I have a new favorite cookie recipe. Normally, I am a chunky double chocolate chip cookie kind of girl, but this recipe I tried out Sunday is easily the best cookie recipe ever. It’s the perfect light and fluffy, cakey cookie with a yummy caramel icing. I found it on allrecipes.com: INGREDIENTS 2 cups shortening 2 cups white sugar 2 cups canned pumpkin (I...

Since Mom has been retired, she’s been doing some deep cleaning in the house including taking the ceiling fan blades down in the kitchen and rediscovering their true color under the grease that inevitably accumulates, and of course the yucky job of cleaning windows. She asked for a recipe for window cleaner using vinegar, and we found a great one: 2 cups...

I’m not sure where I first read about Magna Tiles building toys, but after reading rave reviews about them several places I decided to check them out. Everyone who reviewed them said that they were super entertaining for all ages of kids. Toddlers loved them as well as older kids. Then I saw the price… $45 for a 32 piece set. It seemed a little high...

I often stay up reading at night, so I asked for a book light for Christmas. Mark got me the Booklight Lightwedge, which is a really well designed little gadget. Instead of clipping a light onto your book and it shining down on the pages, it is actually sort of a “sheet” of hard plastic that lights up the whole page you’re reading. It also...

As many of you know, I direct the handbell choir at Reynoldsburg Baptist Church. We’re having difficulty finding people to replace several that we’ve lost over the last several months. Maybe we would have an easier time if we had an awesome name like the Ring of Fire Handbell Choir? Wonder if they do an arrangement of the Johnny Cash song of the same...

The Velveteen Rabbi “When can I run and play with the real rabbis?”