Home Sweet Homemaker

This is an excerpt from an awesome article by Jennifer Rothschild about being a tool in God’s hands.
Jars and I have had an ongoing, antagonistic relationship for years. It doesn’t matter if they house pickles, salsa or jam.
The contents aren’t the source of my annoyance, it’s their lids that keep me agitated. I wrap my [...]

Here’s some encouragement for the stay-at-home moms out there, straight from Dr. Phil. The context of the article is actually about the “5 biggest relationship busters” in marriage. This quote is from Problem 5: Career Concerns. Read the article at Good Housekeeping.
The work a stay-at-home mom does in caring for a family and a [...]

Socks looking for their mates now hang out above the washer, so I can at least see what’s missing. This is a sad state of affairs. It represents how slack I have been regrading laundry lately. I know that socks often never make it to the dryer, but I’m so far behind that pairs aren’t [...]

I checked out Marla Cilley’s Sink Reflections on a recent visit to the library. Marla Cilley is also known as the FlyLady. She has a free email-based program to help members (flybabies) break free from their CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). The first thing she instructs her flybabies to do is shine the [...]

Apple Pie Spice Rugelach is yet another one of the twelve cookies featured in the December issue of Good Housekeeping. This one did not disappoint. A lot of flavor and a fun shape makes this a great little cookie to share anytime. Visit Good Housekeeping for the recipe.
I was only able to cut 8 wedges [...]

This is another of the 1 Dough, 12 Cookie recipes featured in Good Housekeeping’s December issue. I found the dough a bit dry and crumbly which made it hard to form the dough into logs. But I loved the cranberry/crystallized ginger combination. These cookies have a unique taste and are definitely worth making again, although [...]

Here is another recipe from the 12 Cookies, 1 Dough collection in Good Housekeeping’s December issue. These chocolate pinwheels were surprisingly easy to make, but I was disappointed in their taste. It was such a fun cookie to make, but it didn’t deliver on flavor. But I do really love the pinwheel shape. I would [...]

I can’t quilt and here’s why. It’s the same reason why I never got past basic chords on the guitar. My discipline does not match my desire. Take this example from HGTV. This quilt, in my opinion, is absolutely exquisite. It’s art. And I would want my quilt to be art! I wouldn’t want to [...]

Today is the first day of the year 2008. Boy, that seemed far away when I was a kid. I’m not one for resolutions but this morning (at 2 am when I was giving Alexis her bottle) I decided what I needed to do differently in 2008. Instead of setting unrealistic goals for myself or [...]