Practicing Gratitude. Celebrating Life.
In my never ending quest to become a healthier homemaker I’ve decided to buy a dehydrator and make our own fruit snacks and fruit roll-ups. So far I’ve made banana chips, dried blueberries, apple chips and after 24 hours of dehydrating we will have our own raisins! I’m pretty excited about the possibilities. Is anyone […]
I just ordered Sylvia Weinstock’s latest wedding cake coffee table book. She is known as the wedding cake designer—way before Cake Boss and reality TV became popular, there was Sylvia. I cannot wait to dream up the cake I want for our renewal ceremony. Of course we won’t have Sylvia Weinstock make it, but we’ll […]
This is the invitation we’ve chosen to invite our guests to our Reaffirmation ceremony. It is probably nicer than our original wedding invitations but reaffirming our vows in Christ is important to us. I think it deserves to be celebrated. Don’t you? Currently, we plan only a dinner (with no dancing or entertainment) for our […]
I have a confession: I love having overnight guests! I just love it! I especially love preparing for overnight visitors. It just brings out the Martha Stewart and Emily Post Wannabe out of me. Luckily I’m married to a man who also enjoys hosting people at our home, so I have had many opportunities to […]
It recently struck me that I may be pregnant and not even know it! Imagine that?! I’m of course talking about adoption. As we complete our paperwork, dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s, it occurs to me that our child may already be conceived and growing. This adoption could go quickly (just a few […]