by Mary Carver | Oct 3, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
Even though this series is about finding the bright spot in all kinds of circumstances, I can’t resist taking the lemon and lemonade parts literally. At least a few times this month. And by “few times” I mean once a week. Yes, that’s right....
by Mary Carver | Oct 2, 2014 | Home Life
My house is a disaster right now. The dishes from dinner are still on the table, my laundry is threatening to burst from the hamper and attack any passersby, and the rugs and carpets are hard evidence that our vacuum has been broken for a couple weeks now. Usually...
by Mary Carver | Aug 21, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
Picnic. Barbecue. Cookout. Grill out. Hamburger fry. Potluck at the park. What do you call an outdoor gathering with food? I usually go with barbecue, although since I live in the (FINE. one of the?) BBQ capital, that can be a tad confusing. Anyway. Three of my...
by Mary Carver | Aug 12, 2014 | Faith Life, Family Life, Home Life, parenting, recipes & food
We have a snack problem at our house. Namely, we like them too much. And by “we,” I mostly mean my six-year-old, but she learned it from me. [Cue the commercial flashback now: “I learned it from watching you, okay?!”] Given the choice between...
by Mary Carver | Aug 7, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
Earlier this summer a friend posted a s’mores-themed recipe to my Facebook wall. And last week my mom slipped me a {different} s’mores-themed recipe that she’d ripped out of a magazine. Apparently I’ve become the s’mores lady. I think...
by Mary Carver | Jun 27, 2014 | Home Life, recipes & food
You all were so welcoming to my brother this spring when he shared his recipe for Corn Casserole with Bacon. So it only made sense to ask him to write about his ah-maze-ing brownie recipe. I was even going to make a little joke about “brownie points.” Then...
