Welcome!  I'm so excited you dropped by to spend a bit of time with me!  One of my goals for 2012 was to start a blog to chronicle events of our lives.  However, 2012 has been a year of many changes, some good, some requiring a new normal.  Mostly, through all the changes, God is teaching me to be intentional in many areas and to live life an inch at a time. Here I am, over half way through the year, and finally feeling like I can tackle a blog.  This has came after a lot of prayer and thought.  I wanted it to be done "just right" which I am learning that life does not come with a formula for "just right".  So....here goes!  

I have lots of ideas to share, but mostly my blog is for me.  I love, love, love to cook!  Mostly, I like to create and tweak recipes.  I cook from scratch and love to find ways to save money on my grocery bill.  Teenage boys eat a whole lot of food! :)   At first I wanted my blog to be about food and recipes, mostly so all my recipes would be in one spot and easy to find.  However, there are a plethora of recipe only blogs out there, so what would make mine worth reading?

  My goal has changed in content.  As I was spending my time with the Lord this morning and writing in my journal, I came across this quote from Oswald Chambers. (If you have never read Oswald Chamber's works, you are missing out!)  

"We are not meant to be seen as God's perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary lives exhibiting the miracle of His grace."

Oswald Chambers

That was it!  I had been agonizing over a name for my blog for several days, tossing around ideas with my hubby and boys and nothing had "clicked", that is until I read this quote.  I am the everyday essence of ordinary and most definitely a testimony of the miracle of His grace!  If you don't know about this grace I am referring to, I would be glad to explain it to you!  Just leave me a comment or shoot me an email.

So stop by often (or follow me) to find out the happenings in the everyday essence of ordinary around my home.  Oh, and I will be sharing recipes and ideas for saving money!  :)

May your day be blessed abundantly!

Kimber