Real Gift Giving

Do you have your baking done? Is you shopping finished? Do you have the house cleaned? Are you packed for traveling? There are so many things to get done to “do” Christmas. Isn’t it time to let go of some of the expectations for a...

New Haircut

Well I decided to take the plunge and cut the hair that I was trying to grow out. I honestly don’t know what I was trying to grow it out to…I guess I just wanted something different. I really like my new cut! Our friend Steve was over tonight and he...

Real Life

The weekend was a busy one for company in our home with 15 extended family visiting and 10 of them spending the night at our house plus about 50 people who joined us for Erica’s graduation open house on Saturday. That was the best part of the weekend.But in the...

Winter Wonderland

It’s been a busy weekend at the Savage homestead. Thursday evening we got the predicted ice storm. And as you can see by the picture…we were hit hard. We will likely lose a couple of trees that have been damaged by the ice.Tonight we lost our power for a...

Happy Birthday and Happy Graduation, Erica!

Today is a special day at the Savage household. We’re celebrating our daughter’s 18th birthday and her high school graduation.Erica was always a fun child, very inquisitive, and very funny. Finding her pulling all the toilet paper off the roll was a daily...

Video Tips for Moms

Today Hearts at Home is launching a new resource in partnership with the Pantagraph. Once a week a one minute mom tip (taped in my home) will be featured on the Pantagraph newspaper website. Here’s the first...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

The best occupation on the earth for a woman is to be a real mother to her children. It does not have much glory in it; there is a lot of grit and grime. But there is no greater place of ministry, position, or power than that of a mother.~Phil Whisenhut

Hearts at Home Blog

I’m posting over at the Hearts at Home blog today. Check out post one and post two!

Christmas Cookies Galore!

Well, this was a busy weekend in the Savage kitchen! We spent all day Saturday and all of Sunday afternoon and evening baking bread, cookies, and dipping chocolate. I can’t believe how exhausted two whole days of baking makes you! This was a first, though. I...