I love spring! The birds start singing again, the snow melts, flowers start to appear, and it just isn’t so dark all the time. Unfortunately, in Minnesota, spring doesn’t really kick into full gear until the end of April, but for now, we get more hours of daylight. And tonight, it’s time to “spring ahead”…
Frogs, Frogs, Frogs
At the beginning of the year our pastor taught our congregation about a form of devotions called SOAP. SOAP is an acronym for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer. My husband, John, and I have started doing SOAP devotions every day. We each do them on our own and then spend some time discussing what we’ve…
The Facebook Phenomenon
Sometime last year I ventured onto Facebook. It took my friends quite awhile to convince me that this was a good idea. I’m still not 100% convinced that I made the right decision, but now that I’m addicted I guess I’m stuck. If you aren’t familiar with Facebook, let me try to explain it. Essentially,…
Christmas Sanity Plan – Part 2
I know it’s only February but I’m thinking this month about the Christmas Card thing. I never seem to get my cards out on time and really, I’m o.k. with that. What I’m not o.k. with is how nuts I get when I’m stuffing envelopes on December 22, or worse, December 27! So, I’m starting…
A Little Word about Triple Chocolate Cake
In my last post I mentioned, and gave the recipe for, my Triple Chocolate Cake. I can’t really call it “my” recipe, as I got it from my friend, Diane. She told me this weekend that she got it from her friend, Molly. So, I don’t know the actual origin of the Triple Chocolate Cake,…