“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
This recipe is a family favorite and my best dish to give new mommies in those first few weeks after baby’s arrival. So yes, Mandy, if you’re reading, this is the dinner I’m bringing you next week! I like to prepare a double batch of the soup ingredients and freeze half for quicker preparation the [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2007 by Dove
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I will post soon on how I did these, but can’t resist sharing first.
The first is for a teeny newborn girl born to friends of ours. I plan to add some girly red embellishment to the sleeves. The second is for a friend whose baby’s gender is yet unknown. I’m working on a [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Dove
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Buying cut flowers is a luxury, no question, and come spring we will grow our own. But in the winter they bring an unparalleled measure of cheer to our home, and if you can make one bunch last three weeks they are more affordable. For the amount of joy they bring me, I’ll put my [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by Dove
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I really, really love to make soup. I like the one-pot and one-dish cleanup, the flavor-masking of nutritious vegetables (that my kids wouldn’t otherwise eat), the thrift of putting leftovers to good use, the warm-to-your-toes feeling on a cold day, and the ease of multiplying the servings to feed a crowd. I currently have nine [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2007 by Dove
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My daughters love skirts that twirl. “Mommy, I’m wearin’ my dancin’ skirt!” is always followed by a vigorous shaking of the hips to make the skirt swish, or a dizzying twirl. Until today, the girls only had one twirly skirt each, and I decided that instead of washing and wearing the same skirts every day, [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Dove
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I took the advice of the Headmistress over at The Common Room and started brushing the crumbs from Satchmo’s high chair onto our front walk. It took them a day to find the bounty.
I even had a male cardinal inches from my face, in my kitchen window!
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Posted on February 14th, 2007 by Dove
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Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Dove
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This takes me back to my sophomore year of college, when my best friend and I discovered a vanilla chai tea mix that we just loved, but was way too pricey for our limited budget. It was a rare treat. And it never occurred to us at the time to try to make it ourselves.
For [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2007 by Dove
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No kidding. Tonight, I made Lentil and Sausage Soup and served it with fresh-from-the-oven homemade bread. The girls ate every bite and Satchmo couldn’t get enough. I think he would have eaten more than me had I not declared an end to the meal. I love that my kids aren’t picky, and that they’re enthusiastic [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2007 by Dove
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We have the African Children’s Choir coming to perform at our church soon. Although that is something we would normally be excited to attend, in light of our recent decision to adopt an orphan from Africa, neither hell nor high water will prevent our attendance this year. About a week ago, our church bulletin noted [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2007 by Dove
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