Dec 17, 2011 | A Day In The Life, Recipes
I grew up baking Spritz cookies with my mom. They are some of my favorite. Probably because they are fun to make (you get to use a gun!) and they are just so amazingly simple and good. But I had never made them with cream cheese before. Excited to try this one! 1...
Dec 17, 2011 | A Day In The Life, Recipes
I don’t usually make shortbread. At all. Usually leave that for the Girl Scouts to provide 🙂 But Mark loves shortbread cookies and I thought they would be fun to add to my Christmas Cookie resume. Simple, buttery and just plain good! ( I doubled the recipe...
Dec 17, 2011 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Prayers, Verses
I was thinking about miracles this morning. Maybe it’s because it’s almost Christmas. Maybe it’s because of conversations I’ve had. And maybe it’s just because within each of us there is a desire to see a little magic happen in and...
Dec 16, 2011 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Songs/Poems, Verses
Deep inside the womb of a simple teenage girl A tiny seed was planted that would one day save the world “God with us” began in the depths of one sweet soul That carried the Way, the Truth, the Life – but little did she know That love would take her...
Dec 15, 2011 | A Day In The Life, Recipes
My kids are Jonesin’ for Pizookie tonight. What, you might ask, is Pizookie? It’s a cookie pizza, of course! A quick easy dessert that MUST be served directly out of the oven, eaten right from the pan, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some chocolate...
Dec 15, 2011 | A Day In The Life, Aha! Moments, Verses
HOPE – Definition: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen I hope for a lot of things. I hope that the coffee that I’m drinking right now will kick in soon so that I don’t feel like the walking dead. I hope that it will...