Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Our family has had quite a year. Not only was my husband in a horrible accident, but each one of our adult kids and their families have gone through major life changes and some very hard issues. So, w...

I felt like doing something creative this week, so I decided to stitch a lavender sachet with a fall theme to add to my collection. As I went through my sewing box in search of material and floss, I c...

Father's Day is almost here! I don't know about the dads in your family, but my husband and sons-in-law love to barbecue and smoke meat. These cupcakes are a perfect addition to their Father's Day cel...

Did you know that bees and honey are mentioned over sixty times in the Bible? Bees are used to represent God's blessings, God's love, His strength, His wisdom, things of great worth and even reference...

The other day I caught myself hanging my clothes up inside out. Instead of fixing it, I defiantly kept hanging them wrong-side-out. Take that, clean laundry! I was so wiped out from illness and life i...

We joke that our house is located in a wind tunnel. We have wind when others in our town are enjoying a wind-free day. And when a storm does hit the area, we are always hit the hardest. "Suddenly a so...

The other day my daughter yelled, I don't like May! When I asked her why, she showed me her calendar. Every day in May was filled with things she had to do. There were sports games almost every night ...

I am a lazy gardener. I'm fortunate to live in an area with plentiful rainfall because otherwise my garden would be a wilted mess, like my houseplants. My husband has actually told me to quit buying h...

Mother's Day is coming and it can be hard to find a meaningful gift for mom or grandma. As a Mom AND a Nana, I can say that my favorite gifts are the handmade ones. I treasure every crooked letter my ...

Have you ever eaten scrambled pancakes? Because I made some this morning. A while ago I bought a fancy frying pan and everything seems to stick to the bottom of it. I've tried all different kinds of o...