At Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we're simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we've got.It’s a carnival you can visit to celebrate creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. If you want to participate, you can share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: One-Bowl Brownies
Join the Food on Fridays carnival–any post related to the topic of food is welcome!To participate, write up a post (borrow Mr. Broccoli-Button, if you like), publish, then pop over here and click on Mr. Linky below. A screen will pop up where you can type in your name and paste in the url to your own Food on Fridays post (give us the exact link to your Food on Fridays … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: A Deck of Cards
Make-Do Mondays is a carnival dedicated to sharing the creative, frugal or even humble ways we’re making-do.To participate in Make-Do Mondays, simply join in the discussion via the comments or Mr. Linky.The Mr. Linky for WordPress.com isn’t as robust as the version that Typepad and Blogger can use, but I'm making do in all kinds of ways. Even with blog technology.Here’s … [Read more...]
Through the Garage Door
Three first-time guests were coming to my house for a women's ministry planning meeting.Before their arrival, the kids and I scooped up clothes to hurl into the laundry room and tossed toys into hiding.I'd shove stacks of papers and boxes of books into the kids' arms."Take this to the garage," I'd instruct. "We'll hide it there.""Where?" they'd ask."It doesn't matter. … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Absurdly Easy Chocolate Cake
Join the Food on Fridays carnival–any post related to the topic of food is welcome!To link up, click on Mr. Linky below. A screen will pop up where you can type in your name and paste in the url to your own Food on Fridays post (give us the exact link to your Food on Fridays page, not just the link to your blog).You can also visit other people’s posts by clicking on Mr. … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Make-Do Heritage
Make-Do Mondays is a carnival dedicated to sharing the creative, frugal or even humble ways we’re making-do.To participate in Make-Do Mondays, simply explain some way that you’re making do. Join in the discussion via the comments or Mr. Linky.The Mr. Linky for WordPress.com isn't as slick as what Typepad and Blogger can use, but I figure I should make-do with that, as … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Chocolate Gravy
When as I child I spent the night at my friend Becky's house, she and I would try to talk her mom into making Chocolate Gravy the next morning for breakfast. My pancreas and I couldn't believe it the first time she made it. She dished it up in bowls and set them in front of us.A bowl of chocolate. For breakfast. Let me repeat: A bowl of chocolate! For … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Thick and Chewy, Fast and Easy Pizza Dough
Food on Fridays is a carnival inviting people to yack about food! Bloggers can link up their food-themed posts via Mr. Linky; readers without blogs can leave their fascinating food-thoughts in the comments. And while I love a great recipe and will gratefully click over to find out what someone recommends, let me assure you that any topic remotely related to food is … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
Uh, Ann? That's not a photo of Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread...Let me explain myself.It's Friday, and because I'm fond of alliteration, I occasionally post about Food on Fridays. I'm no foodie, though. In fact, my kitchen skills are seriously lacking. But I seem to write about some aspect of food on Fridays often enough that I decided to make a button for it. If you write … [Read more...]
Steel Cut Oats Bonus Track
I love to be helpful, so when I manage to provide readers with something useful, thought-provoking, or dig up information they can use to solve a problem, I'm thrilled. That's why it's been unexpected but delightful to discover that one particular blog post seems to fit the bill. This post, explaining step-by-step how to cook steel cut oats overnight by using a crock … [Read more...]
Hospitality to Oneself
Kathleen Norris and her new book, Acedia & me, must not have a strong Web presence. I presume this because a rambling post I published after hearing Norris speak at the Festival of Faith & Writing last year seemed to gain a lot of hits for people searching "acedia" or "Kathleen Norris acedia." I can't imagine the post was all that informative. Fortunately for … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Building Self-Confidence with a Roll of Duct Tape
Last week, I launched Make-Do Mondays, a carnival dedicated to sharing ways we’re making-do.Right away, Jenni pointed out that this carnival can do more than entertain or inform--learning to make-do can also empower:I love this idea! I don’t think that people realize how empowering it is to come up with creative ways to use things lying around, or just to summon up the … [Read more...]
Christmas Crepes
Somebody in our family is having a birthday and requested my famous Kroeker crepes for breakfast. Then I got to thinking how delicious crepes would be for a holiday breakfast or brunch and decided to recommend them to you. Because so many of my friends were too intimidated to try making crepes at home -- and were forking out ridiculous sums of money for a single … [Read more...]
The Mother Letter Project
By now you've surely heard of The Mother Letter Project?In case you haven't, here's the skinny:Inspired by the Advent Conspiracy, husband and wife agree to create presents for each other instead of buying gifts, and donate the difference to help others. The husband, God bless his creative, thoughtful soul, decides to collect a series of “open letters” from mothers, to … [Read more...]
The Big Advent Collection
I'm a little late, as we're already in the midst of the Advent season, but I've had fun searching the Internet for useful, Advent-themed links to collect in one place and share with you. And it's not too late! You can jump in on the countdown ideas, Advent wreath or Jesse Tree. Just start where we are in the month and take it from here.A word of caution: don't get … [Read more...]
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