Handpies. Isn’t the name itself enchanting? Because who doesn’t want pie you can hold in your hand?! Well, unless, of course, you don’t care for pie……..then, well, then you’re probably not even reading this post. Because it stands to reason, if you don’t like pie, most likely you aren’t doing long Google searches for pie, […]
Ten Of My Favorite Candy Bars
I love all the little fun things life has to offer and for this Tuesday in August, I’m thinking about candy bars! Do you have a favorite candy bar???? I don’t know if I have ONE absolute favorite when it comes to candy bars. I have several I really love, but it can depend […]
Ten Takes on Book Suggestions for Readers
July has crept into August. Locusts hum outside and the hot hay-aroma of freshly mown grass hangs in the late afternoon air. I’m never quite ready to see summer slip silently towards autumn. And before it does, let’s sneak in a few more days of water splashing and hammock-laying and lazy afternoons of reading. […]
One Favorite Color
I love color. God could have given us a world of black and white, but He didn’t. He spoke it into existence and He splashed it brilliantly and vibrantly with a rainbow of colors and hues upon hues. Isn’t it incredible?! Yes, I love most any and all colors. There are a few I wouldn’t […]
Celebrating with a Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory Giveaway
It’s our last giveaway for July and it’s a very, very fun and happy one! Sew a Fine Seam is joining us today and giving away this pillow! Thank-you, thank-you Jill! Yay! {To new friends around here who may not know, Jill is my sister and she makes handcrafted and stitched pillows! She’s shared some […]
Celebrating With a Young Living Giveaway
I’ve been using essential oils for five years now! I can’t believe it’s been that long. I don’t think I’ve ever held a giveaway for oils. When I was thinking about celebrating through July with giveaway favorites, it occurred to me to definitely give away some oils! I really love my oils and use them […]
Celebrating With a Lilla Rose Symphony Flexi Giveaway
Every Friday I find myself asking in my head, “Where HAS the week gone?” And every time I turn the calendar page to a new month, I wonder the same thing. Except, “month” instead of “week”. July is sneaking towards half over! We have winners for our GraceLaced giveaway and our Magnolia Journal giveaway. Yay! […]
Celebrating with a Magnolia Journal Giveaway
Hey friends! The second giveaway to celebrate our way through July! This giveaway is for……………… wait for it…….wait for it………. a set of four Magnolia Journal magazines! This set is Volume two through five….. the premier issue stands alone! This magazine looked fun to me last year and I decided to give it a try. […]
Celebrating With a GraceLaced Print Giveaway
July. July always summons up memories and pictures of hot sunshine, water spraying, and long days. It carries me back to childhood and carefree days and summertime living. Stirring up lemonade or Kool-Aid in the burnt orange Tupperware pitcher and wedging the lid on top. Eating popsicles, orange or red, purple or green….licking them […]
Ten Favorite Storybooks For Children
This could be an endless list! 🙂 Storybooks for children are a whole lotta fun! I have another stack of books waiting for another post and I know I could do several posts! For today………here’s ten books I love! No. 1 Bambi Gets Lost We had this book at my house when I was a […]
Three Journals For Summer Study
It’s Three on Thursday……..Linking up over here with Carole……… I shared these three journals in my Instagram stories on Tuesday and I’m going to share them here! If you’d like a new journal to use for your summer Bible study, here’s three you can check out! Summer is a swirl of busy….of different schedules…of […]
Ten Authors With New Books I’m Excited About in 2018
Here are ten books that have either already released in 2018 or are releasing in 2018! And let me rephrase that. It’s actually ten authors, but more than ten books……… I like to sometimes search and poke around on Amazon and discover new books that will be releasing! Yay for fun finds! I was going […]
Mug and Teacup Exchange Spring 2018
It’s Teacup and Mug Exchange Reveal time! Yay!! Last fall I joined in on this teacup exchange for the first time. You can find my post about it right over here. I signed up again for the spring exchange and this time I chose to do the teacup exchange and the mug exchange. That means […]
With Jesus I Shall Meet
I lean my head against the couch and curl up my feet, My Bible lays upon my lap, With Jesus I shall meet. A cozy blanket ’round me wrapped, As I with Him retreat. I lift the cover of His Word, the pages rustle thin, I turn to Proverbs, then to John, Life-giving words […]
Floating on God’s Grace
I tap the app for YouTube and I type Casting Crowns by the blinking cursor in the search box. I can’t think of the name of their song I’m searching for. I scroll a bit and then, there it is! Thrive. I tap the box and tap the play and in as many seconds the music […]
Giveaway ~ Peanuts DVD and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day DVD
Happy Monday morning!!!! For the most part, I DO like Mondays. New week….new things to do…….schedules and routines…..{though our schedules of any sort are always very much subject to change, due to weather, work, farm and unexpected events!!!} One reason I like Mondays at this season in my life is because I am […]















