Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

candy turkeys and a happy thanksgiving day

We have much to be thankful for. God proves Himself faithful and generous in every way. This year, we are particularly grateful for the fact that our son and his family now live nearby. Thanksgiving Day started early. DH picked the twins up a bit after 8:00 and took them to church with him and […]

menu plan monday ~ november 19, 2012

We are grateful for the holiday set aside for thanking God for His many good gifts and blessings. We hope your Thanksgiving Day is one of joyful thanks and gratitude. Christmas decorating continues at our house. This week and next will be very busy. The household cats don’t seem to mind. Buttercup does not bother […]

chalkboard Christmas tree

Genny was here this weekend, helping with Christmas decorating. She worked on the chalkboard Sunday and made an amazing Christmas tree. I found the idea at the blog “A Legg Up” which is no longer available. Our chalkboard starts about a foot above the floor and is just over eight feet tall. Genny began by […]

popcorn and cranberries and little helpers

This evening we started making strings of popcorn and cranberries for the living room tree. Snow White was entranced. She stuck with it until I told her it was bedtime. She told her great-aunt Genny, “I helped you because you needed lots of help!” By the way, she did her own hair-do, in case you […]

working on the glass tree

The tree in our upstairs guest room is decorated with ornaments made of spun and molded glass. Today, our son and daughter-in-law came by to help decorate the tree. It took all afternoon, but they stuck with it. The twins are fascinated by the whole decorating process. Today was no different. It’s fun to watch […]

menu plan monday ~ november 12, 2012

We accomplished more Christmas decorating this week. Genny was here to help over the weekend. The library tree is done and the silver/blue tree is also finished. It doesn’t have the tree skirt under it yet, but I’ll get that done this week. We put up the snowflakes in the kitchen on Sunday afternoon. The […]

after-school coffee break

After two years of homeschool, our youngest daughter now goes to public high school. When she gets home, we usually take some time to chat. Coffee was the order of the day, today. Chilly out. Surprise for me…she’s finally agreed to my taking her picture and posting it to the blog. 🙂 ~~Mom

happy birthday!!

They’re five! We had cake and ice cream this evening for the twins. Lots of fun! They practically squealed when they saw the pile of presents. Snow White’s favorite presents? Dora’s friend Boots the monkey and her blue feather boa! Rose Red and Snow White…happy birthday girls. ~~Ma

menu plan monday ~ november 5, 2012

This week, the twins turn five! Cannot believe it has been five years already! We’re having cupcakes with them this evening and cake tomorrow night. May as well celebrate twice! For trick or treat, the twins visited Great-Ma next door. All the able residents gathered in the front room with bowls of treats and toys. […]

menu plan monday ~ october 29, 2012

On Saturday, our son and his wife came to help deep clean in prep for the Christmas Open House. They were a great help, and came back on Monday when my sister Genny was here to help, as well. They got a lot done. While they cleaned on Saturday, I made Brownie Biscotti, Raspberry Truffles, […]