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Easy Granola in Slow Cooker Recipe
I decided to try making granola in my slow cooker. We really like granola, but I do not enjoy heating up the oven during the summer. This seemed like the perfect solution! First, I tried the granola recipe from 52 Kitchen Adventures. We didn’t …
Market Day | Cozy Book Review
We happened across Market Day at the library one day while perusing the shelves for our pile of books to bring home. It was a book we all instantly liked and have read many times since. I didn’t realize it was a sequel to another favorite in …
Voskamp, Challies, One Thousand Gifts, and What is Truly Ironic to Me
In recent weeks much was written about the exchanges between Tim Challies and Ann Voskamp regarding Challies’ review of her book, One Thousand Gifts. He didn’t like the book, she sort of responded, and he sort of backed down when she …
Feeding Caroline’s Creativity With My Froggy Stuff
A few weeks ago I ended up on the website A girl and a glue gun and her DIY Barbie House post (now both closed). I knew Caroline would be enthralled, but I had no idea how much it would impact her. She has watched pretty much all of the crafting …
Fragmented Lives
I’ve been thinking about how fragmented lives are today. Maybe yours isn’t, but mine is in some ways and I suspect this is true for many. I’ve been thinking about this because my inbox is full of unanswered letters, there are …
My Number One Rule For Saving Money
Today I’m sharing my number one rule of saving money. Why? Because I haven’t been doing a good job of this and I can see the consequences. But I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this one rule makes a tremendous difference in our …