What Is A Mom To Do

Who loves to get up early on a Sunday morning and make cinnamon rolls for their family or church group? Well, I think that we all would like to deep down but in all reality it isn't very likely to happen. A couple of weeks ago I was feeling a little more zealous. I wanted to make something special for my Sunday School class. I had heard of making cinnamon rolls in the waffle iron. The idea intrigued me and so I set forth to experiment! First, I went to my local HyVee and got two rolls of my favorite quick cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing. I just got the cheap kind. I'm sure any other brand will work too.  Then, I preheated my waffle iron. I also lightly sprayed it with PAM. I only did this once it didn't need it.  Next, I started putting one roll for each waffle square. I put the top down and cooked them until the steam stopped coming from the sides. This is what they look like fresh out of the iron. I put butter on mine and ate them plain. They wer...

Life has a way of throwing us curve balls. When Josh and I were dating events kept popping up that really tested our relationship. I moved twice and then Josh moved so that he could be with me. This took a lot of faith in God and faith in me. He left a pretty good job and moved to Springfield with no leads. The Lord came through, Josh landed a great job working in a local manufacturing plant. Then came our baby! Oh Kara, the light and joy of my life. She is such a blessing. Each day she teaches me something new. A new and pure way of looking at things. I owe her a lot.  Then in November of 2010 Josh was laid off from that really good job. Boom! We were left completely without an income and no one was hiring in his skill set. This led us to move in with his mom and grandparents. Moving to TN, now that I think about it, was just what we needed. We needed a chance to take a step back and try to listen for the Lord's plan.  We waited for several months for something to...

Yuck! The famous stomach bug has landed at our house. Fortunately, it isn't the kind that makes you want to die, it just clings to you and makes you super tired and icky. Because of this I did not go to work today. I hate calling in! I always feel like my boss will never understand, this is silly because she is actually really good about being understanding.  So if I don't need to feel worried I begin to feel guilty. Guilty that I am taking the day to lay around and recoup. I have a million things to do and Kara needs my attention, I can't just lay in bed I tell myself. Yeah, you know you have done it too! In that case I normally get up and do too much and make myself sicker than I was originally. Thus, the cycle starts over! Today I decided I would be good to my body and try to rest. But I still had so much to do! So to ease my feelings I decided to find things that I could do from either my bed or couch, all the while keeping Kara entertained. I started out working ...

Hello! You are probably wondering why I haven't posted in awhile. To put a long story short, I started a new job. The new job coupled with my already full schedule has pretty much monopolized my time. I am hoping that after the schedules get synced a little better I will have more time to write. We have started to got our apartment looking a little more like a home. This is mostly due to the exciting news that we have finally gotten a couch!!! I have been waiting for 3 years for this couch. (It's a long story!) We have also gotten some new shelves, crates, etc. . I will be posting pictures of our little abode as soon as it all comes together. As far as cooking goes, well..... I haven't gotten much done. We have been living off of some of my freezer cooking and whatever we can throw together at a moments notice. I hope to get back in the kitchen soon. That is an update on my life for now. Tell me what you have been up to! Has anyone started their Spring cleaning a li...

I love oatmeal. I could eat it most mornings for breakfast if I only had the time. Josh is not a fan, he thinks I am a bit old fashioned in some ways. In fact, one day he told me that only old people eat oatmeal! I know why I have grown to like it, growing up in a large family oatmeal was a pretty cheap meal to prepare for the whole family. Of course, mom would always add sugar and cinnamon and other assorted goodies to help spice things up a bit. But I digress.... In an attempt to eat healthier on a budget I began looking for some different ways to prepare oatmeal besides cookies and your typical morning bowl of goodness. I have found several and I am planning to make one or two each week and talk about my results here. None of these recipes are original with me so I will be linking you to their original authors, but I will add my own comments. I hope you enjoy the start to this new series. I would love to hear some of your favorite oatmeal fixins. Or maybe some of your favorite...

When I awoke this morning I felt like a little school girl, it had snowed in the night and it was still coming down! Oh how I had hoped this day would come! Kara has never really been able to play in the snow and so I really wanted to get at least one good snowfall before Spring. With all of the stress of the last couple of months we decided to make it a carefree day and we set out to the best sledding hill around. That hill happens to be at our church, Northwest Bible Church. And we weren't the only ones, there were several other children and parents from the neighborhood who had also come out to play. Kara had so much fun! I thought that she may be a little scared but after her first trip down with her daddy she was ready to tackle the hill by herself. My soon to be 2 year old is fearless! We played and we played until we were frozen and tired. Well, Kara was frozen but she was far from tired! She was not a happy little girl when we packed up to head home. Today is...

1 package Swiss Miss 1 stirring spoon filled with hot fudge hot water a sprinkle of nutmeg mini marshmellows (we like the freeze dried variety) Put all of the ingredients together in you favorite mug. Enjoy in front of a cozy fire, or wrapped in a blanket with a good book. This is pretty good! And although I normally try to make stuff from scratch this is something that my husband likes to make for us and I like being lazy sometimes. And if you by the Swiss Mimss at Sams or Costco its actually pretty cheap! Do you have a favorite hot drink? I love to hear ideas and new recipes!