Saving Money on Honey

Now that we’ve been making challah on a weekly basis, I’ve realized that we use a bit more honey than in the past. And honey can get quite expensive!
If you’re not too particular about your baking honey, you may want to check your dollar store! Several of our local dollar stores (where it [...]

But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through [...]

Sav-Mor Fun

By request, here’s a picture of our “food yard sale” savings from this morning:

My sister joined us again, and did an amazing job at packing all of this into just 2 banana boxes for us! (By the way that is juice in the bottles. ) For fun, we decided to calculate what the [...]

$25 Restaurant Certificates for $3

Just thought I’d give a heads up that Restaurant.com gift certificates are 70% off right now (through April 30). That means you can get a $25 gift certificate for $3, if you use the code: GOURMET
If you are unfamiliar with Restaurant.com, it is a website that allows you to purchase gift certificates to local [...]

Some Food Lion Deals

After seeing Kendra’s great Food Lion deals last week and previous weeks, I was quite sad that we didn’t have a Food Lion nearby. I’d been wanting to make a special steak dinner for Daniel, so when I got 3(!) fliers advertising Food Lion’s specials this week, I decided that the 15 mile drive [...]

Curiosity in the Crib

Can you find Hana Kate in this picture? This just cracks me up! :)  I love coming in and seeing this at the end of her nap.

Sitting by Myself

Here’s how I start out…

Baked Pancakes

Here’s a fun variation to the normal pancake flipping–bake them! It’s great if you want to cut down on preparation time or want to serve them all fresh out of the oven. It makes a great Sunday morning breakfast. (Or just any time…like this morning! )
Just mix up batter for 8-10 [...]

Budget Busters

Well, Kendra tagged me to list 5 things that “bust our budget,” so here they are, in no particular order:
1. Broken Appliances Like when our heater broke, and our electric bill was 8 times what it normally is. Or the possibility of having to find a new HVAC unit. We’re praying that God [...]

“I Love You!” from Hana Kate

Along with her normal babbling, Hana Kate has been mimicing us with “I love you,” “hello,” and “uh-oh.” But normally she stops talking once I get the camera out–so this was the best I could get of “I love you” on camera (the very last thing she says).

This was Hana Kate at [...]