My friend Katia is having her first blog giveaway. She’s giving away a book called The Weaving, A Journey to Corrie Ten Boom Live, by Evelyn Hings. I’ve always been interested in Corrie Ten Boom, and I think this book looks fascinating. So stop on by her blog if you would like to try to

Well, so far our back to a ‘normal’ routine is going well. The kids have finished two days of school without complaining, I’ve made a home cooked dinner two nights in a row , and I even went grocery shopping today. It feels good to be back in a routine, I am definitely a routine

I can’t believe I actually did it. My first attempt at making a necklace and matching earrings. They aren’t the best, but I really like them. I’m still so new at jewelry making, not sure if I’ll stick with it or not. But so far I really like it. And I’m the type that likes

I’ve been going around blog land and reading everyone’s new year’s blogs, and they are a joy to read. There is something about beginning a new year that brings retrospective and projective thinking. We like to look back at our year, and what we’ve done or haven’t done, and then look toward to the future

I really didn’t have any plans today, except to do whatever I wanted, because I didn’t have any plans.  Unfortunately those ‘non-plans’ were tossed out the window first thing in the morning. It sort of started last night. I was working on my website, trying to update it a bit (still don’t know if I