Renaissance life in a post-modern world
Posted in Blogging on May 27th, 2009
The blog has been a bit neglected lately. We’ve been remiss, slackers, cyber-bums, etc. But as usual, excuses are plentiful! Here are 10 reasons that the blog has been a bit slow:
10. We finally took the plunge and bought a Nikon D60 last weekend. For the first 24 hours we just stared at it. And [...]
Posted in Blogging on Jan 17th, 2009
Life is particularly hectic these days. Something had to give and I decided it probably shouldn’t be my children’s education.
I may find time to post a recipe now and then, but it will probably be sporadic at best for a time.
I hope to be able to post more regularly sometime in the future, [...]
Posted in Recipes on Nov 11th, 2008
My favorite time of the day is the early morning. I treasure the peace, quiet and beauty that it delivers. Even more, I relish the idea of a fresh start, a new beginning - every day. How gracious of God to provide this opportunity every 24 hours.
It takes a little discipline and a bit of [...]
Posted in Decorating on Nov 11th, 2008
I looked outside this morning and realized that fall is morphing into winter. It was 28° here in Indiana and probably 18° up in northern Michigan.
To think I finally got around to fall decorating just yesterday - it was quickly tackled since I work best under the gun.
My mother made spur of the moment plans to [...]
Posted in Recipes on Nov 6th, 2008
Thanksgiving dinner - the table, set with lovely linens, is graced by your turkey sitting in all its glory upon a beautiful platter. This is the point where problems generally begin to occur at our dining table.
We are usually serving between 20 and 30 people. After a lovely, thought-provoking prayer my husband carves frantically hoping to serve everyone [...]
Posted in Cleaning and Organizing on Oct 29th, 2008
I love to experience clean laundry. . . warm, soft, freshly-scented cotton folded and stacked in lovely piles. I enjoy separating my children’s and my husbands better attire and carefully hanging it up to dry, knowing this helps alleviate the wear caused by the dryer. I relish the aroma of gently scented soaps mingled with softeners and [...]
Posted in Family and Children on Oct 14th, 2008
I have this awful habit of scheduling airplane flights that depart at the crack of dawn. This is complicated by the fact that ten or eleven of us travel together (always!). Then, throw into the mix the fact that my absolutely wonderful husband is usually not himself and becomes quite uptight when we are traveling via [...]
Posted in Cleaning and Organizing on Oct 8th, 2008
My command center is a cork board centered in a fabulous 42″ x 30″ black frame. It holds a prominent position in our dining room/kitchen/great room where we ALL spend so much time. The important point is that it is visible by all at any time.
The command center’s primary feature is a simple 16″ x 22″ monthly calendar. [...]
