For these cupcakes, I altered the recipe for Caramel Lightning Cake from The Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition), by Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. For truffle filling: 1 ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips ¼ cup flavored creamer (I used eggnog flavor, …
Clearing the Air
“If you really loved me, you’d know what I was feeling.” “If I have to tell you what I’m thinking, I won’t do it.” Have you ever said things like that to each other? It’s not uncommon for hurting spouses to expect their mates to …
Words of Encouragement
Here are some phrases you can use to cheer, encourage and woo those around you. Feel free to print a copy to hang on the fridge or keep in your purse. If you are like me and criticism comes much more naturally than encouraging words, …
Best of the Best
Do you ever get tired of hunting through stacks of recipes, looking for your favorites? It seems that I return to the same tried and true dishes again and again. Time is at a premium for me, and I don’t like wasting it while searching …
Teaching Teens to Handle Money
Do you find yourself saying these words: Do you think money grows on trees? or What do you think I’m made of, money? When my kids hit middle-school age I felt like I was constantly shelling out money for the movies, Chick-fil-A, youth group activities, …
Frugal Living Links
Coupon Mom is a free site that matches grocery coupons with local store sales. Excellent. Crown Financial Ministries, the premiere Christian organization for financial freedom. $5 Dinners. Don’t think it can be done? Think again.
Strategic Thinking
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed [Luke 5:16] Sometimes the noise and confusion of this 21st century is so great we don’t even know what questions to ask and, without the right questions, we never get the right answer. Just when you think …
Cream of Vegetable Soup
Choose the vegetable of your choice and make homemade soup tonight! 1/2 cup butter 1/4 cup flour 2 cups milk or half and half 3 cups chopped veggies (carrots, broccoli, celery, potatoes, cauliflower, etc.) 1 large onion 1 tsp salt and pepper 2 cups chicken …
Toe Touching
I moved my foot over to his side of the bed like I had done many times during the last twelve years, to gently touch his toe. That movement had brought with it a great sense of comfort all those nights when I needed to …
Coming Out of the Pit
The Bible refers to our troubles as a pit. Unfortunately most of the pits we find ourselves in have been self induced. The word pit simply means a hole, a cavity or a miserable and depressing situation. And I am here to tell you some of us …