Dressed in regal purple and snowy white these crocuses are the first of the flowers to bloom. I just love their golden centers! What brings you simple pleasure? © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved
Archives for March 2011
General Conference Wall for Teens
Two years ago I posted how we have a General Conference Wall to remind us of what we heard during General Conference. It has been a great, and very visible, way to review what we learned in the weeks following conference. Now that I have several teenagers I made another set of General Conference Wall […]
Wordfull Wednesday Topic for April 06
Thank you so much for all of your wonderful posts this month! If you haven’t had a chance to read some of the posts about our women ancestors or myths about women please follow those links to read them. There were a lot of great insights shared. And now the randomly chosen participant from March […]
Favorite Household Chores
It was so much fun to read what people’s favorite chores are to do! There was basically a tie for Cooking/Meal Prep, Laundry, and Cleaning Floors (sweep/mop/vaccum). I have to say my favorite chore to do is laundry, especially when I can hang the clothes on the line to dry. And with the size of […]
Making Birds’ Nests
Friday we had a bit of fun making both edible and non-edible birds’ nests. The kids really got into it and let their little personalities shine through on their creations. String/Yarn Birds’ Nests Materials Needed:Liquid StarchVarious Yarn and String Bits(fabric strips would work well too)Bowls or jarsPlastic wrapOven Bake Clay (sculpey) Step 1: Cover the […]
Women and the Spirit of Prophecy
I’ve slowly been reading through Women of Mormondom. A great book written back in 1877 containing vignettes about early women of the Restoration. I was drawn to a description given of these early sisters in the gospel. “Let us view them purely as prophetic women,who undertook to found their half of a new Christian empire.” […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Myths About Women
The assignment this week: MYTHS ABOUT WOMEN Be Superwoman – Do it ALL Women Cannot be Scriptorians Be SOMEONE – Work in a Career To be Beautiful you must be – skinny, pretty, fashionable Being a Homemaker is drudgery Women are not equal to men Children […]
The Humble Apron {GIVEAWAY}
Aprons. The word conjures up images of mother or grandma baking in the kitchen, or doing housework, or gathering eggs, wood, or flowers. It brings to mind days of yore when aprons protected the few dresses one owned. An apron is a shield to protect from food and grease, dirt and grime. It is also […]
Baby #9 Update
Friday was a BIG day! I had an ultrasound and found out that baby #9 is a . . . BOY!!!! I decided against posting the incriminating evidence but trust me it IS very evident. 😀 We are all ecstatic. Actually I’m pretty sure we would have been ecstatic either way, I mean how many […]
Sunday Society & Keepers at Home
In September 2010 Julie B. Beck, General President of the Relief Society, spoke to the women of the church about the importance of learning the history of Relief Society. Some of the many reasons she gave were: “Understanding the history of Relief Society strengthens the foundational identity and worth of faithful women.” “We study our […]
Rainbow Pancakes {Hot Cakes}
I can’t believe I haven’t ever shared our hot cake recipe. It makes the best pancakes! You can use either white flour or whole wheat flour. If you use wheat flour make sure to substitute brown sugar for the regular sugar. On St. Patrick’s Day I decided to make rainbow pancakes for lunch, but I […]
Simple Pleasures: Brightly Colored Pillows
These pillow covers are the result of wanting to add little pops of color to our living room. They didn’t cost anything as I used fabric I already had on hand. I just measured the throw pillows we had for our couch and made new covers to go over them. The colors are cheerful and […]
Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for March 23
This next topic is one that I hope causes you to THINK. I’ve been studying Sister Julie B. Beck’s General Relief Society talk from Sept 2010. In there she says several important things, only one of which I want to focus on for today. She says: “We know that many sisters live in oppressive or […]
Etching Glass Mugs {Tutorial}
I don’t know why it’s taken me eight children to finally think of permanently etching their names on individual cups. We’ve tried everything from assigning colors of plastic cups to names on pieces of masking tape. Now the proof cannot be washed away and has to be carefully used. Here’s the process we used to […]
Scenes from the Weekend
Spring is coming! The air has that ‘smell’ to it – of wet and dirt and sunshine. The weather is warmer, even when the wind blows. There is no longer a bite to it. The kids raced through their school on Friday just so they could go out and play. Even little Hershey likes to […]