Delicious Side Dish – French Peas
Side dish

Delicious Side Dish – French Peas

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Repetition isn’t my favorite in basically any area.
Songs on repeat.
Same outfit.
Same restaurant.
One kind of weather all year.
Worship music that pounds out one phrase over and over.
The same vegetables for every supper.

Can you relate to that last one? Peas, green beans and corn are all good, but if you just warm them up and serve them as is, they can be pretty repetitious and boring!

Enter the recipe for French Peas. Doesn’t that sound fancy? They taste fancy, but they’re so simple to make! I found this recipe on Taste of Home’s site. You might crinkle your nose when you read the ingredients and say, “Water chestnuts with peas?!” But trust me, it adds a nice crunchy texture. All these flavors meld perfectly together, taking the ordinary pea and turning it into a spectacular side dish!

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Remember This On a Hard Day
God's Presence · trust · worry

Remember This On a Hard Day

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You can listen to this post here on the Refresh Her podcast.

On a recent early spring day, my husband and I were strolling on one of the beautiful walking paths near us. There is a little river that runs alongside the path. There are a couple of small waterfalls. There are green pastures and mountains. I was reveling in the beauty of it all when I looked at a woman walking towards me. She was not looking at the scenery. She wasn’t looking at the path or those that were walking towards her. She had her phone lifted up and she was texting and scrolling, totally oblivious to the beauty. Now perhaps she had a good reason to do this, but all I could think was, She’s missing all THIS!”

But how often I do the same thing when I’m overwhelmed with things going on in my life! All I can do is be obsessed with what is happening and how it’s affecting me. I miss what God is wanting to show me or remind me.

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Clean (the least favorite room) with Me!
podcast · spring cleaning

Clean (the least favorite room) with Me!

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After some good input from you, my dear readers, I have started a new series on my podcast today! It’s a “Clean with me” series that will help you get your entire house sparkling this spring! You can listen to it here!

I hope my podcast will inspire and motivate you as we go together room by room through your house, one room a week. Today’s podcast will:

  1. Give you the understanding about why it even matters that our house is orderly.
  2. Give you tips and tools that will help you clean more effectively.
  3. Guide you step by step so that in about 30 minutes, you will have cleaned the entire room!

Here are a few peeks into my cleaning venture this last week…

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My Easter Dinner Menu
Dinner · Easter · Make-Ahead

My Easter Dinner Menu

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I’m so excited for my favorite week of the year to be here – EASTER! The hope and promise of eternal life through Christ’s death and resurrection gives my life purpose and joy! That’s reason to celebrate!

Our greatest celebration will be that we will get to attend our church’s Easter service! We’ve been away since February, allowing the transition to go more smoothly. We are excited to worship with our church family and rejoice in the resurrections of our Savior!

After church, we will come home with our family (and I pray a few other guests) for dinner. I’ve already starting prepping for the meal! I like to get as much done ahead of time as possible! I thought I’d share what I’m fixing so you might get some inspiration for your meal!

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Home making

A Personal Helper For Your Home

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Ina Garten wrote this in one of her cookbooks regarding home ~

A good home should gather you up in his arms like a warm cashmere blanket, soothe your hurt feelings, and prepare you to go back out into that big bad world tomorrow all ready to fight the dragons.”

Refreshing your heart, HOME, and life have been my passion and inspiration here on my blog since 2008. I have LOVED being a homemaker for 42 years, and I am passionate about making my home inviting, organized and comfortable. It’s far from perfect, and I often drop the ball when it comes to home management. It takes intentionality, discipline, work and a whole lot of inspiration sprinkled in to keep me motivated! It’s not about perfection, but the spirit of welcome. I find that when my home gets disorganized or dirty, I don’t feel at home here, so how can I feel ready to welcome others inside my doors?! It’s then that I know it’s time to get things in hand!

While I was blessed to have great training ground from my own parents regarding cleaning and organizing while growing up, I realize that not every woman had that advantage, or perhaps it was there, but she was distracted by her education or simply a lack of interest. Now that she has a home of her own, she feels unequipped or frustrated because all the homemaking tasks are hard, or maybe even seem impossible. How can she ever figure out menu planning and grocery shopping so mealtime can be easier? How can her home ever get organized? What are the best ways to keep a home clean and tidy? She doesn’t know, and she feels embarrassed to seek out help.

Maybe that “someone” is you.

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