kids, my brother and their families. While driving on … Read More about Williamsburg…beginnings of a nation
Sabbath Words…going up to Jerusalem
Jesus went up to Jerusalem to the cross…to be crucified, to rise from the dead. Today is Good Friday. A somber day of remembrance filled with the hard work of redemption done for each of us on the cross. This ancient creed brings together a simple statement of faith with a few words what happened so … Read More about Sabbath Words…going up to Jerusalem
Reminder We all Need
Do you need a reminder Jesus does love you? Our girls… Have you been looking for Him? Or has He made Himself known just at the right time? Years ago in Naval Post Graduate School Chapel family, a man shared how he was struggling doing the dreaded “TAXES”. Struggling. His daughter came into the … Read More about Reminder We all Need
nothing fancy menu planning
← Sunday Anchors Eggs → Nothing Fancy Menu Planning Posted on March 13, 2013by omega57 Love Princess and her dog, Shadow This picture has nothing to do with menu planning. I just like it! Nothing fancy here. Jim left this morning for Colorado and Texas. He will be gone for 4 weeks. Yes, 4 weeks. He left with a hurting … Read More about nothing fancy menu planning
Fresh Cream Alfredo
These can be busy days with little time to prepare the evening meal. At least that is true in my house. This is super easy and a fast meal to make. Fresh vegetables, chicken breast with fresh cream and select cheeses pair with linguine. Warm up the hearty bread and there you go…a meal for … Read More about Fresh Cream Alfredo
JOY
We got into a taxi. Our host sat in the front. Off we went to a market or to do paper work, somewhere in this new city, our new home so far away. We had been waiting and anticipated this time for months. It was blazing hot. We were jet lagged having … Read More about JOY
Christmas in Our Kitchen
It is our gathering place. “Welcome to our home!” happens here as soon as you come through the door. When the girls come home in the afternoon, we all congregate there. Snacks are eaten. Sometimes our evening meal is ready for them because of their schedules. Sometimes we have an afternoon tea with … Read More about Christmas in Our Kitchen
Because It’s Not Just About The Tree
Well, the Thanksgiving weekend is over and a fresh tree is up but needs to be redone. It needed to be straightened. The ornaments were hung by my 4 year old sweet darlings very carefully …right in their reach. It you don’t have little ones who help and take that job very … Read More about Because It’s Not Just About The Tree