Our oldest joined the rank of teen last year and suddenly this world of parenting feels new and uncharted. We are cruising along nicely and, for the most part, just learning and making adjustments as we go. This is a whole new world for all of us. As we embark on these early teen years I … Read More about DIY Charcoal Face Wash and Establishing Good Skincare Habits
Create – Pinafores
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | September 2019
A year ago this September our family took a vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Aside from the spectacular views and amazing landscape we were fascinated by the old grist mills we visited in Cades Cove and Mingus Mills. It’s astounding and very humbling to think that there was a time in America’s … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | September 2019
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | April 2019
I am so excited that it’s April. This really is a month to celebrate, friends. We made it through another winter. Aside from a few cold snaps here and there we have warm days, flowers, sunshine, and late nights outdoors in our future. Sometimes I wonder if Laura Ingalls Wilder was as excited for spring … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | April 2019
Create – Balmes + Salves
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Dwell – Home
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Dwell – Home
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Dwell – Bake
Early Spring Preparations for Our Garden
Have you started your spring planting? We began planting our seeds a few weeks ago and just as I was beginning to feel a bit frivolous for only planting flowers this new season of social distancing and self quarantining became a reality. I realized then that there is nothing frivolous about planting flowers for as … Read More about Early Spring Preparations for Our Garden
Instant Pot Crabapple Butter
We have been so pleased with the apple butter our sweet little crabapples produced last month that we decided to make another batch. After picking, washing, and coring over 10 gallons of crapples I think we are finished for the season, but before I hand over the remaining apple harvest to our backyard critters I … Read More about Instant Pot Crabapple Butter
Warm Apple Fritter Bread for Late Summer Mornings with a Hint of Fall
Last week we had some incredibly beautiful August days, the temperature was nice and some mornings even hinted a bit to the coming fall season. Days like these always make me want to light a candle and make something warm and delicious. It has been a while since I have baked anything (turning on the … Read More about Warm Apple Fritter Bread for Late Summer Mornings with a Hint of Fall
Learn – Math
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Learn – Language Arts
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Learn – Bible
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Learn – Living Books
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMB – The Christmas morning time bundle is always one that seems to offer the biggest challenge to create. There are so many different approaches that can be taken: following an advent study, centering it around a hymn, focusing on joy, peace, love, and hope etc. This year, though, I felt … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | December 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
CHANGES – Last month, on Instagram, I posted a few questions for morning time users. I was looking for ideas and suggestions for making the morning time bundles more user friendly and hopefully able to meet more of your needs. You all were very gracious to me in your responses and offered some wonderful suggestions. … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | November 2020
A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
AUTUMN – If you are anything like me, you are embracing it with arms wide open. I love the feel of fall: the cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters, having football on in the background of our home, comfort food, and everything else! I just truly love this season so much. This season, like no other, is … Read More about A Simple Guide to Morning Time | October 2020
Renew
Making a Home Binder & Committing To ‘Empty Time’
This month I am working through January’s task in The Simple Home of creating a home binder. I have to admit that this chapter hasn’t been as inspiring to me as making handmade dryer balls, re-organizing our laundry room, or pulling together our winter medicine cabinet but even so I do recognize its value. Having a single … Read More about Making a Home Binder & Committing To ‘Empty Time’
On Simple Living
There is much talk lately about simple living. Oftentimes, especially on social media, this idea is presented to us with pretty pictures of thrifted home décor, a cup of coffee, or a bouquet of dahlias freshly purchased from the farmers market. While I love all of these beautiful visual expressions of tender moments captured by … Read More about On Simple Living
When Motherhood Doesn’t Feel Like Enough
Tending to projects around the house this summer has given me an abundance of time to think. As a mother, I have found that my mind tends to be in this constant state of wandering quickly from one topic to another: remember to add this to our grocery list, don’t forget to do this, call … Read More about When Motherhood Doesn’t Feel Like Enough
