Life Changes
Life changes can be hard. Last year, my military family had another big life change, we were once again uprooted and sent to live in North Carolina.
How To Make Vanilla Extract.
Homemade Vanilla extract is easy to make. We currently live in Italy, so our access to some ingredients is more limited here. One of these is real vanilla extract. I can easily get various forms of vanilla flavoring (which is too synthetic for my liking) and it is not hard to find vanilla pods, but I like extract. It is what seems to be called for in most recipes and it is what I have become most used to using….
How To Force Bulbs to Bloom In The Home
I decided to plant them in thrifted decorative containers in my home and see if they would survive. Guess what, it worked, they all bloomed and survived. Oh my goodness, they are so very pretty placed around my living room and with them they bring joy and the promise of spring.
Devotional Time for Catholic Moms
As Catholic moms it can be difficult to add consistent devotional time to our day. I promise you that if you can schedule time daily and make it nonnegotiable, it will be life changing.
How To Clean Enameled Cast Iron Cookware
This is a method I use to deep clean my enamel cookware, maybe twice a year. They looked so much better after I was done. It took about and hour to do my four dirtiest pots and it was so worth it.
How To Make A Paper Rose Wreath with Book Pages
A beautiful wreath made with simple paper roses….
Some time ago, I found these little French books outside our local library.
It Is Our Wedding Anniversary
Today my marriage turns 18…. I am not sure where the years have gone. On one hand I feel like I have been married a lifetime and on the other it feels like we just got married yesterday. I know the years have marched on…..sadly we neither look the same nor are we quite the same size. Yet, we are still that same couple; two strangers who fell in love and have become each other’s best friend and constant companion….
What I wore this winter
I still love a bootcut jean and a sleeveless puffer jacket…..are they completely out of fashion am I a walking fashion faux pas?!?!?!?
A Family Prayer
We can use this time to reflect upon where our focus should be…..and for me and my family it is by coming together in prayer and in our faith in God.
I Collect Sand….
Ever since then, when my feet have touched the sand of a beach, I have brought a little of it home with me. I usually save some in a water or soda bottle, but I have been known to take a sock from my kids foot and bring sand home in it.