When my shoulder pain was at its worst a few weeks ago, local friends from our church and community stepped in to encourage and support us by giving me rides to my appointments and bringing a few...
sitrep
Those who have followed my blog for a long time know that I don't ever just fall off the map when it comes it putting up blog posts. It's even rare for me to take planned time off from my usual...
December & January Favorites
I have to confess that I was a little too grouchy yesterday to write any kind of a blog post that would've been even marginally inspirational or interesting to read. So, I saved you from that and...
easy chicken and dumplings recipe
Today was another snow day for the boys and they've already canceled school through Wednesday due to the cold. (The high on Wednesday will be -20 degrees F!) So, it'll be a bit of a tough work...
easy chicken & dumplings recipe
Today was another snow day for the boys and they've already canceled school through Wednesday due to the cold. (The high on Wednesday will be -20 degrees F!) So, it'll be a bit of a tough work...
contentment boundaries
I wrote earlier this month that my two focus areas of 2019 are contentment and health. These are two areas I'm working on, so anything I share with you is like the blind leading the blind, but...
creamy potato soup | simple weeknight meal
Both Jeff and I are big soup fans. I discovered my love of soups when our family went on winter retreats to Beatenberg, Switzerland and they would serve the most delicious pureed soups with dinner...
creamy weeknight potato soup
Both Jeff and I are big soup fans. I discovered my love of soups when our family went on winter retreats to Beatenberg, Switzerland and they would serve the most delicious pureed soups with dinner...
curiosity killed the cat…
...but I am not a cat. And neither are you. When I was on my creative retreat last March, there were a few themes that kept coming up. They were from different authors and podcasters and, if I...
favorite home projects of 2018
As I've been looking back over the past year and the projects we completed, I realized we have done a lot! 2017 was about getting settled, listening to our house, getting to know its style, and...