Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Isaiah 41:13 NIV “For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I…
Prepare Your Home for the Holidays Day 8: Kid’s Bedroom
Kid’s Bedroom Let’s jump right into organizing a kid’s room. For some reason organizing a kid’s room causes me great anxiety. I have too many memories of hundreds of tiny poly pocket pieces found all over the bedroom. I must admit tomorrow’s assignment of organizing a teenager’s room may be worse. Pray for me…
Prepare Your Home for the Holidays Day 7: Master Closet
Master Bedroom Closet It is so nice to wake up to an organized room. How lovely! Today I organized our Master Bedroom Closet. Our closet is my favorite place in the house to organize. Here’s what I did. I started with my sweaters. It’s almost sweater time and I can’t wait. I took all the…
Happy Birthday, Hannah!
Today is Hannah’s birthday. Happy birthday, my beautiful friend! Join me in wishing her birthday wishes in the comments below! Check out yesterday’s post Dark Chocolate Brownies to get the recipe for the brownie in the picture…
Prepare Your Home for the Holidays Day 6: Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom Who is ready to start on Week 2? I am looking forward to the end of the month when everything is in order and the house looks great. Today I organized our Master Bedroom. I had a little help from my girls. As I mentioned last week, our bookshelves from our former home…
Dark Chocolate Brownies
I was giving the cookbook Hershey 4 Books in 1: Bars, Brownies, & Treats; Cookies, Candies & Snacks; Cakes & Cheesecakes; Pies & Desserts for Christmas last year. I have found many wonderful recipes. I took “Best Fudgey Pecan Brownies” and adapted it to our families liking. I hope you enjoy it as well. 1/2…
Woo Hoo!
As I prepare to write this post my heart is racing. I am nervous and excited to announce Living Bellissima. Over the past several months I have labored in love to get to this day. I have spent sweet times with the Lord seeking His direction as I write. I have bounced ideas off many…
Prepare Your Home for the Holidays Day 5: Living Room
Living Room We are at the end of Week 1. Today we are finishing up our Living Zone with the Living Room. You may have a living room and a family room. We have one room, some call it a great room, but I like the way Living Room sounds. It is where we do…
Prepare Your Home for the Holidays Day 4: Office
Office We don’t actually have an office in our house. We did, that is, before we adopted Sara. It only seemed right to give her a room of her own. And so, our office was displaced for a bit. I found this amazing picture on Pinterest and set my mind to copy it. I made…
Marinara Sauce
This is a variation of the sauce I had nearly every Sunday growing up. My mom is the best cook I know! She would get up every Sunday morning before church and get things cooking. After church we would come home and feast. Whenever I eat this sauce, and it’s almost weekly, I think of…