My friend Autumn has been posting about all things Christmas for over two weeks now. Each day is dedicated to one particular aspect of the Christmas season. Her post about Ornaments – specifically ornaments that she has collected from her travels – reminded me of my favorite Christmas decoration: the nativity set I [...]
If you’ve been following my blog for several months, you might remember my Ode to Robert, the vendor next to me at the farmer’s market who passed away in September. Several of the women vendors got together for lunch with his wife, Joan, in October, and she gave each of us an amaryllis bulb [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! Tis the season to reflect on what we are thankful for (and eat way too much pie…). I am so full of thankfulness right now that it is difficult for me to put it into words. I am thankful for:
- Jesus. His mercies are new every morning!
- my [...]
It’s been sort of a rough week. My good friend Robert, who sold bread with his wife Joan at the booth next to mine at the farmer’s market, passed away on Sunday. Visitation was yesterday, and the funeral was this morning. It was a military funeral at Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery, complete [...]
I gave my mail carrier, Michelle, her much-deserved gift basket full of goodies today! She was so excited!! I added a note telling her how wonderful I think she is, and included a couple of the comments that a few of you left as well as the letter that Elizabeth in Wisconsin sent [...]
You might think by my title that perhaps I had a horrible Mother’s Day yesterday. I had a pretty good day, actually. We left church a bit early and had a delicious lunch at Jose Pepper’s around 11:30 – before the crowds started coming at noon. My allergies have been kicking in [...]
Yesterday our family spent some time doing yard work together, dying Easter eggs, and having an egg hunt – with the plastic eggs full of candy, or course! We even went to Walmart to buy the oldest a new bicycle and helmet, and passed hers down to her younger sister. They were both [...]
I had a conversation with my baby girl (who will be six in August) two days ago. It was one of those sweet moments where she was snuggling up next to me as we were sitting on the stairs, and I was telling her that she would be a teenager before too long and [...]
Handmade natural soap has been available from Great Cakes Soapworks for over four years now. I registered my company with the Kansas Department of Revenue on January 11, 2005. Before that, I was selling my soaps under the business name of Amy’s Handmade Soap for about a year. There is something about milestones [...]
One of our local Kansas City churches has made national headlines because some of their members have been protesting the secularization of Christmas by dressing like Jesus at their jobs, malls and restaurants. A local friend of ours passed on the link to the following video:
Jesus Sightings
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!
