Maybe I’m strange, but I don’t consider a cinnamon-sugar coated cookie a Snickerdoodle unless the recipe calls for Cream of Tartar. It’s gotta have that slight tang to it, otherwise it’s just a cinnamon cookie. Anyway, I thought I’d share this yummy recipe that has recently become my favorite. I think that the best part …
I am in love with hotel style key racks! I just think that they are so pretty and about a million times better looking than the cheesy ones that we all made in middle school shop class. Surprisingly though, I couldn’t find a lot of options out there to buy one (especially if you don’t …
Finding balance with housekeeping when you have small children can be really tough! There are some days that I feel like I’m walking in quicksand just trying to keep up. Some days it’s so bad that I genuinely have to give myself a pep talk to get up and work on it when I …
Last fall I bought a pound of Vanilla Beanswhen I was making my neighbor Christmas gifts (which were home-made Tahitian Vanilla Extract). I had no idea how much to buy, so I went ahead and bought a full pound. I ended up having about ¾ of them left over. Talk about a happy accident! Vanilla …
A house fire has got to be one of my biggest fears! I have to say that it is a completely rational one too…which I think is the scariest part! The week that we moved here a family in our new church group lost their house to a fire. This hit a little too close …
I’m a bit of a 1950’s romantic when it comes to Heirloom Recipes (family recipes that have been passed down). The whole time I am preparing the recipe I daydream about the house-dresses that would have been worn, the retro kitchen gadgets that would have been used, the darling aprons, and the smells that would …