I really had high hopes. plans. dreams. For some sort of deep and thought provoking (or at the very least interesting) post. But alas, my face is sleepy. My eyeballs are dried out. They’re itchy too. Darn ragweed and pollen and tree stuffs. And my arms need to be scratched. Thanks to the hour I […]
Homemade Sloppy Joes
on homemade hamburger buns. Now THAT’S a combination you can’t beat. Neither my husband nor I are huge Sloppy Joe fans. But I have come to realize that it’s because we’ve never had really good Sloppy Joes. THESE are really good Sloppy Joes. I’m so glad I stumbled upon it over at Ezra Pound Cake. They are […]
The One with Books and THE Book
Bible Quizzing is awesome.Our quizzers totally rocked my socks off tonight.It was a solid practice.With kids actually studying together.And many of them showing the fruits of their memorizing labor from this summer.I’m so *proud.* And it has to help that we’ve gone from 3 quizzers last season to 8-11 this year!(I leave that range because […]
Cowboy Cookies
aka: chunky oatmeal chocolate chip cookies This recipe is fanTASTIC! My husband absolutely loved them (which is saying something because he loves all my cookies and gets to eat them quite frequently. But he really raved over these!) They’re the perfect everything–hearty, crisp, chewy, sweet, unexpected. The old fashioned oats add a great texture […]
Whole Grain Granola Bars
If you’re looking for a hearty, healthy granola bar then look no further. Though I had to be all “Melanie” about it and mess with the original recipe, these are still “yum!” If you’re looking for a candy-bar-esque granola bar this probably definitely isn’t your thing. In fact, because I went all creative with the recipe […]
The One with the Hammock Hazards
And now for the real life tales of real life hilarity. All of which took place on the wonderfully peaceful retreat of which I have just written. One afternoon while spending hours drinking tea, lounging in the heaven-sent lounge chairs (seriously, I have GOT to get me some of those!) reading good books, and dozing […]
Fruit Pizza
also known as “gigantic sugar cookie with cream cheese frosting and fruit ornamentation.” We were having one of our teen’s families over to dinner after church. It was going to be casual–burgers, salad, potato wedges (though I had to do homemade burger patties, and homemade buns, and homemade potato wedges). I asked our guest of honor for […]
The One with the Innkeepers
What a blessed stay we had at Innkeeper Ministries. It was exactly the rest and retreat we needed in order to transition from full time camp ministry combined with youth ministry, to “jumping in to the new school year head first” youth ministry. We were tired. In need of a definitive shift from one to […]
The One with a Brief Hiatus
I know I’ve been a bit lacking in the blog posting department lately. Sorry. It’s not you. It’s me. I can’t wait to get back to regularly scheduled programming. But for now, you’re going to have to put me on pause again. Or I’m putting me on pause. I don’t know. I’ve used so many cliche […]
The One with the Life Saving Overnighter
I may or may not have gone to bed at 9pm Thursday night. And even 9 felt much too late. I had been exhausted since 3pm or so. I think. (Scratch that–I know I have been on the verge of passing out since then.) But it was all for a great cause. Our most recent youth […]