Harvest Lane Cottage

Hello Dearies,   My computer is home from her hospital stay.  The doctor told my husband that one hundred sixty-nine viruses attacked my computer.  Can you believe it?  I'm amazed she even woke up in the morning!  I do appreciate your patience.   Over the next few days, I'll be posting some reviews that are due.  I've been doing a lot of reading this month.  I know that I've posted more reviews and fewer other posts lately.  To be perfectly honest, I've had a hard time getting back to writing after my mother-in-love's move to Heaven.  I just feel like I've been going through the motions in a lot of things.  She died just before Thanksgiving, so I had to push my grief aside so that I could "make Christmas" for my children.  Mother would have wanted me to do that.  Since then, I've just been so busy doing the next thing.  It's been kind of like an underlying sadness.  Through it all, God is yet good.  It...

Hello!  My computer is in the shop. I hope to be back to the keyboard in a few days. I hope you enjoy your family, your home, and time with God this week.

Isn't life Pinteresting?  My friend, Charity, told me about Pinterest a couple of years ago.  Little did I imagine how helpful this on-line pin board would be in keeping track of links and ideas and recipes.  Do you use Pinterest?  I'd love to see your boards.  Talk back!  Please share a link to your boards.  Take a look at mine and be sure to click on my Pinned It Made It board to see my passes and fails.  God bless you all! Laura Visit Laura's profile on Pinterest. Shared:    No Rules

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  I'm going to be away from my blog for a few days spending time with friends and loved ones.  I encourage you to focus on the people God's put into your life.  Does someone need a call or letter?  Valentine's Day can be a lonely time for some folks. Enjoy your day, enjoy your week, enjoy your life! I wish you shalom! Nothing broken, nothing missing, nothing lacking peace! Laura Happy

Free Desktop Wallpaper from Gooseberry Patch      It's snowing!  Yay!  I've been praying for snow to give us a nice pretty blanket on the ground.  Winter is just supposed to be white.       I sent my son, Michael, outside to set some pie plates and cake pans on top of his canoe to catch the snow.  The canoe is up on sawhorses, so the cat and the chickens won't bother it.  I want to be sure that the snow he collects is clean.   If we collect enough, we'll make snow ice cream !       This time, I want to try some Trim Healthy Mama snow ice cream for me.  I might even add some maple flavoring instead of the syrup in this Maple Snow Ice Cream recipe from Jacqueline.      Whichever you try, let it snow let it snow let it snow! Blessings, Laura Whose Computer Still Refuses to Upload Photos Update:  I made the Trim Healthy Mama snow ice c...

That's me.  Clueless about Super Bowl mania.  I was surprised yesterday to see a sign as I went into Wal-Mart stating there was just 1 shopping day until Super Bowl.  There were lots of people shopping, too.  When did Super Bowl become a holiday?  For me, it was a regular grocery shopping day.  Just prior to Wal-Mart, I'd been at Aldi where the checker told me I had the healthiest things in my cart she'd seen all day. ~smile~  Everyone was buying chips and junk food.  I was taking advantage of the broccoli, celery, and veggies that were on sale as well as apples, oranges, bananas, and the cream and cottage cheese I use so frequently with Trim Healthy Mama. Even at church today the sermon was about the church family being a team much like the unrecognized support people that make the football games happen.  Well, I'm not a football person, but I am going to the church Super Bowl party.  I'm taking a big pot of chili and c...