Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

  It's been a long winter. We've had gray day after gray day. The only variation seems to have come in the amount of rain that falls each day.   And, it feels like we've been waiting for spr...

Well, I held out as long as I could, but I have this year's cold/flu. It was inevitable really. My grandkids bring home all kinds of germs from school and share them freely. I suppose I should isolate...

Give yourself some love with these Rustic Heart Cookies. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I do not like rolling out cookie dough! I always make a mess and I end up ruining them when I trans...

The winter months can be dark and dreary. When my daughter was little, she pronounced "dreary" as "jeery". It stuck and we still call gray days "jeery". If you're tired of the endless, jeery days, her...

I was going to start this blog by quoting 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7. You know, the "love scripture". But, then I figured that your eyes would probably glaze over, your mind shut down, and you'd quickly mo...

I first heard the term "Beige Mom" when I read an article about a man who was upset with his wife. She was a social-media-Beige-Mom-darling and it was driving him crazy. A Beige Mom is a mom who decor...

The internet is full of rabbit holes. You know what I mean? You start researching recipes for dinner and somehow end up looking at the bridal gowns of celebrities. You then glance at the clock and won...

My older brother was born left-handed in the early 1950's. Sadly, there was still a stigma back then that lefties were "less than" or even worse, had been cursed by the devil. I remember my grandpa co...

There are lots of stages to getting older, but perhaps the two major ones are: DENIAL and ACCEPTANCE. I experienced denial when the first gray hairs and wrinkles showed up. I looked in the mirror and ...

What could be a more perfect cookie for January than the snowball cookie? Whether we get snow in January or not, you can make snowballs right in your kitchen! These sweet little morsels of yumminess a...