Simple Gifts

It's been 10 years since I've added to this blog. Does anyone still read them?

My daughters LOVE pancakes. I mean they'd eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner--and then ask for them for snacks! Personally, I d...

The gymnasts at Club 10 in Sullivan, Indiana got new leotards and warm-ups this year. That means new bows for everyone! I matched the leo...

Brandie and Haleigh are in Mini 4-H this year. Mini 4-H wasn't around when I was a 4-H member, so it's all  new to us. In Mini 4-H...

Last week I found blueberries priced at $.99 for one of the larger containers (hmmm....I have no idea how much was in one of those plastic b...

Back in February, I was asked to do a demonstration on making laundry soap at a friend's church for their woman's group. The them...

Have you seen all those cute pillowcase dresses that little girls love to wear these days? They're everywhere, and not necessarily made ...

Today is my Haleigh-Bug's birthday! I can't believe she's seven now! Mamaw lit the candles. Every year I have this intern...

 Did you know that drinking (anything) from a canning jar is one of the latest crazes to hit the internet--specifically Pinterst? You'll...

Ok, so I haven't posted in about 10 months. Does that mean I haven't been busy? No... . quite the opposite! Vinyl is my newest ...

I'll admit it. I'm afraid of our pressure canner. It may have something to do with a story my grandmother used to tell about her pr...

UPDATE! I am entering this dress into the "Sew-vivor" competition at Family Ever After ! This is one of my favorite dresses from C...

When we bought this house about eight years ago, this wasn't a rose bush, it was a rose TWIG! We had to put small little pieces of brick...