Making Time 4 Home

When your sick little girl wakes up and wants to eat...you make her her favorite milk-less muffins. We use a milk-less muffin base (that we LOVE) and add whatever we feel like that day...today it was M&Ms, not enough to bother Olivia allergy, but enough to add a little flavor to our breakfast muffins :) Anyone who has a child that is allergic to milk (or has any other food allergy), knows that finding recipes that your child can eat and LOVE can be hard...I have been searching for new recipes to try and after trying several, we found that this, for us, was the best.   We use the recipe that follows (I found this recipe months ago and can not find the original recipe to link back to, but this  one, is basically the same!) Milk-less Muffin Base 2 cups of flour 1/4 cup of sugar 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 Tablespoons vegetable oil 2/3 cup water 2 eggs Directions  Preheat oven to 375, use paper muffin cups or grease pan. Sift f...

I am sure everyone has either seen, or at least heard of  "I Love Lucy." I had watched them as a child growing up and when my husband and I were looking for a good family show to watch with our daughter, we decided to watch them together. "Lucy" was a BIG hit with our daughter, and we quickly watch all the episodes in the season we had bought and were soon looking to buy more. Its a safe bet to say that we really do LOVE "I LOVE LUCY!" Its a funny,clean, family show....one that I don't have to worry about my daughter (or us) seeing or hearing something that is inappropriate. That being said...I have to say that when I look at Lucy, she makes me want to be a better wife...and not one like her!! Man, can LUCY ever whine!! After a show where it seemed like all Lucy did was whine, and cry until she got her way, I got to thinking..."is that what my hubby sees when I don't get my way and I pout!" Am I trying to change the outco...

 Not many people know, but our daughter has a milk allergy....that we just discovered recently. This may not be a problem for people who don't care for milk, cheese, ice cream, and other milk products....but for my daughter, whose 1st word was "cheese",  and who loves all things cheese, it was a HUGE problem!  It's been quite the adventure finding foods that are milk free that she actually likes! Today she made homemade granola bars and they are a HUGE hit and so simple to  make. I found this great recipe on   A Few Short Cuts and we WILL be making them again. Check out the pictures in our baking adventure below. 3 Cups of oats 1 cup of Peanut butter, 1/2 cup of honey heated on the stove on low Lots of help from little miss Finished product :)

The definition of homemaker is as follows: 1. The establishment or management of a home; duties of a home 2.of or relating to the management of a home. I however, do not like that definition…homemaking, to me means so much more. Homemaking is not something to go in to lightly…homemaking needs to be intentional. I do not ”just” manage my home…I love my home…and everything in it. Everything I do is done out of LOVE. Everything involved with being a homemaker stems from my desire to be a mom, a helpmate for my husband. I clean with the intention of making our home peaceful, I bake because I love giving my family food that I have made out of love. We home-school because we feel that It is our job to teach our daughter, not only about God, but about the world that she will soon be stepping into. Everyone is given a purpose, mine is to be a homemaker, and to do so with love. There have been many times that I have thought if only I had a “rea...

Lets talk about Essential OILS, and my apparent love for them!  I have affectionately been labeled " The Crazy Oil Lady" by my 10-year-old, and everyone who knows me knows that if you have a problem, one of the things you will most likely hear me say is "I have an oil for that."  Why Oils, you say?  I say Why NOT!  Yes, they sound crazy.....Yes, people look at me a little weird when I pull out a roller bottle filled with oils and rub it on my neck while standing in line at Walmart....and yes, I may smell a "little oily" every now and then!  But when I look at all the benefits my family and I get from using oils....its so totally worth it :) My story starts just like most other oil users..I needed something specific...something that would help me RIGHT THEN!!! I couldn't wait any longer. I was DESPERATE! I have liver disease, which means that even though I would have liked to have taken modern medicine (back before oils), I was unable to....

I have been sick for the last few days, so blogging has taken a bit of a backseat.. I wrote this awhile back, but was reminded again about how fast things change, and how quickly my daughter is growing up. it can be overwhelming when I look and instead of my baby crawling around the house, I see my little girl turning into a beautiful young lady...one I am so proud of. Every now and then I need to be reminded to "live" between the blinks, and to make each one of them count. Between the Blinks  I blinked…that is all I did, nothing special...just a blink. And 10 years were gone. My baby who was so small and helpless is now a beautiful little girl, so curious about the world around her. Wanting to try everything (except food) new! She wants to explore, to help others, to be something great! And all I want her to do, is sit on my lap and let me hold her for just one minute longer, to whisper I love you and hear her sweet voice say it back to me. ...