Slow Cooker Jambalaya

March 10, 2015 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments
Some of y’all were wondering about the recipe for slow cooker Jambalaya that I mentioned yesterday, so here it is.  Yesterday night was the first time I’ve made it but it turned out really well–nice and flavorful, just like Jambalaya is supposed to be!  I ended up modifying a recipe…

Homemaker Monday Linkup

March 9, 2015 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Good morning y’all!  How’s the first Monday after Daylight Savings Time treating everybody?  I have to say, I am not a fan of the whole time change.  It just seems pointless.  Maybe back in the day when everybody was farmers it made more sense, but I kind of doubt it–they…

BOOK REVIEW: The Boys In the Boat by Daniel James Brown

March 9, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Book: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their epic quest for the gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Genre: Historical Nonfiction Description (bookflap): Out of the depths of the Depression comes the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West…

How We Do Mornings

February 27, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Smiles, coffee, lots and lots of coffee, blankets, snuggling, and warm milk.  Kiss two foreheads, say a prayer, make a plan that will inevitably change and evolve as the day takes on whatever shape the Creator has given it.  Baby curls, sleepy eyes. Some of us (AHEM K-man) take a…

BOOK REVIEW: Partials by Dan Wells

February 22, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Book: Partials by Dan Wells Genre: YA, Dystopian Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America…

Morning Conversations with the 2 year old

February 5, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Sophia wakes up and comes out to the living room, just beaming like an actual ray of sunshine. “Good morning, sunshine!” I say, kissing her forehead. “How did you sleep?” Still smiling, she tilts her head to one side and says, “Last night, dear, while I was sleeping,” Wow, I…

Three Quick Kids Book Reviews

February 5, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life 1 Comment
Book: Itsy Mitsy Runs Away by Elanna Allen Itsy Mitsy is going to run away to a house with no bedtime.  Although accommodating of her desire to run away, her father reminds her of different things that she will need–her stuffed animals, food for said stuffed animals, a whole house…

BOOK REVIEW: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell

February 4, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Book: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell Genre: Fairy-tale, Historical I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trace in the fables of their time…. And so begins Elise…