Summer is over! In the oppressive heat we are experiencing in central PA, I long for the pool to be open. Tomatoes are falling off the vine. We can’t collect them fast enough. After a prolonged hiatus from blogging I finally am posting again! Hope you like this one. It is releated to repainting … Read More about Odd Little Half Bath Closet
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Chicken Pot Pie
It’s a favorite! Over the years, I have combined several recipes to come up with what we love. When company and the girls’ friends during the school lunch hour ask for the recipe so their moms can make it, you just know you’ve got a hit. Last night we tried cupcake chicken pot pie. It was our meal … Read More about Chicken Pot Pie
3078 Farmhouse Kitchen Paint Job
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
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