Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

"I feel like it's only June," my grandson said the other day. In reality it is August, but I knew what he meant. He had spent the summer thus far playing baseball on all kinds of teams. It had been ha...

I wrote a blog a few years ago confessing that I actually like the early displays of Christmas merchandise. > Trigger Warning: It's Not Too Early For Christmas Displays! I made some good points in ...

Ants are specifically mentioned twice in the Bible. "Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers...

There is so much a mother has to teach her children that it often becomes overwhelming. There are the basic things, like how to dress themselves, how to tie their own shoes, how to ride their bikes, a...

I have written a number of times about my backyard garden. I love planting seeds, watching the starts poke through the soil, and then seeing them grow into crop-producing plants. If anyone wants to ex...

I saw a post the other day from an Instagram mother who made the comment that she didn't know how she was going to keep her floors white now that her kids are on summer break. It was posted alongside ...

I rarely make a cookie recipe more than once. I get bored. Really easily. My family always says, "Enjoy this, because you'll never get it again!" But this recipe I have made on repeat for the last mon...

You may have seen videos online of how excited little kids get when they see their grandparents. They're adorable. The children squeal with joy and go running towards their Nana and Papa. I am living ...

Hoarding has been around forever, of course. It's just that now we have a name for it. People used to call it being a messy housekeeper, or lazy, or even slovenly. None of those words quite described ...

Last year, my hubby and I were alone on the 4th of July. We barbecued and put on our own little fireworks show. It was a far cry from the big yearly parties we used to throw. But that's what happens w...