Hannah's Heartstrings

“My whole life, I’ve been preparing to be a good wife. I want a good husband. Do you know what it takes to make a good marriage?” (Rachel, Come What May)In Christian circles, girls constantly talk about how hard it is to wait patiently for their Prince Charming to come. We talk about the struggles of maintaining emotional

The canine breeding business is a trying one. Summer is one big marathon of feeding, cleaning, chasing, washing, feeding, cleaning…you get the idea. The puppies make up for it, though, by being irresistibly cute and making great photographic subjects. The people can be incredibly frustrating, especially the ones that want to scoff at the price (which is ridiculously

Several of my friends have posted about the things that they are thankful for. I've loved reading all your lists. :DBut I got to thinking. Yes, I am thankful for all those wonderful little GOOD things...my family, friends, books, music, new yarn, my church families, rice milk, sticky notes, organic shampoo, the library...I could go on and on.

There’s a common thing that happens to girls in many conservative Christian circles. When they are young, they are taught that girls play with girls, and boys play with boys, and any interaction was merely in passing or in supervised group activities. As they grow older, the division between boys and girls grows, and before they are more

It's Tuesday.November 2nd.2010.It's cold.I voted.I am now at the library.I will soon go home, for I am hungry, and there's a mountain of laundry beckoning me.I uploaded bunches of pictures from my Volant trip onto Facebook, and sent out some emails.Who knows what else this day will hold.I just wish it wasn't so chilly.

On Sunday, October 31, 2010, my Mom, Dad, Sister and I took a little road trip down to Volant, Pennsylvania. We saw the most adorable little shops... ...which held the cutest, beautiful, most unusual, interesting items... What a lovely day! I can't wait to go back...

Welcome to my week! My idea was to post everyday for this week and give detailed descrptions of what went on. But that probably isn't going to happen. :P So what I am going to do is just post as often as I can and give updates on the days I miss. So here goes!Monday:I will admit...I had

I decided to make more muffins the other day, but was out of blueberries. So I edited the recipe and came up with this variation of Blueberry Muffins.Instead of blueberries, I used the same amount of shredded Apple, and added 1/3 cup of carob powder, 1 cup of crushed walnuts and 1 egg. :D So thus they became

Menu:Beef casserole (for blood types B and O)Turkey/Lentil casserole (for blood types A and AB)steamed cauliflowerraw cucumbers, celery, and carrotsPreparation Time: approx. 2 hoursTime to devour: approx. 15 minutes In progress."The Farming Game", also in progress.Finished product.Charlie and I sat down afterwards and figured out the approximate cost of our entire meal. We figured, including all our veggies,