“You just need a little perspective. Warmed chocolate can give you that.” chef Giada De Laurentiis, Paris There are two new mugs in our cabinet. They match in ways -- same size, same outline of mountains tracing around the same white exterior. They don't match in others. One has deep blue on the inside and blue… Continue reading Vegan hot chocolate for 2
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Amazing love
Bringing over a micro-post from my Facebook blog to say Happy Valentine's Day to JOY Journal friends! We are LOVED!! FRESH MERCY -- God LOVED us before we were lovable. Now, that's a Valentine! "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
I married a Boy Scout
Hey, JOY Journal friends! Bringing back some of my favorite romance-related posts from 2018 in honor of Valentine's Day. 🙂 “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Benjamin Franklin, American founding father One recent afternoon, I not-so-innocently remarked that our crock pot lid was not long for this world. My husband slowed, glanced… Continue reading I married a Boy Scout
How to find a decent man
Hey, JOY Journal friends! Bringing back some of my favorite romance-related posts from 2018 in honor of Valentine's Day. "Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that’s why I don’t have a boyfriend." Lucy Liu, American actress Where can you find a decent man? In aisle 2 of your local grocery store around… Continue reading How to find a decent man
Choco-nut nice cream
“Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.” Elizabeth Berg, American novelist Plans are good, but life's "mistakes" can be even better. Joy, joy, joy!!! Call it serendipity, call it a blessing -- but messing up one of my own recipes led to something delightful this weekend. What I intended to be a double portion of World's Best Smoothie… Continue reading Choco-nut nice cream
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