Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

I've been watching health documentaries lately. They are full of information, charts and graphs, and experts from all over the world. I've learned so much: Eat meat. Protein should make up most of our...

Snickerdoodle cookies have been around for a long time, at least as far back as the 1800's. According to The Joy of Cooking, these sweet, cinnamon cookies came from Germany. It is thought that their f...

I have said it before and I will say it again: I HATE HOUSEWORK! I hate it all: laundry, vacuuming, dusting, and cleaning. Housework is never-ending, thankless, and just plain dumb. But today I found ...

Recently, a post about a mom made the rounds on Facebook . This mom said that she lets her kids take her picture whenever they want to and no matter how the picture turns out she compliments it and he...

This is such a fun project. It kept my granddaughter and me entertained for a long time. We had way more fun than I even imagined and we got a bit carried away with ideas. We kept hauling more food it...

I'm a firefighter. Not in the traditional sense. I don't ride in a shiny red truck and do heroic deeds. I don't climb ladders or wrestle with high-pressured hoses, but I do put fires out all day long,...

My granddaughter and I had a fun, low-stress craft day this week. We made silly egg carton masks. There were lots of laughs as we painted without care on raggedy cut-up egg cartons. The humble "canvas...

Have you ever said to yourself, "Well, it must be God's will."? I have. Often. And, then I sit back and feel rather righteous. How very noble of me to want God's will in my life. What a great woman of...

Do you see the above picture? Because, that is the telephone I had growing up. Yes, it is now an antique, thank you very much, but to be fair it was old even when I was young. My grandpa worked for Be...

Has this ever happened to you? You buy a bag of those adorable little clementine oranges and they're too sour to eat, or your kids decide they're "yucky"? In the past, I've put them in a decorative bo...