{Sorry to those who are looking forward to Liz's post on Homemaking today....you just have me.  She is on a hiatus from The Art of Homemaking while she is trying to keep herself from going into labor too early.  Hopefully, I can be half as good as she is for the next month or so...}On one of my last thrifting trips in IL I picked up this cookbook, The New Settlement Cookbook, for 50 cents.  It was from 1954 and when I opened it I was intrigued and even chuckled at the tagline on the first ... View the Post

"A tradition-or moment to remember-need not be spectacular in order to be impressive." I have these images in my mind from the summer carnivals I went to as I was growing up.I remember the excitement as the carnival would pull into town and start setting up.I remember the lights, the sounds, and the rides. When I was young it all seemed so magical. Especially after dark.Last weekend we took my kids to the same carnival I attended in my youth. It was crowded, rickety, and filled with hormonal ... View the Post

With the baby arriving at the end of summer we have been thinking about names... I am named after my great grandmother Elizabeth. She was awesome. I've heard story after story about her skills and antics from my grandma---like the time she painted her kitchen floor green because her husband wouldn't put in a new floor for her, the pride she took in being the first of all her neighbors to get her laundry on the line each Monday morning, and the love she gave to each of her 9 children. But ... View the Post