My heart is very heavy over my little Peppy. Peppy is one of two Great Pyrenees we got last year. Peppy is like a baby to me. Peppy has a liver disease. Peppy is deaf so I have has to take special care of him. We knew something was wrong when we got him but [...]
A heart healthy oatmeal breakfast works for me. Children will warm up to oatmeal if you let them put on “Sundae” type toppings. I keep raisins and nuts (almonds or pecans) in our sugar bowl for oatmeal mornings. We only use long cooking Quaker Oatmeal. It cooks quick and easy in the microwave in a [...]
Before we get to this week’s tackle, I want to invite you to join our daily Bible study. If you would like to read through the Bible in a year chronologically, you can join our daily Bible study at the new Heart of Wisdom Community. Today’s Bible lesson in on Joshua 9-11. Come over and [...]
Do you grab-and-gobble because you have little time for meal preparation? Researchers estimate that Americans will spend over $150 billion a year at the 280,000 fast-food restaurants that now exist in the United States. Children have gone from eating 17 percent of their meals away from home in the late 1970s to eating 30 percent [...]
What a way to wake up – to the delicious smell of a comfort-food breakfast, Dutch Baby Oven Pancakes! This German pancake is a sweet breakfast dish similar to Yorkshire pudding derived from the German Apfelpfannkuchen. This breakfast works for me. It’s quick, easy and made from things almost everyone has on hand. Makes a [...]
It’s Tackle It Tuesday. I usually have something to show but I am behind so today I share our plans. I am tackling the whole house today. My adult daughter Regina has come to help me clean. I’m not allowed to lift anything due to recent surgery, so I will be managing and pointing [...]
This is the before photo of an soon-to-be accident. My son got creative. Do I allow him to keep his invention and wait for the inevitable? Or do I confiscate it before the disaster? His name is David. David and the slingshot…sound familiar? I named him David because it means “beloved of God” not [...]
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Cleaning Pads are the best cleaning product since soap and water. They do work like magic; I use them everywhere. I bought them for crayon marks on the wall. I quickly found them useful for removing other marks such as marks on the stairwell the movers left. Magic erasers are white [...]
You thought just because I had heart surgery Saturday I wouldn’t be here today? How could I miss a Tackle it Tuesday? The laundry was piled high before I went to the hospital and patiently awaiting me when I got home. I was glad I finally had the energy to get it done and out [...]
You know blogging is a big part of your life when you are lying in the back of ambulance with chest pains thinking, “Oh man, I’m going to miss the blog party.” Don’t get me wrong, this was not my primary concern, but the Ultimate Blog Party did cross my mind, quickly followed with the [...]
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