Lists. I think they’re fun. Have you seen the journal book The 52 List Project? It’s terribly fun! I got one last year and I’ve filled out some of the lists. It’s a great gift idea for any booky-journal-y person in your life. Or any list maker or lover! Today’s list of ten has me […]
Of Bright Blooms and Light
My roses began blooming this spring and one May-day I clipped some buds and blooms to brighten the house. This led to light streaming in and bouncing off the rosebud. I found my camera and looked through the lens and clicked the shutter closed. I’d wanted to try some lighting techniques and some different settings […]
Parenting With Grace and Truth Giveaway
Good morning! We have a giveaway for………………………. a copy of THIS book! {Mine is an advanced reader copy so the cover isn’t quite as polished as the published edition will be.} Parenting with Grace and Truth. Easy to type out. Not as easy to always LIVE out. At least for this mama. The very first […]
Think Write Thursday {A Pretend Afternoon Gathering of Girls}
The email for Think Write Thursday hit my inbox and here’s what it said. {linking up with Carole} This week’s topic is…………. to plan a dinner party, inviting THREE people, living or dead. ….insert my thought here…{Although it would probably be easier for them to attend if they aren’t, well, dead.} 😉 tell us: who […]
Yarn Along {Fingerless Mitt Begun}
I started this fingerless mitt project. I put it on my planner to begin them and I’m happy with the progress I’ve made. It’s definitely easier and the pattern makes more sense to me than the very first time I made one. I tucked my finished mitts on the bottom of my coffee table […]
My Spin On 2016 Best Nine
If you are on Instagram, you may have seen #2016bestnine posted. Something about these nine squares fitted into one square fascinate me. I love to look at them. You can go to the site 2016bestnine.com and input your Instagram name and it will give you “your best nine”. Your best nine are calculated by the pictures that […]
In Our Wardrobe {No 49}
My wardrobe posts had a little vacation during December and the holidays. My son snapped these photos one day for me in November. He likes to joke around and take close ups of just my feet etc. etc. Never know what I’m going to find when he is my photographer! 😉 I’m quite famous at […]
Think Write Thursday {Hello January}
Linking up with Carole for Think Write Thursday…. The prompt for today is “Hello January.” Hello January! You’ve greeted us with cold temperatures on our thermometer. We’re ok with that. We need some cold to kill bugs, crawly and virus, both. Our wheat could use some winter weather and January, if you would want to […]
Yarn Along {Made to Belong}
I find myself caught in an intermingling of Christmas decor and Valentine’s. I put away some of my Christmas stuff, but this dear nativity remains as well as my Christmas trees. I love the sparkly lights. LOVE, love, love them. I saw these yarn balls somewhere in InternetLand and made a couple. I have a […]
Ten of My Favorite Books I Read in 2016
What is a bookshelf other than a treasure chest for a curious mind? ~ unknown Let’s make a list of books! Here are ten of my very favorites that I read last year. {And yes, technically, there really are more than ten on the list.} They are sort of in-no-particular-order! The first few are […]
The Beginner’s Bible Giveaway
THIS morning we have a bright and happy copy of The Beginner’s Bible to give away! It’s a good note to end the year on, and it’s a good beginning for whoever wins and has this storybook Bible arrive in their mailbox at the beginning of the year. A quick look inside the cover at […]
Yarn Along {Loving My Actual Life}
I’m totally thinking this yarn spinner is the best! It looks pretty. It keeps my yarn in place. I can wrap up my dishcloth and needles and secure with a flexi, stick it in the yarn and it’s all together and good to go! Everyday on display when I’m not knitting! My yarn spinner […]
Ten Things I’ve Learned This Year {2016}
The other day I was thinking a bit about learning and trying things and how ALL our lives we are always learning and it is simply part of life to have things we have to do that are new to us. Sometimes new is challenging and exciting and exhilarating! Sometimes new is scary and overwhelming […]
Celebrating the Baby in the Manger
I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want to smooth his hair, all downy, soft, […]
The Best Story Ever
Carefully crafted and skillfully stacked, Form up the walls, What does it lack? Search through the Legos, Determined to find, That piece that I need ~ the one on my mind…. Walls and a roof and a manger I say, Shape it just right for the baby to lay, A camel, a donkey, some sheep […]
Yarn Along {The Greatest Gift}
My yarn and needles have been quiet during the month of December. We’ve been busy with get togethers and other activities and Christmas things. I received this yarn spinner from my Mother when we celebrated Christmas with them the beginning of December. I’m very excited about it. It looks so pretty and it is a […]