Oh the adventure we went on yesterday, all for the love of Ektorp! Friday night was crazy enough, hubby had a gathering planned for the worship team at our church, just a fun night to hang out, eat and play music. He was the planner of this event so we had to get the food, […]
Archives for February 2011
The Best Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Here is my favorite, easy as pie or in this case cake, banana cake recipe! Also, this cake is not a light cake, it has cream cheese, butter and sour cream in it! Although it does have fruit in it. That counts, right? 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix2 to 3 medium ripe or overly ripe […]
Painting the Fireplace
When we first moved into this house I was very excited to have a fireplace, my first ever home with a fireplace! I had visions of her in white and not a flesh colored piece of beigeness in my living room. (What a scary dark dungeon of a room this was!) So I set out […]
Organizing the Hall Closets
I’ve been on an organizing kick since the beginning of January and I’m still on a role! After working on the Pantry , Playroom Closets, Cloffice and Mudroom, it was time to tackle the hall closets!This is a confusing hallway because it has pretty much all the closets on the main floor in one area. […]
Why I blog
I first started blogging a few years ago to share videos and pictures of my kids with friends and family. I made sure my blog was private, locked down, no one is seeing anything without an invite. I really enjoyed blogging and sometimes I would share things that were on my heart. One day after […]
Mary & Martha Entertaining
If you aren’t familiar with Mary & Martha, let me set the scene. The following verses are from Luke 10:38-4138 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the […]
$12 Chair revamp
I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day on Monday. I know I did, my hubby and I spent a wonderful evening together after the kids went to bed. He even busted out his guitar and serenaded me with a song he wrote me a few years ago. Sigh, it was wonderful! The next day, […]
A Redeeming Love Story
In honor of Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I would share a little love story with you. First I’ll give you some background. My husband and I are hosting a marriage conference in our city this year, it’s called Love & Respect. We were first introduced to the message of Love & Respect about […]
The cost of being disorganized
Today I went to the library with all four children. We returned all our books and found new books to check out. I get up to the counter and give the man my library card. I tell him, I know I have a fine, we just returned an overdue book. He then tells me that […]
Superbowl Food Inspiration (Prepare to gain 10 pouinds)
Superbowl and food. You can’t have one without the other! If you are hosting a party or perhaps you are attending a party and need to bring something yummy, look no further than these two links below! I had to wipe the drool off the keyboard so I could type this post. Looking at all […]
