Our church is doing a Thanksgiving food drive for families in the area, and we are asked to collect in a paper bag enough nonperishable food for a traditional Thanksgiving meal for one family. We are also to include a gift card for the perishable things. Here is what I’ve come up with (I will try to get canned/boxes of everything): – stuffing – mashed potatoes – sweet potatoes (if it exists in nonperishable form?) + mini marshmallows – dinner…
For some reason, recently I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with life. I don’t have any particular challenges I’m struggling with right now, so I’m not sure why I’ve been feeling this way. I have bad days and good days, but it seems that my bad days (the days when I’m stressed and depressed) are too frequent. One thing in particular that has gotten me feeling stressed is housework. I am very lazy, and sooo behind on housework. There are just so…
First of all, here is a picture from the wedding up in Massachusetts. Savannah looked so pretty in her dress and matching bow! Unfortunately, I didn’t get any good pictures that show her whole dress, but here is a cute one that shows her bow: Sunday was my first Mother’s Day! I got really excited when I realized on Saturday night that I had a stake in the next day. :-) It’s fun having a holiday that’s not in December!…
Last February, I went to visit my sister who is in her senior year of college in North Carolina. She lives off-campus, sharing a house with 4 (?) other girls. The girls were making dinner the night we were there, and they were having trouble with something. I offered my advice, and we had a delicious dinner. It was weird to me to offer advice for cooking! Even weirder was how comfortable I felt. In recent months, I’ve really made…
After Savannah was born, many very nice people gave us meals to help ease our burden a bit. It was so helpful! My friend Beth actually came all the way from Birmingham and brought a meal for us! It was a Baked Ziti and soooo good. I asked her for the recipe, and I agree with her that it’s a really good option for bringing someone a meal. If you split it into two 8×8 dishes (an inexpensive aluminum pan…