When I was young, I was fascinated to find out that the land mass across the water at our park as an entirely different country, Canada!
Daddy and Me.
I would normally make this in the fall, but who could pass up this big, juicy, red apple?
Apple, Honey and Peanut Butter Breakfast.
OK moms, these jelly jars are my favorite kid's cup: a plastic alternative, practically unbreakable, multi-functions as storage with a canning lid, made in the U.S.A, and very inexpensive. Find them in the canning section of any mega store! 
I wanna be a hooker, just like Mommy!
Here is my yarn bag. I thought this style of bag was called a carpet bag until I googled "carpet bag" and discovered that carpet bags are actually made of carpet (go figure), this is more like burlap on the outside with a pretty Indian motif. Anyone know what style bag this is? What do you think they doing, fighting or fanning each other?
My one and only hook, we've been together for more than 16 years. I purchased the fat hook that Angelus is using above, but I felt unfaithful using it and returned to my original hook, who felt unappreciated and hide on me for a few days but eventually forgave my indiscretion. We are in counseling.
Coming right along.
Sure she looks all sweet and cute, but in reality she is trying to torture me with her cold, wet nose.
The Paradoxical Commandments is both a poem and a book by Kent M. Keith. He wrote the poem as an undergraduate, and it has spread around the world often in slightly altered form. In 1997, Keith learned that the poem "The Paradoxical Commandments" had hung on the wall of Mother Teresa's children's home in Calcutta, India, and two decades after writing the original poem, Dr. Keith wrote a book of the same title expanding on the themes of the poem: Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments: Finding Personal Meaning in a Crazy World. - source
Breakfast Burrito: Sauteed onions and scrambled egg. Topped with peas and cheese. Wrapped in a warm whole grain tortilla. Depending on the tortilla you buy, this has 7-14 grams of fiber and about 416 calories. Don't be afraid of whole grain tortillas, they taste just as good as plain white ones! With a cup of coffee, this keeps me full until lunch.
The Pagan History of Lent
The word lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten which means spring, which was derived from the Anglo-Saxon word lenctentid (pronounced LENG-ten-teed), which means the time of lengthening and flowering. The entire spring season was called Lenctentid. The ancient Anglo-Saxons (and other pagans) celebrated the return of spring with rioteous fertility festivals commemorating their goddess of fertility and of springtime, Eastre. In fact, the word Easter is derived from the Scandinavian Ostara and the Teutonic Ostern or Eastre, both pagan goddesses. The complete month of April was called Eostur-monath with the entire month was dedicated to Eostre. The pagan religion taught that Eostre was one responsible for changing a bird into a rabbit, this then is how the rabbit became an Easter symbol. Rabbits symbolize the fertility of springtime. It should be noted that the rabbit's capacity of abundant production of young is especially great at this time of year. I should also tell you that most ancient races, including the Anglo-Saxons, included spring festivals to celebrate the rebirth life, using the Egg was a symbol of fertility, life and re-birth. This is old Latin proverb catches this idea -- Omne vivum ex ovo. This means "all life comes from an egg".
So, how did such pagan things as Lent and Easter (I am not referring to the blessed Resurrection of Jesus Christ) come into the church? Alexander Hislop gives us the answer -- "To conciliate the Pagans to nominal Christianity, Rome, pursuing its usual policy, took measures to get the Christian and Pagan festivals amalgamated, and, by a complicated but skillful adjustment of the calendar, it was found no difficult matter, in general, to get Paganism and Christianity—now far sunk in idolatry—in this as in so many other things, to shake hands" (The Two Babylons).
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That smirk on my face preceeded a death threat to my husband for attempting to take my photo in my bathing suit.
March begins a wonderful adventure for us dear readers. I'm hosting a new sort of giveaway: The Random Acts of Kindness Campaign. Every Random Act of Kindness you commit in March will earn you entries into my giveaway, but more importantly it could change your world!
Basil for Love and Exorcism. 
Sage for Protection and Longevity.
Chili for Fidelity.
And she's down.
Olympics here I come!
Afterwards we head home for puppy love and hot soup!
Good pillo...er..doggie!
The kids got to make their own hot cocoa mugs. These cups have a paper insert they were able to personalize with stickers and crayons, then fill with hot cocoa and marshmallows till their little hearts burst.
Dale played guitar while we sung Happy Birthday!
Start with two circles.
Add white frosting and coconut to mimic snow (I also made some cupcakes with just frosting for the guests who don't like coconut).
Add candy.
Devour!
Angelus' 1st Birthday Royal Court Theme
Angelus' 2nd Birthday Train Theme
It goes by so fast.
