If you have stairs to paint especially in a tight staircase, get your teenager to do it! Better yet if it is all her idea. … Read More about Edgy Stairs
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Sabbath Words
It is frigid outside. The pure sunlight, the very blue skies and the pristine snow twinkling even in the night assures me of His ever presence. Don’t you love that His Word gives words to describe the indescribable and then gives a glimmer through nature right outside my window. Praise the Lord, my soul. … Read More about Sabbath Words
Unword of the Year
The girls headed back to school today. It is still cold and even colder. We don’t take heat for granted. Lean in were the words I picked for this year. Then someone proposed the unword. I have so many that begin with don’t. Don’t complain. My physical therapist asked how I was on … Read More about Unword of the Year
Crock Pot Easy Pork
Yep, another one. Snow Day… that means lunch for us all and then they will want dinner. Sigh. Thank goodness we didn’t eat the Crock Pot Easy Pork. They had a long simmer and were fork shred ready. Yum! I made them for Sunday supper but thankfully, we didn’t eat them! We had … Read More about Crock Pot Easy Pork
Chasing Away Winter Blues
Winter blues are creeping in along with those bitter arctic winds! I am actively chasing them away from my door. Years ago we lived in Northern Germany. It was so far north in the cool summer evenings it wasn’t unusual to sit on our patio and read our bedtime stores and devotions at 10:30 by the dusky … Read More about Chasing Away Winter Blues
Leaning In
My words for 2014 … LEAN IN Remember the movie, “While You Were Sleeping? Bill Pullman was called out for leaning in toward Sandra Bullock for a kiss. iLeaning in said that Bill wanted closer! Lean In was the title of book that cause a lot of buzz last year. She was an insider who shared. We … Read More about Leaning In
Merry Christmas!
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas! blessings, linda
Long time ago…
…we lived over seas we had to make new traditions away from home. Our family was fortunate that our college kids came to us every Christmas in those years. Sometimes we were overseas, some times we in the states. We were together! It was and still is a priority. Stories from … Read More about Long time ago…
Hope and Inconvenience
Hope is contagious. I had been caught. I didn’t “want” to do something that was an inconvenience us, to me and my expectations. I was regretting inviting guests to the Christmas morning service. Instead, I saw our guests be deeply moved by the Christmas morning service. A widow and her children who are … Read More about Hope and Inconvenience
Rustic Elegant Dining Room
Usually our dining room is graced with traditional Old World elegance. Carved Italian styled renaissance furniture, china cabinets, Federal stye mirror. Paintings and prints from Europe. It just didn’t seem right this year. Like most, our Christmas decorations have been collected over the years, over the moves and inherited. Last year … Read More about Rustic Elegant Dining Room
