Protecting our hair: Winter 2011

With the winter months approaching, I am beginning my research on ways to protect me and my daughters hair. I am STILL learning how to braid. I stopped learning because I think braids are not "girly" enough for me. Now this is my opinion. I know there are different styles, but I am still up in the air with…

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Do we celebrate Halloween?

To answer the question above…no! We do not celebrate this holiday for the simple fact that we do not celebrate the dead and spirits. It would take me days to talk about the various origins of Halloween, but I do not have the time. I do believe that the enemy uses a variety of schemes to trip up the…

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Next Iron Chef Season 4

All of the hype about this season of Next Iron Chef has got me super duper excited! I am a fan of a great recipe and creativity and I look forward to these super chefs getting together to compete for the title of Iron Chef. The some of the chefs on the roster are: Anne Burrell, Alex Guarnaschelli (judge…

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The Importance of Prayer

This year, I have realized the importance of prayer. Our family has endured so much and God has made a way for us in so many ways. He never left us or had us to go without; and I am so grateful! Before, I would just go through the motions of living day by day thinking that if I…

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Who knew?…Make your own buttermilk!

I stumbled across this youtube channel and I fell in love! Laura has some amazing recipes that she modified herself and the results are amazing! I am mostly excited to make the buttermilk because when I want to bake biscuits or some sort of pastry, I never have the buttermilk on hand so this simple recipe helped me solve…

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Self-Examination: Are you microwave or a Crock Pot?

 I was reading a blog entry by a Kimberly M. Chastain and she simply asks a question. Are you a microwave or a crock pot? This is in reference to our prayer life and how in most situations we want God to answer our prayers in a microwave fashion instead of allowing God to work in His own time…

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