In this post: How to make sweet tea…perfect for a hot summer day…or any day for that matter! I’ve grown up on sweet tea. Whether it’s birthdays, holidays, or just getting together, every single family gathering has a pitcher of sweet tea….every.single.one. As a youngster, I never thought about how it was made….just…
Do the words “easy + bread + recipe” sound like an oxymoron to you? When I was younger, my mother used to make homemade wheat bread and cinnamon rolls. She had a wheat mill and would grind organic wheat berries into flour and then use a Bosch machine to make the most delicious homemade wheat…
In this post: How to make easy, DIY disinfecting wipes when the stores are sold out of the others; plus a master checklist of surfaces to disinfect. Aren’t these the craziest times? We’ve turned into homebodies who hoard toilet paper and wash our hands like surgeons preparing for the operating room! In all seriousness though,…
How to decorate a round table: Here are 11 delightful tablescapes with lots of lovely centerpiece and table setting ideas to choose from. If I was a nail-biter, I might have been chewing on them a bit. I’d spent a few hours planning the decor, gathering the materials, and carting everything to church to set…
My house has been in a state of change for the past year. We undertook a major remodel and right after it ended, Christmas came. Now we are in the process of trying to put all the things back where they belong, reorganize the entire house, and finish the rest of the painting projects from…
I’ve been wanting to write a letter to my daughter for awhile now. I just learned that November is National Adoption Awareness Month, so I thought that this was the perfect time. The primary focus of adoption month is on foster care and the children who are awaiting adoption from within the system. For many…
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. ? Well, maybe not, but these shortbread thumbprint cookies are so delicious that you are going to want more than one! If you’ve arrived here at the French Blue Cottage because of “Cookie Week”, let me first say, “Welcome! I’m glad you came for a visit!”…
I’m sure there are some teenage boys who love to bake sugar cookies, but that’s not on my sons’ top ten list of fun things to do after school.? When they were little, they enjoyed baking cookies and cupcakes, but truthfully, I think it was mostly about eating the results! Fast forward a decade and…
We’ve all been there. Things are chugging right along and then suddenly, life throws a curveball. This is where I’ve been over the past couple of weeks. The world outside may look like Spring, but my life has felt like Winter. I recently wrote a post with a brief description of my son and…
What I’m writing about on the blog today is not my typical subject…but it hits so close to home, that I felt I had to share. Do you know that congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common birth defects? Every year, about 40,000 babies are born in the United States with a heart defect….
Does this cold weather make you crave warm comfort food? It certainly does for me! The colder the air, it seems, the greater my hankering for soup. One of my favorites is affectionately known in my family as “Grandmama’s Soup”. It’s perfect for a quick meal on a cold night! My great-grandmother lived in a…
I’m veering off of home decor today for a post on…..feet. Specifically, how to get rid of dry, cracked winter feet. And for full transparency, my feet were awful all year round, just worse in the winter. So, the title of this post should really be “How to get rid of dry feet”. I promise not…