• Book Reviews

    4 Book Reviews, 4 Minutes Each… Go!

    I’ve recently read 4 books and am going to review them quickly – giving myself only 4 minutes for each book. You will appreciate this time-limit. Trust me. I could go on and on about each of them. Thankfully, I’m a super fast typer, and I’ll try to fit a…

  • Just for Fun

    Hemming Jeans: Pinterest Success!

    When you are vertically challenged like me, the bottoms of your jeans get frayed and tangled. I’ve just learned to deal with it. But I saw a tutorial on Pinterest HERE that I thought looked doable for the girl who owns a sewing machine but doesn’t know how to really use…

  • Just for Fun

    Homemade Self Tanner: Pinterest Fail

    It’s sunny outside, and as I thought about wearing some capris, I remembered a homemade recipe for a self-tanner I’d pinned on Pinterest. I thought I’d give it a try! It sounded simple: 2tbs cocoa powder (depending in how tan you want to be.)  +  Any moisturizer  +  an empty…

  • Book Reviews

    Open the Flood Gates. A Book Review

    I felt bad for crying at my grandma’s funeral. Like I had failed as a Christian in some way. Why is that? Cheryl Cecil’s book, Open the Flood Gates: Welcoming Grief into Our Seasons of Loss, explores this question.The grieving process is a unique experience. No two situations are alike.…

  • Just for Fun

    Travel LEGO Box: Pinterest Success!

    Next on my Pinterest mission was to make a travel LEGO box for my little man’s birthday. I got the idea from HERE. I used a diaper wipe container. It had an oval “pop out” area in the center, so it wasn’t flat, but I cut that out with an…