Leaving No Footprints

Hello again!

I am home, have been for a week and a half now and really enjoying our Tennessee sunshine this morning. This mild winter is hard to get comfortable in because I feel that at any moment we are going to get really cold and I don’t want to…

Kris and I decided somewhat last minute to invite the Buttons and Fadely’s over for a Christmas brunch on Friday. We had a great time and Kris took pictures but I haven’t even looked at them yet. I will probably post some of them later when we are back…

As I was updating Owen’s blog this morning a question was brought to mind. Do any of you remember a time in the late 80’s when it was popular to wear glasses that had no prescription? You could buy them at the mall and they simply had plain glass in th…

This isn’t necessarily a holiday recipe but I thought it was worth sharing.

When I was a kid my mom decided to have another baby and she named him Joel. This baby grew to the point that he wanted to eat solid foods but wasn’t exactly able to handle…

I promise you all that I was not having a bad day when I wrote yesterday’s post. The incident happened many months ago upon meeting someone that I used to go to church with. I was reminded of it the other night when I saw his picture on the web. This…

Have you ever met up with someone from years ago and as you talked with them you felt this coldness come over the conversation that quickly chills you and sends you packing? It silently moves up your spine and across each shoulder letting you know that…

Another recipe that isn’t strictly a Holiday dish but seems to be more desired during that time, is this soup that I made for our Sunday school class party yesterday. I made it several years ago, when in a panic for something for dinner I started pullin…

by Mary Kelso

Lord my mind and heart do beat
With one resounding theme
To waste not all my days and nights
On cares that will not lean
Amid so much of daily life
I find I am confined
To bleats of discontent and greed
That seek to spoil my mind…

I had noticed that it seemed a little darker outside but hadn’t looked out. Sure enough when I opened the blinds upstairs in the play room to let in a little daylight there was quite a stir of activity in the air. Snow flurries were called for but for…

I thought it might be fun to publish some of the recipes I use only at Christmas time. This is the cookie recipe I use to put gingerbread cookies on my tree. This recipe doesn’t quite cover the tree so if you like the way they look I would suggest a…