Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

I don't know about you, but I have been tired and overwhelmed lately. The weather is changing, the school year and its schedules have started, and the state of the world is weighing heavily on my mind...

I am sitting at my computer with a multitude of paint colors on my arms and under my fingernails. A few weeks ago I decided it would be a good idea to make little coins out of clay and then paint them...

Have you ever turned off all the lights in your house and then headed down the hall to your bedroom in the pitch dark? Everyone else in the house is asleep and you are alone in the dark. You take a fe...

It's happening. Zucchini is coming out of my garden by the bushel. (A reminder: AllMomDoes.com has lots of wonderful zucchini recipes for you. Just do a search for "zucchini"). It's always a struggle ...

There are a lot of old sayings that come directly from scripture, such as: "A fool and his money are soon parted" Proverbs 21:20 "At my wit's end" Psalm 107:27 "Bite the dust" Psalm 72:9 "By the skin ...

I visited my youngest grandchildren last weekend. We had lots of fun building things with Legos, reading books, and playing board games. But the most exciting thing was the trip to the shoe store to g...

Wreaths are said to symbolize the eternity of God (circles have no beginning and no end). In ancient societies, wreaths were also emblems of honor, triumph, and celebration. They were made of flowers,...

I feel like it was yesterday that I was in shock that August had arrived and now we're already in the middle of it! August has never been my favorite month. For one thing, there are no holidays to cel...

I recently ate dinner at my favorite Thai restaurant for my daughter's birthday. Since it was a celebration, we bought one order of Mango Sticky Rice to share after our meal. I had always wanted to tr...

I am one of those people who could never grasp the concepts of algebra. They seemed to teach algebraic rules and then break them in the next lesson. It seemed so random and weird to me and I never did...