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Bring it on! I love to read books on so many topics! It keeps life interesting and keeps my brain engaged. This lens will keep you up to date on what I'm reading and some of my favorite books that I've read in the past. I hope this lens will inspire...

Is Stockpiling Biblical? How should we prepare for the future?

In recent weeks my thoughts have been turning more frequently to the future. It's difficult to avoid hearing about the "economic downturn" and it seems that everyone is talking about it. While I believe things aren't great in our country, I don't bel...

Infinite Dress

If you have not heard or seen the Infinite Dress you're in for an interesting experience. I didn't quite believe the claims, I'll admit, but after seeing it...I believe it. Lydia Silvestry has created a dress that can easily be altered to fit the set...

Rush Limbaugh vs. Sean Hannity

Rush Limbaugh vs. Sean Hannity While I agree with many of the issues that both Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh discuss and support, there is one of these two conservative talk show hosts that tends to drive me crazy. One seems egotistical, proud, and...

Digital Scrapbooking with Scrapblog

Take a look around the internet and you'll find an increasing number of digital scrapbooking websites and computer programs. Scrapblog.com is just such a site. Free and super easy to use, this online site for creating cool multimedia scrapbooks is gr...

8 Tips for Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Foods

There is much that could be said and has been said about food as it relates to kids. In this lens I plan to share what we've done to get our kids to eat a wide variety of foods. It's been my observation that many children are very picky when it comes...

Ways to Integrate Music into Your Children's Lives

Music is an important part of our home. We enjoy listening to a variety of music - smooth jazz, classical, Christian, popera, easy listening, instrumental, vocal, and children's music. As a mom I want my children to be familiar with many types of mus...

Bill Peet

Who hasn't heard of Dr. Suess, H.A. Rey, Stan and Jan Berenstain, or Richard Scarry? Most of us are familiar with such titles as "Corduroy", "If You Give a Pig a Pancake", "Guess How Much I Love You", and "Goodnight Moon". But who in the world is Bil...

Favorite Children's Books

We love to read! Not just Mom and Dad, but our toddler also. One of our toddler's favorite activities is going to the local library and bringing homes piles of books every couple of weeks. Reading books together with your children helps them develop...

Decorate Your Baby's Nursery With Frogs!

Cute frogs, little frogs, big frogs, funny frogs, all kinds of frogs! Create a froggy haven for your little one with these cute frog items and ideas.

Confessions of a Tired Mom

but what they don't say is that some confessions are hard to make! On the other hand, perhaps this will be a liberating exercise. I know I'm not the only mom (stay at home or not) that has experienced and felt some of the things you'll read about. I'...

Pink and Brown Nurseries

Pink and brown, the color combination that is, seems to be a big trend right now. Not only are we seeing more and more clothing with this combo, we are also see these colors combined in room decor, including little girl nurseries. It's a cute combina...

Lovin' Lemon!

Lemon bars, lemonade, lemon cake, lemon curd, lemon meringue pie. Lemons, yummm! Most of us immediately think of lemon flavored foods and of course lemonade when we hear the word "lemon". But did you know there are uses for lemons outside the kitchen...

The Best Tea-Flavors Ever

Not all tea flavors are created equal. In fact, there is, in my opinion, a great variety of great and not-so-great flavors within each tea company's flavor creations. Perhaps this is purely personal preference. Read on for my favorite flavors from a...

Not your average cookbook - Cool cookbooks to enjoy!

I enjoy trying new recipes. I'm almost always on the lookout for new dishes to create at home. But sometimes I tire of the standard cookbooks that we all have in our collections. Well, you won't find any of those old standards here. We'll take a look...

Fruit and Vegetable Faces

What'll it be? Fruit faces or Vegetable faces? Fun, and sometimes strange, faces built by nature and faces crafted by human hands. I think they're all fun, but I personally like the natural ones the best. How about you? Pick your produce and vote for...

Ezekiel Bread

Ezekiel bread is a bread made from four grains and four beans. Typically it contains wheat, spelt or rye, barley, millet, lentils, great northern beans, kidney beans, and pinto beans. According to the AAOOB website, the specific mixture of grains and...

When Two Become One Headquarters

When Two Become One Welcome to the When Two Become One Christian Marriage Headquarters. Here you'll find lenses on many subjects related to the Christian marriage relationship. Take a look around and then tell us what you think!

Top 5 things to know BEFORE you start professional counseling.

Whether you are thinking about seeking help from a professional counselor or therapist or are currently in therapy here are some things you should know before you begin. If you're like me, you want to feel like you know what you're doing even before...

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All about Tear Bottles

A Lacrymatory is a tear drop bottle. These small terra-cotta or glass bottles for tears are a type of bottle found in ancient tombs. Tear bottles are also called unguentaria, unguentarium, tear catcher, and tear vial. Perhaps, in the past, they conta...