It has been quite the week. Okay, let’s be honest, it has been quite the last few years. I am sorry I haven’t written the last few months; I just haven’t felt like it. It’s completely true. So true that my hands have swollen up, not even allowing me to adequately write in my daily journal. I finally had to… Read more →
Category: Wendi Thinks
#233 – INCREDIBLE Homemade Teriyaki Sauce with Meatballs
I have not written in forever. The reason? My hands have been swollen and sore. I am hoping that in time they will fully recover. In the meantime, a short post is all I can do. Thankfully I have just the post. A new recipe I want to remember AND share with you too! To keep things short, and… Read more →
#232 – Goal Completed!!
Well, I actually FINALLY did it! YIPPEE!!!!! I fulfilled my goal that I set earlier this year. I wrote about it in this blog post. I honestly thought it wouldn’t take me this long to accomplish, but 75 talks is actually quite a lot. But taking in one talk a day really is just 16 minutes. Do I really struggle… Read more →
#231 – Potty Jokes
Yes, potty jokes. They happen in the best of families and usually they are quite annoying or just plain gross. But sometimes they are actually quite funny. That’s what happened with this little monkey when she got a GRAND idea to write a message to her sister, that she shares a bathroom with, that she needed to . . .… Read more →
#230 – Super FAST and YUMMY Overnight Cinnamon Rolls for a Golden Birthdayo
Today is a special day! This kid is celebrating his GOLDEN birthday! He turned 18, on the 18th of July, in 2018, in house #18! Whoa! He also completed his Duty to God, turned in his mission papers, AND applied to a University just 2 days before his birthday. Our young man is GROWING UP! As a family we are excited for El… Read more →
#229 – Our Favorite “HOT CHOCOLATE” Cake
Sorry for not being around much lately. Our family is taking a MUCH NEEDED break from Homeschool. That also includes a MUCH NEEDED break from technology. I have gone as far as deleting Youtube from off of my phone. I found that although I was “learning” I was also wasting time used to think, rest, read a fun book or… Read more →
#228 – Our Favorite “Cold” Chocolate Cake
Have you ever come across a recipe and thought you would give it a try and FELL IN LOVE with it, only to NOT write it down and NOT remember where you first discovered it????? Well, I did just that. Eeeeck! It was last October. It just so happened to also be my birthday week. I had found an AMAZINGLY… Read more →
#227 – A Perfect Brightness of Hope
Today is a special day! It marks the end of our 3rd year of Homeschooling. We call it “Planner Day!” It is the day we celebrate that our Homeschool planner is all filled out and ready to be shut for good. Today we will have a Family Devotional, just like on all the other days of school, but today we… Read more →
#226 – Simple Beauty
Today was a great day! After a good family scrubbing of the daily living space of our home, think kitchen/dining room/living room spaces, we set out to complete our second-to-last day of homeschooling this year. It has been a rough last month, to say the least! Monday, I unexpectedly spent the day revamping our homeschool calendar for next year. I’m… Read more →
#225 – The BEST Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies I Have Ever Made!
You know those box cake mixes that you can magically turn into the yummiest cookies? Well this isn’t that kind of cookie. I actually don’t like those cookies very much. They seem pasty, dense and almost like you are just eating flour and liquid baked into a ball. So when Joy Boy asked if we could make some… Read more →