Just so y’all don’t get the idea that I’m some sort of more better person than anyone else, I thought I’d share this story. This happened last week to “a friend”. So, it’s my husband’s birthday, and we haven’t had a date in a really long time. I decided to take him out to the…
Herbal Remedy Research Sites: My Favorites
My favorite herbal remedy research sites run the gamut from scientific sites that are chock full of studies, to more rustic blogs by folk herbalists who write about one herb at a time. As you may be able to tell, I really enjoy researching herbs and natural healing, and I often share the results of…
Our Family Home Remedy List
Usually, I can ramble off remedies all day long and twice on Tuesdays if it’s somebody else’s child with the stomach virus or poison ivy. But the minute my little one comes in clutching their tummy, my palms get sweaty, my mind blanks out, and get all “Mizz Scarlett! Mizz Scarlett! I don’t know nothin’…
Sugar Cookie Frosting
This basic sugar cookie frosting recipe is what I use every year for our big sugar cookie decorating shebang. It’s super simple to make, and it can be tinted into a rainbow of colors, thinned out and painted on, or even piped through at tip for outlining or details. It’s somewhere between a buttercream frosting…
Sugar Cookie Icing
My favorite sugar cookie icing makes gorgeous “professional” looking cookies that stack and travel well. This icing recipe was given to me by my friend Donnah, who makes incredibly beautiful sugar cookies. I got to go to a class at her home with friends a couple of years back, and we made these snowflake sugar…
Easy Sugar Cookie Recipes
I have two easy sugar cookie recipes should have been posted here long ago. The first is an instant gratification, no-chill sugar cookie version. The other is a chilled dough that also makes perfect cut cookies, AND at room temperature is the perfect consistency to use in a cookie press. This time of year, I…
DIY Christmas Stockings from Sweaters
DIY Christmas stockings from sweaters was not an intentional goal. But I only had 5 matching stockings, and our family had grown to 6. Naturally, I went shopping. Our dining room is a lovely shade of turquoise, with apple-green accents, and I really wanted something sort of neutral and natural for that room. I found…
Stuff Kids Say on Haircut Day
Some of the funny stuff my kids say on haircut day… (Mom) “If you are a good boy, you can have a sucker while I cut your hair, but you have to sit VERY still, and keep your mouth closed. And don’t chew on the sucker.” “Mom, remember when I didn’t like you to…