It’s been delicious madness around here lately. Between fun and food and friends and farting children and family {please notice the pause between children and family} and…fesign fork…I haven’t had a moment to sit down and tell you all about it in mind-numbing detail, as I am accustomed to doing. {Clearly there’s no way to get ‘design work’ to start… Read More
Busy, Busy, Bug, Butter & Bars
{If you’re here for a recipe…scroll down and avoid the dross. You’re welcome} As I type, my loved ones are passed out in their respective rooms, drooling, quite possibly, the dishwasher is running, the yogurt and kefir are culturing in their respective jars, the kettle is boiling {hallelujah!} and the wheat berries are soaking in preparation for sprouting. I love… Read More
Here’s to 2011
We cannot believe we have come to the end of yet another year…and what a fun, full year it has been! We’ve enjoyed our first full year in our new home, along with all the fun ‘firsts’ that come with it… like taking in the beauty of the ice-covered lake from our kitchen window {a far cry from the partially… Read More
Letting Myself Off the Hook
I am so enjoying life right now. Soaking in my little ones. Chillin’ with my man. Connecting with family and friends. Digging into some really interesting books {3 paragraphs at a time}. Purging my cupboards and the forgotten corners of my house and shipping boxes off to Goodwill. Occasionally trying new recipes – just because I want to, or sitting… Read More
Ramblings & Us {Through the Ledford Lens}
I’ve had a deliciously full week; opportunities to connect with girlfriends I don’t get to see even remotely often enough, dinner with a wonderful friend I haven’t seen in over 7 years, an out-of-town conference with my hubby {which boasted paradigm-shift-inducing teaching by Carl Medearis…he rocked our world}, and was sprinkled with precious family time {my favorite type of “busy”}…. Read More
Baked Acorn Squash with Cinnamon Apples
You may recall my love affair with squash last Fall. It was an all-consuming, heaven-touches-earth, extravagant bliss in a bowl type experience…and I’m just aching to relive it. If it hadn’t been raining and cold for the past 2 days {and if I wasn’t still wearing slippers…and if I wasn’t feeling lazy}, I’d run out and snap a photo of… Read More
The Pierced Bean, An Escape & Other Such Nonsense
Meet Bean. The Rockstar. Sporting jeans, a tutu, and cowboy boots, and rocking the glittered hair, tattooed arm and pierced nose, she was quite the sight to see, riding along on her preschool “Little Rockstars” parade float. She rocked! And I was one proud mama. Speaking of piercings and pride, miss Bean got her little earlobes pierced on Saturday. … Read More
Excuses, Updates and an ATW Guest Post
Contrary to what a lack of posts for almost a week may depict, I’m alive and semi-well. Emphasis on semi. Our wee babes and I are all fighting colds, a sinus infection and an ear infection {nicely distributed between the three of us}. Life is peachy! Speaking of peaches…our little tree is dropping gorgeous, juicy peaches daily and I’ve been… Read More
Oh, How He Loves!
If you know anything about me, you’ll know how easily my inner-child is delighted. It’s rather ridiculous, actually. I don’t think she gets out much, personally. Remember the time God scribbled a heart of clouds in the sky for my wee lass. Woah mama. Well, He did it again…{while this photo does it little justice…this blueberry was heart shaped!} …and… Read More
Poppin’ Up!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled {thoughtful} post… to bring you this {rambling} drivel: In addition to the massive quantity of squash we have poppin’ up in our veggie garden, there are a few other fabulous thing-a-ma-bobs poppin’ up around here. Namely… The first 4 of 125 giant wind turbines nestled nicely into the fields of the farming communities near us…. Read More
Happy Birthday, {Big Boy} Bug!
I was examining the fine, downy swirls of peach fuzz on your neck and arms the other day when it hit me. One day this stuff is going to be courser. And darker. And most likely, spread across your face in some sort of suave goatee fashion. And I’m not quite sure how I feel about all this. I now… Read More
Scriptures for {Weary} Mums
I don’t know about you, but I need clear reminders, throughout the day, of how to behave. {Oh, be-have!} Stop laughing. I’m serious. In the midst of upturned bowls of tomato soup, leaky diapers, sassy ‘tudes and unfinished adult conversations…I need to be reminded how to love well. With patience, compassion, kindness, grace, hope…and perseverance. Bucket loads of perseverance. So… Read More
