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Supper or Dinner?
Do you call the evening meal “dinner” or “supper”? Being from the south, it’s supper to me! I just can’t get used to people calling their evening meal “dinner”. Dinner is a big meal in the middle of the day… like Sunday Dinner or Thanksgiving Dinner! Otherwise, we have lunch in the middle of the day and supper in the…
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Sunday Drives and Family Time
Last night Lyle drove up in the mountains a bit to pick up our older daughter from a friend’s house. The rest of us went along for the ride. I had been told that the night view was spectacular from this friend’s house with the lights twinkling in the valley below and I wanted to see it. Also, the moon…
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Lotsa Books!
Here’s the list of books I’ve read in January for the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge (not counting several that I have started but not yet finished… yeah, I usually have several books going at once): Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna Thicker Than Blood by C.J. Darlington The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhan The Choice by…
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Celebrating…
Who knew 17 years could go by so quickly? Our beautiful princess has brought us so much pride and joy! My “mommy heart” wants someone to slow the clock down just a little bit… but I am also excited to see what God’s future plans for this beautiful young lady might be! When Jesus sent you to us we loved…
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Remembering…
Maybe it’s a little strange, but I like to visit cemeteries. I don’t mean to be morbid. I just think it’s nice that we have a tradition in our culture of erecting permanent monuments in tribute to our loved ones who have gone before us. Even when I don’t know the people I am fascinated to read their headstones, wondering…
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Christmas in the Country
Usually we stay home for Christmas and have a quiet celebration with “just the four of us.” This year we decided that our family gift would be a trip to Arkansas to spend Christmas with my parents. We left on the evening of Christmas Eve. As we traveled on Christmas Day we “enjoyed” scenery similar to this: Most of the…
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2010 Reading Challenges
I have decided to join a couple of reading challenges for 2010. Not that I need an excuse or motivation to read more. I don’t have any problems in that department! But I thought it would be an interesting way to keep track of what I read. I plan to update this post once a month throughout the year. The…
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Monster Cookies
This is one of my family’s favorite cookie recipes. I like to use the green-and-red Christmas M&Ms or other seasonal colors if it’s close to a holiday. 6 eggs 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups white sugar 1/2 tablespoon vanilla 1/2 tablespoon corn syrup 4 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 pound butter 3 cups peanut butter 8 cups oats 8 ounces…
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Christmas Memories
When I was growing up we stayed home for Christmas most years… and usually it was just our family– my parents and their five children. A few weeks before Christmas Dad would inevitably tell us, “Well, kids… I’m sorry… but it looks like it’s going to be a pretty small Christmas this year.” So we would brace ourselves and mentally…
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The Wood Cook Stove
Last week I hosted a giveaway for a copy of my family cookbook. Annette @ The Ward House commented on the cover picture. She said it looks almost exactly like the stove they currently use. So I decided to tell the story of “our” stove. About 45 years ago my grandparents moved to the Ozarks. At that time, they heated…
