What a hectic weekend!

I had wanted to post yesterday but barely had any computer time and today is not much better. That just means I have a full, busy life…right!? Better to be busy than to have nothing to do, no one to cook or clean for, no children to bathe, no hubby to clean up after, Amen? [...]

I love Spring!

A man in our church came and tilled our garden up today! I am so excited about our garden this year! Last year we did a full-size garden but I was pregnant with Baby Susannah so I had very little interest in weeding and harvesting especially in the hot July and August. Now, I did [...]

Yummy! Homemade ice cream

We have an abundance of raw cream that I am trying to find uses for. I went searching for ice cream recipes that don’t need an ice cream maker. Who wants to lug one of those out!? Here’s what I made last night and it was a big hit (even [...]

Frugal Friday

Yesterday I discovered a great little used-bookstore. I had known about this bookstore years ago but a friend discouraged me from shopping there because they supposedly didn’t organize the books into categories. I did not care to rifle through hundreds of romance novels to find one good book so I never bothered to check it out. (I suppose [...]

Wordless Wednesday

A simple game of charades. Any guesses?

Saving some green at the grocers

My husband and I stopped in at Kroger yesterday and bought just a very few groceries. I was expecting everything to cost about $30 max. NOT! Our few grocery items of fruit, coffee creamer, tortilla chips etc cost over $40! I had noticed that it seems as if cheese (any kind) has gone up at least [...]