(alternative button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can just take a picture of your hands wrapped around a mug of hot chocolate at last week's football game. That'll do just fine.In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are not at all narrow. I think of it as a virtual pitch-in … [Read more...]
Only One Car?
As I continue to explore ways that families (and individuals) can slow down in our fast-paced world, certain topics pop up from time to time. One of those is transportation. How does the way we move from point A to point B affect our pace of life? Are there choices that could support and encourage a slower lifestyle?My friends the Southards have been making-do with only … [Read more...]
Quick Marinara Sauce
Yesterday we decided to make homemade pizzas but lacked pasta sauce. My solution? I turned to my friend Judy's recipe for Quick Marinara Sauce. Minimal ingredients, maximum taste. This simple recipe is a quick, flavorful sauce for pasta or pizza. Quick Marinara Sauce Ingredients: 1/4 C olive oil 4 garlic cloves, minced 3 T tomato paste (I put in … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Hurried Curry Dip
(alternative button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can write about your love of Twizzlers or type out a nursery rhyme that has food in it (I'm thinking of "Jack Sprat Shall Eat no Fat," "Sing a Song of Sixpence" and "Hot Cross Buns," for starters).In other words, the Food on Fridays … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Make-Do Birthdays
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: First Harvest
(alternative button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can just describe your system for composting, tell us about the first time you ate Ramen noodles, or reveal how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop (the world may never know).In other … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Warm Delights
(alternative button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can just share a picture of your fridge snapped on the day you cleaned it out, explain where mushrooms come from, or write a rollicking raspberry rhyme.In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are not at all narrow. I think of … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Campsite Creativity
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to … [Read more...]
Now That's Green!
As I've already mentioned, I'm trying to simplify life by decluttering. I've already accumulated several bags of junk to donate.We live fairly close to a Goodwill, so the girls and I loaded the bags into our bike trailer and headed out.Before I left, the Belgian Wonder saw me and said, "Now that's green!"I was wearing a green shirt at the time. I looked down. "Yes," I … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Campsite Coffee
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to … [Read more...]
Creative, Creation-Lovin' Kids
Many of these ideas complement topics in a message I gave to a MOPS group a few weeks ago about getting kids out in God's creation and encouraging creativity. I offered this for their newsletter, and now I offer it to you.Inspiring creativity and a love of God's creation in kids doesn’t mean you have to move to a ten-acre farm in the country and raise goats. This summer … [Read more...]
A Note about Friends
After reading yesterday's post, alert reader Marci at Overcoming Busy pointed me to The Creative Mama, who had a post about learning and keeping track of the little details reflecting our friends' likes and dislikes.She e-mailed her friends a form (available for download HERE) and asked them to fill it in and send it back in order to have a record on hand. She pointed out … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Running Spikes Take on New Meaning
see below for alternative buttonThis Week's Make-Do Mondays QuoteThere are two ways to get enough:one is to accumulate more and more.The other is to desire less.--G.K. ChestertonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Make-Do Style
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival you can visit to celebrate creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. If you want to participate, you can share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays
see below for alternative buttonAt Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival you can visit to celebrate creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. If you want to participate, you can share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post … [Read more...]
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