Are we the only one that eats broccoli several times a week? It’s our stand-by vegetable: the kids both like it, it’s easy, healthy, and cheap. However, we I tend to get in a rut and just steam it and plop it on the table, plain. So when I tasted this broccoli dish at a [...]
In January I did a spending fast. It was a good exercise and even now that I’m not tracking it anymore, I’m much more aware of what I’m spending and more inclined to choose not to buy something. I’ll do it again the future, and hopefully regularly. For February I’m doing a different spending challenge. [...]
I enjoy cooking for my family and our guests. We have a pretty steady of stream of company since hospitality is one of the primary ways I am able to be involved in our ministry. Because I have young children and we homeschool I am somewhat limited in how I can contribute, but opening our [...]
We had a few families from church over last night and the kids outnumbered the adults 9 to 8 (all under age 6!). I figured with odds like that a project was in order so we made sugar shacks. They are like gingerbread houses, but made with sugar cubes and royal icing; we decorated with [...]
Today was a staff ladies lunch at my house and then we went to get pedicures together! Princepesa even got to go too, which she thought was just fabulous. She didn’t get a pedicure, but she did get her nails painted. I served mini roast beef sandwiches and baked potato soup with iced tea and [...]
After the usual morning of gift opening and wrapping paper gathering and battery finding, we had several people over for lunch – an young Indian couple and two Korean sisters. The Indian man is an accountant for a local company and the Korean women both sing professionally for the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. It was [...]
Tonight was the night for our church staff Christmas party – pastors, office employees, and spouses – about twenty people. We were going to do a fondue party and I spent a good chunk of the day prepping everything. (Have you noticed all the past tense?) We had to cancel it because of weather, but [...]
Captain No Beard celebrated his fourth birthday today with a pirate themed party. (Because of course what I needed in the middle of two big church Christmas parties at my house was a birthday party!) This is Captain No Beard and his crew, all doing their best pirate “Argh!” You can only imagine how much [...]
Last night’s party was a fun event. All the food was hot at the same time, I was showered, and the bathroom was clean when everyone arrived. What more could you want, other than a Rosie to clean up afterward? A whole lotta this is what greeted me this morning. So what did I do? [...]
Tonight is the big party. Would you like to see what a home kitchen likes when you make dinner for 40? Here’s my kitchen in all it’s glory as it looks right now. The metal folding chair is where Viking has been standing all morning and helping. Hasn’t slowed me down too much. (smile) I’ve [...]
