As you know, we really enjoy our family movie nights. It’s always nice to be able to sit down together as a family with some popcorn and/or yummy snacks while you watch a wholesome, family-friendly movie. You know, the type of movie that seems to be becoming more and more rare these days. I’m thrilled that Walmart and P&G have decided to tackle this problem head on. They’ve started to create their own family friendly movies for Family Movie Night. The two previous movies were The Jensen Project and Secrets of the Mountain. So far, we’ve been impressed with their…
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First Breadmaking Attempt: Herb Bread
Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking
Seeing how I’m still battling with a stomach bug, Munchkin decided that she would step up and help me get started on some of the Thanksgiving preparations. Since we’re gluten free, part of the process is making bread for the express purpose of making stuffing/dressing. The bread needs to sit and get a little stale prior to making the stuffing/dressing, so we needed to get started on the process today. Munchkin decided that she would like to learn how to make gluten free bread. The nice thing about gluten free bread is that you don’t have to concern yourself with…
Food, Family, and Football As I was looking for the Pretty, Pretty Princess picture of big T, I had the opportunity to look over many pictures from the past. It got me thinking about past Thanksgiving traditions. Growing up, Thanksgiving meant that we were heading to my grandparent’s house in PA. That’s where my Dad’s side of the family got together each year at Thanksgiving. We would eat a huge Thanksgiving meal, watch A Christmas Story (“You’ll shoot your eye out!”), watch some football, and play lots of card games. We’d also head up to the mountain. Sometimes, just the…
Review: Bethlehem Skyline Volume 2
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Bethlehem Skyline Vol. 2 A Celebration of Christmas Christmas is a time of joy and wonder that is often mixed with anxiety and stress as the secular and sacred collide. Even believers are sometimes distracted from the true reason for celebration by the mundane demands of life during the hectic holiday season. For many people, music serves as an oasis in the midst of the madness, a way to focus on the miracle of our Savior’s birth and the beauty of God’s plan. Bethlehem Skyline2 opens a doorway to worship and invites everyone to celebrate. Bethlehem Sky Volume 2 is…
Review: The Shadowed Mind
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The Shadowed Mind: A Dinah Harris Mystery After the deadly investigation into the Smithsonian murders, Dinah Harris has finally faced her alcoholism head-on, but this new case is causing her to doubt her resolve. The reasons behind the serial murders is hitting a little to close to home. It would be so easy to slip back into her alcoholic tendencies. Will she be able to maintain her sobriety and find the serial killer or will the shadows from the past be too much to overcome? In the second book in the Dinah Harris trilogy, readers are taken into the world…