Cake Pops Posted on November 23, 2012 By pamela A little more traveling around… this time, I want to share with you a fun idea: Cake Pops! You’ve no doubt seen these in shoppes and Starbucks… but you don’t need to pay the high price to try one of these or to share them with your family. You can… Read more
Love every day Posted on October 16, 2012 By pamela For the month of October (and surely, I pray, beyond) I’m determined to love every day. Now, that could read: I’m determined to love every day or I’m determined to love every day. I’m conscious of this double meaning or double intent and, therefore, have decided to aim to graciously… Read more
Homemaking A Well Stocked Pantry and a PPP List Posted on September 12, 2012September 12, 2012 By pamela You might consider taking a good look into your pantry… what you’ve got on hand, what do you use most often and what’s lacking? Then, if you have them, take a look at your most recent grocery receipts – most stores give enough description for you to cipher what’s on… Read more
a gardener’s journal Posted on September 10, 2012September 10, 2012 By pamela May I suggest…. A gardener’s journal… or a summer log… a season’s log… I’m making one of these so that I can keep a running log of what’s going on in the garden — and what’s *supposed* to be going on ~wink~ in the garden. As an example… my entries… Read more
Autumn’s in the air… Posted on August 27, 2012 By pamela Each morning I walk around our yard and garden to pray, to sing and to see the changes, the growth and produce each day brings. And then each evening seems to be the time I walk around our yard and garden in much the same manner… only the mood and… Read more
Untangling the wwWeb – part two Posted on July 16, 2012 By pamela This is “part two” of the previous post by the same name — you can read it here. The reason I’ve entitled this and the previous post: Untangling the wwWeb is bcz it truly is a tangling or entangling web. Now, what I hope is understood here is that the… Read more
Untangling the wwWeb Posted on July 16, 2012 By pamela Untangling from an internet bound life is sort of like limiting coffee consumption (but worse. so much worse). You might not even know you’re addicted to caffeine until you attempt to go without it for a day — or, okay, a morning without it. And then, if you’re addicted, you… Read more
Smash Books & Upcycling Posted on March 12, 2012March 12, 2012 By pamela Reusing became renewing became recycling became repurposing became upcycling. Sort of. Actually, each of these are simply names for doing something new or different with something old or used or originally designed for another use. Each are probably unique in application, though. I smugly threw them all together but I… Read more
What’s a mother to do? Posted on February 3, 2012February 3, 2012 By pamela Dear Sister, First, I want to thank you for writing — for it is in acknowledging our condition and in seeing our need that we can best affirm and apply, by the grace of God, the help or teaching we receive. Second, though this may not be helpful, you’re not… Read more
what’s a mother to do (part 2) Posted on February 3, 2012February 3, 2012 By pamela (This is part 2 of the post What’s a mother to do?) Remember, you are a book that’s being written every day… and your husband and children are reading it. Your story, in part, is defining their lives. Let the Lord be the author and finisher of your faith. You… Read more