April 2017

Who is Lilly Bartlett?

Do you think you can guess who Lilly Bartlett is? She is an author who writes like she is your best friend, has amazing, believable characters, a healthy dose of humor and happy-ever-afters.

Family Life | Other Thoughts

Wednesday Hodgepodge Vol. 305

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for Wednesday Hodgepodge – that fun, random question blog hop that Joyce hosts for us. Grab the questions, answer them on your own blog and link up!

Easy Recipes

There is nothing better than Vidalia Onion and Peach Salsa with pretzels. I first tried this lovely, sweet salsa in Amish Country. I fell in love. I actually called and ordered a case of it from Kauffman’s Bakery a week later. I had to recreate this deliciousness. Definitely, one of my favorite salsas… and, it is…

Family Life

The Long Awaited Baby Powder Story

The kids still laugh about this story… every once in awhile one or both of them will ask if I remember when they made a mess with the baby powder. Uh… how could I forget? You don’t forget things like that… I’m still not sure I have all the baby powder cleaned up in the…

PR Friendly | Reviews

Fun Labels with iCustomLabel

I am a snail mail (or happy mail) junkie. I love decorating my snail mail and Swap-bot swaps with fun stickers, stamps, washi tape… anything goes. I was using boring, old return address labels on my envelopes until my friends at iCustomLabel contacted me about trying some of their products. I jumped on the chance…

Family Life | Other Thoughts

Wednesday Hodgepodge Vol. 304

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for Wednesday Hodgepodge – that fun, random question blog hop that we love. Ready? Let’s go!

Easy Recipes

Easy Carrot Cake

It’s funny how certain foods or recipes bring back memories of a time or loved one. That is how the easy carrot cake recipe below makes me feel. It brings back memories of sitting at my mother-in-law’s counter while she iced the cake for Christmas Eve dinner – half icing and half glaze. It reminds…