Today I am Thankful for: Celebrating Goals Achieved! In our family, when someone reaches a goal or milestone in their life, we like to celebrate. The general rule for celebrating is, the bigger the accomplishment; the bigger the celebration. When our middle daughter recently earned her black belt, we thought that called…
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Continue ReadingAs I mentioned a couple of posts ago, we had quite an exciting weekend. And around here, exciting things require FOOD…and plenty of it. Saturday started off with our daughter’s black belt test. These tests are several hours long and require a good, hearty breakfast. With this in mind, she chose Baked Oatmeal. We…
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Continue ReadingOnce a month my husband has a book/Bible study with the men of our church. The studies are designed to help our men grow as husbands, fathers, and Children of God. Each study usually lasts a few months and our church families usually take turns hosting the meetings in their homes. About twice a year…
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Continue ReadingI have always loved to watch cooking shows on TV. I remember watching Julia Child when I was young, probably on PBS because we didn’t have cable. My favorite has always been Paula Dean (even if she did say something thirty years ago that she now regrets; really, who hasn’t said something they’ve later regretted…probably…
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Continue ReadingTechnically it’s Fall, but here it’s warm again, and as long as it’s warm we might as well have ice cream, right? As I was preparing to have our church ladies over, I remembered this dessert. It had been YEARS since I’d made it. In fact, so many years my children didn’t remember ever…