This is one of Jared and my favorite recipes!!  I am sure it would be even better if I didn't substitute applesauce for the shortning.  ...

I originally found this recipe here: The Frugal Girl (includes lots of pictures with each step) These are so simple (and in the summer yo...

Now that I have some energy and I am not sleeping all the time, I have started looking at quilt patterns again. Here are some of my favorite...

 All the ceilings look like this. Incredible.  "I used to rule the world..."  Mummys  "Gleaming in the moonlig...

So, my Dad grew yellow and red potatoes in his garden this year.  I am blessed enough to be his daughter, which means I am given free potato...

My parents have invited us over 3 times in the last week for yummy food out of their garden. :)  Do you know how happy this makes me?!?  I l...

I was hopping from food blog to food blog last night and I came accross this recipe.  It looked so good and I knew I had all the ingredients...

This was the smallest hotel room I have ever stayed in.  It didn't have a phone or alarm clock (so I slept with the window open so the ...

Cheapest Lobster Roll in Maine!!! Delicious. While we were in Vermont, it was sunny.  We went cameoing, rope swinging, explored an isla...

This is a recipe that is modified from Taste of Home's annual best recipe cookbook (that Hannah gave me at my wedding shower - and remai...

This is a recipe from Mrs. Render, with a few of my additions and subtractions. Bottom layer: 1 can refried beans 1 can pinto or black b...

Random bits of life: * I picked 18 quarts of strawberries last night.  It was lovely.  Picking strawberries is one of my favorite activiti...

I finally did it; I finally made gumbo. I had made jambalaya before (what is the difference you ask because I did before I made them, simply...

Read 2 books: March - yes, I read 4 April - no, I read 1 Cook more meals: March - yes April - no Lift Weights more: March - yes Ap...

If I had children, I would buy one of these t-shirts .  I think the helicopter is my favorite design (it may be because I work on the design...

If you have a chance, please, vote for my sister: http://design.greenbag.softcoin.com/vote-for-designs/bag.aspx?BagId=8655&ad=1 Clic...

I sort of want this book just for projects like this.  I know I could figure our how to make these peeps, however, I think this book would ...

Dad, I think we should make one or two of these for the garden.  You can pick your food in this basket, rinse it off, and let it dry.  Ok...

Doesn't this look amazing?  I made this for my old boss's birthday.  He is one of my favorite people to work with at my plant; he ge...

I hear the Savior say, “Thy strength indeed is small; Child of weakness, watch and pray, Find in Me thine all in all.” Jesus paid it all, A...