Today was definitely a day to be remembered in my books. Our church finished an awesome series titled, “What On Earth Am I Here For?” and our three services were a celebration. We had new music, baptisms,testimonies and Thanksgiving type desserts. It was awesome! Some friends brought me back some of this amazing stuff fromRead more
I’m not completely sure why but I have a tiny obsession with the whole Christmas Village idea. Having a little porcelain village of unreal people sit on a table in my living room during the holidays makes me smile, really big! My mom never did the whole village thing but my aunts do and IRead more
It’s Day 20 of Nablopomo and today I am at a total and complete loss of what to blog about. Here’s what I’m looking at right now. Of course, now I’ve typed some words but I sat here staring at my screen for about five minutes. This is what’s in front of me. My prettyRead more
Last year I participated in Tutu and Tea Parties’ Ornament Swap 2012 and it was such a great experience. I received the cutest ornament and made acquaintances with a blogger. This year, I decided, once again to take part in the swap. Sign-up’s have ended so don’t try to sign-up now. They ended on 10/26/2013.Read more
Today I signed up for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2013! This will be the 3rd time I participate in this nation-wide/world-wide cookie swap. If you have a food blog and are up for swapping, you should go and sign up. I have been thinking about the swap all year and already know what cookiesRead more
Try it Out Thursday Try It Out Thursday is dedicated to recipes or ideas that I find on Pinterest or receive in my e-mail. I tend to “pin” and save a lot of recipes & craft ideas and never try them so I decided that this will help me wade through the many pins and e-mailsRead more
Merry Christmas! Here at My Kitchen Is Open we celebrate the Christmas holiday with three very important days. We celebrate “Christmas Adam” (because Adam came before Eve). This is a tradition my husband brought into our marriage that worked out very well considering that we both already have extended family traditions for Christmas Eve andRead more
The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap was AWESOME this year! I received some very delicious cookies from some amazing food bloggers! (Exclamation points mean I’m excited!) I sent my cookies over to Natalie at Wee Eats, Amber at Loves Food, Loves to Eat, and Margaret at The Right Recipe. I made Chai Snickerdoodles. I haveRead more
I recently participated in an ornament swap via Lauren at Tutus and Tea Parties and it was a pretty great experience. My ornament swap partner was Krista from Life Somewhere in the Middle. Krista is super sweet and after sending her an email to get to know her better I was excited to find herRead more
Brainstorming is such a fun verb! Today, as my hubby and I tried to organize Christmas at home, I did a lot of brainstorming. About what, you ask? About The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I’ve been trying to decide what kind of cookie I’m going to send my cookie swap peeps. Ideas have beenRead more