Copperswife

Month: June 2011

  • I Think I Could Love This

    I now understand quilters and their “studios” or “quilting rooms”. I’ve sewn for a long time, but when you sew, you cut out your pattern pieces and then you sew them together. Not exactly the case with quilting. I cut the first two fabrics for my first pieced quilt project on Thursday. I worked at […]

  • Thoughtful, Busy and Lots Going On!

    My head is swimming with projects. Projects to complete in my home that have been languishing for months. Knitting, quilting, embroidery and sewing projects are filling my head, too. I’m jotting them all down, making notes so that they’re not forgotten. I’m adding just a couple at a time into my “creative goals” for the […]

  • There’s a Method To My Madness – Finding A Menu Plan Method That Will Work For You

    It seems that there are as many ways to menu plan as there are women planning meals. To insure menu planning success, though,  it’s vital that you find a method that works for you. One size menu planning does not fit all families! Most of us will start with a method that appeals to us […]

  • Books Read in May

    I finished four books during the month of May. My reading goal for the year is to read at least three books in each of thirteen different categories. To date, I’ve read twenty-two books toward my goal of thirty-nine. Here are the books I read and a brief review of each. I reviewed The Immortal […]

  • Running The Wheels Off – On Copper’s Non Day Off

    Well before dawn, the phone rang with a Sergeant calling to offer my husband an overtime shift. Copper took the shift. We are both thankful for the overtime, and I’m especially thankful for a husband who works his days off so frequently when overtime is available. However, the day was going to be busy. In […]

  • This Week’s Menu

    I’ve been so busy working on the Menu Planning Series, I left planning my own menu for the week until the very last minute! I was away at my weekly planning time at Starbuck’s on Saturday afternoon and realized I had only a few meals planned. I sent Dani a quick email for a couple […]

  • Think About It – Things To Consider Before Menu Planning

    I don’t want to make menu planning complicated. Once you get the hang of it, it really is easy and you’ll be able to write up your plans in short order. For those just starting out, though, I want to be thorough. There are a lot of different ways to menu plan, but you need […]

  • Gracious Living

    “Most of all, someone has taken the trouble to make things nice – to fluff up the pillows, fill a vase with flowers, put down freshly laundered throw rugs, or set a pot of potpourri to simmer. These little grace notes of sight and scent do more to make a home feel gracious and expansive […]

  • You Can Count On It! (An Introduction to Menu Planning)

    When my mother-in-love passed away, Copper’s brother read a moving tribute to her at the funeral service. In that beautiful ode to his mother, everyone remembered with him that we could always count on Lola “just like chicken on Sunday”. Copper and his brother grew up knowing that chicken would be served for dinner on […]