A Proverbs 31 Kind of Day

It wasn't that long ago when I strolled into a makeup bar. I was just wasting time and having fun. I picked out some new colors to try and the person helping me went to work on transforming my makeup look. It was fun and I did like the new colors. I even bought some things. But during the play session, the sales person was telling me all about the "organic, simple" eye makeup remover. I wasn't paying much attention until I heard, "there's only one ingredient!  How great is that for your skin?" I chimed in, "What's that?" Coconut oil. While I did like the remover, I didn't buy any .  . . I wanted to buy color! But I did tuck those little words away, " . . .only one ingredient; coconut oil." Once home, I began to look into the use of coconut oil as a cleanser. Sure enough!  It is widely regarded as an all-natural option in the health and beauty world! One site I looked at suggested buying organic so...

That's a mouth full . . . literally! You'll want a mouthful of this delicious and easy breakfast bread! It's so easy! By this time in the school year, I'm so tired of fixing the same old things for breakfast for my cherubs;  I'm looking for something new to feed them. Confession:  those two lines above--they're a lie. I don't usually fix breakfast for the cherubs during the week. The Mr. does. But I usually have all the things for him to fix breakfast and I try to have some easy "go to" things for some of the "busy" mornings, just to make it easier on him. That's just the kind of wife I am! This is definitely an easy go-to-breakfast treat  . . . not only for breakfast, but when you want a snack, or a dessert. It's delicious for most anytime of the day. I'd like to tell you that it freezes well, but I have no idea! It doesn't last long enough at our house! My boy cherub can polish it ...

My boy cherub has "Freedom" this weekend. "Freedom" is like the old "D-Now" weekends. In the midst of a busy schedule, it's a spiritual get-a-way; like a mini camp! I have worked all week and wanted to send snacks to my cherub's "host home." You know teen-aged boys. Now put 8-10 teen-aged boys under one roof. There's not enough food supply to satisfy! One of the things I made is this super-easy caramel corn recipe. I was trying to think of something a little different but something that I could make in a hurry. This recipe won! Caramel Corn 3 bags of microwaved popped popcorn 1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup light corn syrup 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 tsp baking soda Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In a small saucepan, melt the butter, sugar, syrup, and salt on high until bubbling. Cook for 1 min, stirring constantly.  Remove from the heat and and mix in baking soda. Stirring well until the mixture is ...

Over Christmas, we had brunch with my brother and his family. My sister-in-law made mixed fruit with dip. It was so yummy! I asked for the recipe and she willingly shared; as long as I gave her credit! Maybe I should call it "Jen's Orange Fruit Dip!" When I actually got around to making it again for my family, I couldn't find where I had written it down! I searched the internet and found several recipes that were similar, and many that were the very recipe she had given me!  I believe the one she used is from Kraft. I love this because it's yummy, easy, and can be used for more than fruit! Dollop it on pound cake, pancakes, French toast, and of course, fruit! Orange Fruit Dip 1 cup  plain, nonfat yogurt (I used Greek Vanilla; it's what I had) 1/4 cup sugar 1 TBSP orange zest 1/4 cup orange juice 2 cups thawed Cool Whip   Whisk the yogurt and next 3 ingredients together in a bowl. Fold in the cool whip. Ref...

There's been a glitch and I didn't know it! That tells you about my computer skills! I'm only good when everything works right! When it doesn't, I'm in real trouble. T.R.O.U.B.L.E! I don't speak "computer." I don't understand the written code of computer. I turn it on and want it to work. That's my knowledge level! So when I learn that current blog posts aren't being delivered to your e-mail account. I don't know what to do! I've googled some possible situations. I've tried to fix it, but honestly, that's very similar to me telling the Mr. I'm going to work on the car! Tonight, I've tried another option but I'm not real sure that the problem will be resolved. This is sort of a "test post" to see if it's all working correctly.   . . .and when I say, "all" -- I don't really know what I mean by that except for you to receive the posts in your "inbo...