This idea comes to you courtesy of a user on Pinterest. The original idea came from here. I use ice cube trays all the time, just not for making ice. Lately my trays have held: Chopped chipotle peppers for easy-to-use 1 T. portions Leftover wine to use as a soup/stew flavor boost But I’ve never […]
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Valentine’s Flowers: Day 7
Pretty, aren’t they? The secret to long-lasting flowers is to change the water daily and stick them in the refrigerator overnight. The note The Boy included with them said: Will you marry me all over again? Ahem, YES.
Surprises from the Kitchen
It’s no secret that I like to bake cupcakes. (You didn’t know that? Check out my previous posts here, here, here, here, here and here.) So you can imagine that I was pretty intrigued when I spotted a pin on Pinterest that suggested dropping Hershey’s Kisses into cupcakes while they were baking to create a tasty […]
Help in a Helpful Way
Like most people, I struggle with how to help panhandlers. When I lived in Kenya, my car would be surrounded by street kids begging for money. Many of these poor little ones were terribly addicted to inhalants – money wasn’t a help for them. I would carry bits of bread and other foodstuffs to hand […]
Pay it Forward
For Christmas, one of my coworkers gave me this: In the spirit of the holiday season, I decided to pay my gift certificate forward. While I was out doing some last minute holiday errands on a day off, I pulled in to a very busy Starbucks drive-through line. It was so busy that another driver […]
Cutest.Pies.Ever.
For my work colleague holiday gifts this year, I decided to stick with last year’s jar theme but with a new twist: PIE. Because, after all, who doesn’t like pie? And what could be better than pie in a jar? Nothing, I tell you. Nothing is better than pie in a jar. I looked at […]
Shop Love
I’ve hit nearly every Christmas decor selling shop in north Texas looking for a particular wreath (to no avail) over the past few weeks. Two observations: Far too many stores already have Christmas items on clearance. As if it’s insulting enough to endure Christmas-on-display in late September, now I can’t even find what I’d like […]
Maybe This is Key
I am tired. Just dead tired. I told The Boy the other day that all I really want to do is take a nap…for the next three months. Then I read a fantastic article by Leo Babauta. In it he suggests that to battle laziness (which often stems from fatigue), that we do two things: […]
Team Hope
Some long-time blog readers (and family and friends) may remember that The Boy headed off on a trip to an unnamed (in the blog anyway) country to share Hope and Good News the week after we bought The Hayley House. I got to stay behind and sort the details of paint colors and contractor punch […]
Inspired!
With the departure of The Niece, we Hayleys find ourselves in possession of some rooms that we’re pretty excited about – rooms that were part of our purchase of the Hayley House in the first place. And those are…guest rooms! We’ve had a room that’s served as an office/guest room/craft room, in addition to The […]