by Robin | Oct 31, 2007 | Favorite things, Marriage, Personal, Photos
When I began writing about breaking the seal on my preserved wedding dress gown yesterday, I hadn’t taken it out of the exterior box in forever (there’s a smaller sealed box within the larger outer box); there was just no reason to (other than to look at...
by Robin | Oct 28, 2007 | Favorite things, Fun Mondays, Personal, Photos
Karina, this week’s Fun Monday hostess, among other things wants "to see [our] security blankets….not the kind Linus carries around with him in the Charlie Brown cartoons, although, if you have one of those, by all means share it. What I want to see...
by Robin | Oct 25, 2007 | Advice, Antigua, Beach, Celebrations, Favorite things, Hermitage Bay, Marriage, Personal, Photos, Travel
1) Eighteen months BEFORE the 20th anniversary, the husband should casually say to the wife, "Hmmm, our 20th anniversary is coming up after this year, right? We need to do something special." a) You get extra points for saying...
by Robin | Oct 18, 2007 | Favorite things, Photos, Recipe Round-Up, Recipes
Noni’s Chicken Stew Ingredients: Whole chicken or 3-4 chicken breasts 1 Bayleaf 1 Onion, chopped 1-2 Peeled, cubed potato(es) 1 Can stewed tomatoes (or 2, or when doubling the recipe, 3) 1 Can cream-style corn (I don’t add two cans, even when...
by Robin | Oct 16, 2007 | Antigua, Favorite things, Hermitage Bay, Personal, Photos, Travel
It wasn’t planned, there was no forethought. We had just stepped off the boat from our first snorkeling excursion along a Caribbean coral reef, when Rosie landed at the foot of my padded beach lounger. While kaleidoscopic visions of tropical fish...
by Robin | Oct 4, 2007 | Advice, Books, Faith, Favorite things, Photos
Recently, John Piper had a book sale–$5 for any book available from Desiring God. Hardback, soft cover, didn’t matter, the price was good for anything! Five dollars?! I went a bit overboard by "accidentally" buying 19, yes NINETEEN,...