Our house has never been real big on Halloween celebrations and this year is no different. My only decoration out for the season is a small pie pumpkin that can fit into the palm of my hand. He (I have assumed that it is a boy because I am like that), is so cute and… Continue reading Halloween Fun
HI! I have added a bunch of recipes today. Browse through them and click on any that you think you might like – the name will link you to the recipe 🙂 Cakes: Dream Cake Rhubarb Upside-down Cake Pies: Fresh Raspberry Pie Pumpkin Pie Raisin Pie Lemon Chiffon Pie Rhubarb Cream Pie Peach Mellow Pie… Continue reading Recipes Added Today:
Sorry I have not posted in awhile. We have been working to re-vamp the site into something that is a bit easier to navigate. Our recipe ‘box’ has gotten quite large and we had to streamline a few things. We are still tweaking here and there, but we hope that these changes will be… Continue reading Happy Fall!
A few days ago I blogged about a “group” on Facebook in which you could give away or ask for things you need. This last week, I answered an ad for a group looking for a laptop. If you know anything about our household, we are anything but computer poor. So I had no trouble… Continue reading Book Clubs, Friends and Obedience
As most of you know, I am in school for a masters. I often wonder what possessed me to begin this journey but all I can say in my defense is that “it” was/is a God thing. So, I had to take it up with Him. And that is just what I did. I took… Continue reading Schedules, Wagons and that Nasty “P” Word
Today, as you probably already know, is the 10th anniversary of 9/11. I can recall exactly where I was and what I was doing when I saw a news report telling us that there was a plane crash in one of the towers in New York. This was several hours before we knew it was… Continue reading 10 years ago today….
When we moved to Oklahoma, finding a home church was a bit of a struggle until we were invited to attend Bartlesville First Church of the Nazarene. Having grown up in “the church” I was pretty picky about what I wanted in a church and was also quite jaded, to say the least. My first… Continue reading My friend Dr. Randy Schuneman
Ok, I HAVE to share this with all of you. I ran across this ‘idea’ on Yardsellr.com and since I had never seen it before, figured I had better google it. Here is another gal’s blog where she gives step by step instructions on how to make this. Cakes in a Jar I am thinking… Continue reading Cake in a Jar!?
My grandmothers seemed to keep everything and threw away nothing – or very little. Amazingly, they did well at it and their homes never looked cluttered or messy. Mine however, looks like a flea market gone wild. In the kitchen they would save food scraps for the chickens and family dog. The egg shells, banana… Continue reading Fall Clean-Up and Shedding Unwanted Items
It is finally September and that means one thing in this household, FOOTBALL season is HERE! Ashley is home for the holiday weekend and we are lounging around watching movies, catching up on our games, and celebrating the new season of football for our favorite teams (BOOMER SOONER!/GO DUCKS!!) I wanted to make a nice… Continue reading Chicken Enchilada’s and Football!
The Gingham Cottage 