Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. NIV Love each other with genuine affection and take delight in honoring each other. NLT Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. ESV Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one […]
Autumn Party…from the Past
Taking a trek back in time again to visit Party Past! In the fall of 2008, I had a simple 60th birthday party for a dear lady, friend, and neighbor. It’s so fun to look back. I love remembering details. Autumn colors are so pretty. This chocolate cake was fun to make. Quite simple. […]
Quotes to Remember {No. 5}
Unforgiveness is like sipping on poison and then expecting the other person to die. We should be tenderhearted and toughskinned. Colossians 2:9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form. There’s so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us that it […]
Sale at Lilla Rose! Black Friday 2015 and December Flexi
Good Morning Lilla Rose people! Fellow flexi lovers! I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed. I hope it was happy and relaxed and just a day to be grateful for! I know. I know. There are sales at every turn, at every click, in every e-mail, today and this weekend! H O W E V E […]
Happy Thanksgiving 2015
T ruly Thankful H arvest and Home A pples and Acorns N otebooks and Nuts K isses and Knitting S hoes and Showers G lasses and Gumballs I nk pens and Ice Cream […]
Yarn Along {Already There and Thomas} And Autumn Leaves Giveaway
It’s the day before Thanksgiving! My sister and her family are here visiting. Let’s have a quick giveaway! I’m going to giveaway this set of leaves I knitted. It will inspire me to knit some more. That may not happen until at least January! The leaves are fun to make. My mother has knitted up […]
Ten Things I Am Thankful For Right Now
It’s Thanksgiving week! Never a better time to specifically think about things I am grateful and thankful for! Linking up with Carole…. The Ten on Tuesday topic is………………………………. 10 Things I Am Thankful For Right Now. 1. I have absolutely loved all of our beautiful fall weather. We have had the prettiest autumn ever. Beautiful […]
Dear Mamas
Dear Mamas… We have got this. We can do this thing. Dear Mamas everywhere… Dear new mamas, dear older mamas, mama of one, mama of many, Dear spiritual mamas, dear encouragers and mentors, though you may not be “physically” the mama, And to the joyful-today mama, to the discouraged mama, to the can-I-get-a-quiet-moment mama, to […]
Memoir Monday {No. 98}
This is autumn in a nutshell. Doesn’t everyone want an iced tea delivered in a styrofoam cup with a C.S. Lewis quote penned on it with a pink Sharpie? I thought so. Party Mix! Recipe over here ~ Monster Cookies ~ recipe here ~ Growing-up-girlies!! Baby just wanted to escape and climb up the stairs, […]
Experiencing Frustration
Sometimes there are words all wound around inside and woven in my soul and wallowed into a well of wondering. Wondering about the hows and the whys and the what ifs. And they’re all sort of stuck together but splayed all across the page, too. Picture a white sheet of printer paper with words placed […]
Pretty Pictures and Pear Cider
I came across this idea for a hot fall drink with a bit of a different twist. It was in a Martha Stewart magazine and I thought it sounded easy and fun to try. I changed it up a bit, but I really liked it. I am not fond of pears. I think it […]
In Our Wardrobe {No. 12}
I think we snapped these pictures the same day we took these that are in Wardrobe Post No. 10. These pictures are extra-special now, since Cooper is gone. Amazing how much you can miss a sweet pet. {You can read about him over here.} Yet, we are glad we had him and glad for the […]
We Make Cut-Out Cookies {And Recipe}
When my kiddos were small, making cut out cookies was something we did a couple of times a year. They enjoyed it. They’d pitch in and help and then get ready to go off to play before all the cookies were iced and I would finish a lot of them myself. I didn’t mind, because […]
Three Things That Make Me Think “Fall”
These three things make me think fall and autumn and cooler temps. They’re food. They have nothing to do with seasons and weather, really. They’re out of the usual category of fall-y things like pumpkins and gourds and apples. But they just have a fall look and are fun decor for my kitchen. I […]
Yarn Along {The Big Road Race and The Inspired Room}
It is very quiet in my Yarn Along world. When it comes to yarn and clicking knitting needles anyway. My leaf still waits. I have not started a new dishcloth. Quiet, quiet yarn along. We were gone over the weekend visiting M’s brother and his wife and little girls. I had a couple of […]
Acorn Cookies
Aren’t these the yummiest acorns you-done-did-ever-see-in-all-your-born-days? I thought so!!! I tore the magazine page out of my All You magazine containing pictures and ideas for this tasty treat. They are so simple, so easy-breezy, so cute, and PEANUT BUTTER and CHOCOLATE!!!! Winner, right there. That’s what it is. Here’s what you need: Chocolate Kisses Nutter Butter […]