The past couple of days have been more preparation days. Sidebar—As I do my daily weekday blogs, I continue to be amazed at how much time I spend preparing for events in my life—kids coming home, friends coming over, meals, trips, speaking or writing, etc. Of late I have been […]
Read More...Month: August 2017
Finding Real Friendships that Work
Something I found interesting today—three times in the past several weeks I have been asked to speak on the same topic—friendship. Each group requested this topic, not knowing I have been asked by another group. It wasn’t a situation where word got around and another group asked me to do […]
Read More...You Had Me at Homemade Whipped Cream
This morning when I knew Kelsey, Caleb, and Harvey would be here for supper I thought—Perfect time to try out a new recipe! Immediately I knew I wanted to try this shortbread recipe with homemade whipped cream. Caleb loves homemade whipped cream and I knew everyone would love the […]
Read More...How Were the Roasted Butternut Squash Cups?
Okay, I promise this is not turning into a cooking blog. I love sharing my food adventures with you, but I won’t do it every day. And today is one of those days I will do it. After a busy day of running errands, making supper tonight was actually fun. […]
Read More...My New Obsession!
I bought a new cookbook today and this pan of beautiful fish is the first recipe I tried. It was one of the best fish entrees I have ever eaten and I even used tilapia from Costco! I cannot wait to use more and more of the recipes. For years […]
Read More...A Little Time for Fun Today
This afternoon I had the pleasure of lazily drifting in my kayak on the lake behind our house with one of my dearest friends. We had a ball sharing our hearts, being heard by the other, and just hanging out. We have been trying to get together to do this […]
Read More...What Brings Joy to Me
I am pretty tired tonight so I will keep this short. I’m tired I ran around the house and yard with The Grand today while his mama worked on a sewing project. I love taking care of him. I don’t have lots of pictures from today because The Grand is […]
Read More...The Pricelessness of Friendship
After weeks of praying, prepping, analyzing, and re-analyzing my thoughts on friendship, I had the privilege of sharing the material with the women of Grace Presbyterian Church. We had a ball. Kelsey helped me at my book table, so it was a real party! The experience of preparing was more […]
Read More...Changing My Focus for the Next Half of My Life
Tonight at supper I had an epiphany. You might think I’ve said this before and maybe I have. But tonight it came to me in a fresh way that helped me process more clearly. The thought came to me of things I am done with. I thought, “Here I am […]
Read More...Flowers and Cake!
Summery tablescape and cake. You guessed it. It’s time for my small group to start up after summer break. Today was all about preparation. This morning I worked on the material for Saturday again. Hey, in school I studied a lot. I need a lot of prep for a big […]
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