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I enjoyed reading The Great Christmas Bowl by Susan May Warren. It’s a quick fun read–good for the busy Christmas season.
I like to find enjoyable books to read during the Christmas season and The Great Christmas Bowl will be a good to add [...]

Cool Autumn days bring burning wood stoves here.
I enjoy walking through crisp fallen leaves, inhaling the aroma of wood and smoke.
In college, we’d sit around a blazing fire in the rec hall and drink cocoa. Laughing and playing games with friends.
Fire can be pleasant and cozy. It can also be painful or frightening.
Fiery trials is [...]

MMM! These are so good.
1 C. Sugar
1 egg
1 C. Shortening
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 C. Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1/4 tsp. Cloves
1 c. Canned Pumpkin
1/2 C. Raisins
1/2 c. Chopped Walnuts

1. Cream together sugar, eggs, shortening, and vanilla.
2. Add pumpkin and mix.
3. Stir together dry ingredients and add to creamed [...]

During school last week, we checked on our celery experiment.
Earlier in the week, we put celery stalks in red water to watch the capillaries pull the dye up into the stalk and leaves.
We also put one in water in the fridge and one in the fridge in a cup with no water.
As we were filling [...]

I enjoy reading your blessings! Thank you for sharing them with us. So what’s up this week?
Any works of God you can’t wait to share? Any quiet thoughts that God brought to your mind?
We have so much to be thankful for and I’m so blessed to be able to spend time with my family this [...]

1. Safety while we travel of course! I always pray that I won’t get a headache!
2. My Mom’s brother doesn’t know the Lord. We’ve prayed for him for years!! He told my mom a few weeks ago that many of his friends have died recently and he just can’t take it anymore.
Then his Mom died. [...]

Don’t these look good? Caramel Apple Cookies
Here are some quick and easy ideas for fall decorating. Fall in 5 Minutes
I doubt I’ll get around to making these, but they sure are cute! Felted Christmas Trees
These cracked me up–Funny Newspaper Items
This is an interesting chart. It compares what is spent on teachers vs inmates.
Scrapbook organization tips [...]

I’ve seen this meme at Barbara’s a couple times and thought I’d jump in today.
1. Please share one middle school memory. It can be good, bad, ugly, funny. Pictures or words, I don’t care, just share.
Well, I ran out of the bathroom onto the playground. My mom yelled for me to come back–she was [...]

Yesterday, James and I were sitting at a stop light near the courthouse. A blue van sat in front of us.
I said, “That says it’s a Sherrif’s van.”
James asked me why  they needed a van.
I told him that when someone in jail needs to go to court, the officers take them in the van.
James could [...]

I begged my friend to let me practice on her belly and then her new baby! These were both my first maternity  and newborn photo shoots and I learned a lot. One thing I learned is that babies are a lot of work to photograph!
My sister in law is thankful that I’m practicing so I [...]