My sweet, wonderfully talented husband is our Chief Gardener. From early spring until late fall he spends hundreds of hours outside digging in the dirt, planting, tending, weeding, feeding, and then finally harvesting a variety of the fruits of his labor. However, this week he is in New York City tending to God’s garden, namely … Read more
Today is the 3rd anniversary of my first blog post. At first I thought about saying something like, “it seems like only yesterday” that I started writing and sharing with the world via the internet. But that isn’t true. It seems like I have written this blog for a long time. When I push the … Read more
We don’t eat a lot of Mexican food. I know, crazy, huh? But by the time I start adding up flour tortilla carbs and calories, throw in some red meat and smother in cheese, well you probably get the idea! But when The Recipe Girl posted a “healthy version” of a burrito casserole I couldn’t … Read more
Have you ever heard the term “you can’t out give a giver?” That saying totally describes my neighbor and friend Gaye. Isn’t she beautiful? Imagine this — she is even more beautiful “inside” and her love of God is unsurpassed. Recently I baked some fresh strawberry cupcakes (recipe coming soon) and couldn’t wait to take … Read more
Once again I saw this recipe on Facebook and couldn’t get it out of my mind! Apples … cinnamon … nuts … dates … oh my! I added the nuts and dates to the original recipe and I am so glad that I did. I didn’t have time to make it straight away so I … Read more
However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him— 1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV While the Chief was away last week in NYC, my sous-chef dish-washing mom and I ate at a local … Read more