I’ve skipped a few weeks of this – not for shortage of wonderful things to look at – but pure busyness and my mind employed elsewhere.  Here are some goodies for you:

For all of us getting nervous about spring and summer (and bathing suits oh my) coming – hear these words of kindness from a friend of a friend over at Pretty Philosophie

I love having this reading list for your children to read before they are in high school, I’m hoping we can get through some of them.

Do you want your children to think rightly about food?  Here is a great place to start.

I really really want this book.  Though its not in the budget right now, I’ll just vicariously live through others (and I’ve checked the library, there is a massive wait list)

These bars and the photography skills to go with them would be an amazing enhancement to my Wednesday!

I really want to take a class by her and have the skills to do what she does so I can make others the pretty things that she does.  Maybe some of this tracing paper would help?

Enjoy.  What sites do I need to look at and get inspired for something to cook or a way to beautify our lives?

There have been so many wonderful items I have found on the internet this week that I thought surely you all would love to know about them.  I did my Valentine’s Day Link Love yesterday so you can go take a peak, but here are some regular day link love!

I have found I truly love French silk chocolate pie.  I’ve not attempted to make one, but now that Michelle has put a recipe for it on her blog – I might be making it soon!

If anyone knows me at all they will tell you I love Dark Chocolate.  I almost don’t mess with it or waste the calories if it isn’t.  But these cupcakes…dark and white and caramel.  Screaming my name!

For Valentine’s day night we are going to be doing dinner in.  I’m thinking of doing a trio of desserts – not at all sweet, just simple – for my husband since he is cooking me dessert.  I think I’ll be adding these to the menu!  (Oh, sorry, I snuck in a VDay one on you – but these look so yummy)!

I have a box full of sweet potatoes to use up and this will be very light for the grocery budget for the rest of the month, so this chili will be getting made next week.  And its healthy and good for you!

This may be my favorite one this week.  I love Amanda’s photography and that she is fun and creative and introduces me to beautiful things – but really this post about her heart and her Maker really make me like her more.  And her photography makes you want to love snow!

You know I’m hurting for anything avocado…and here is something I WILL BE EATING when I get done with grain free days!

J I Packer is one of my favorite authors.  And though he is getting older, he still offered to speak and I’ve been watching the video on personal holiness.

My husband is a huge fan of Bach and therefore we named our second son after him.  But, I’ve been learning more about Sebastian’s namesake from watching this video about the composer.

There have been a lot of fun pictures and tasty recipes this week in the blogosphere.  So, grab the keyboard and hold on – here we go!

If you do Lent (a spiritual season coming up) or don’t do Lent – or just want a new journal to pray through – here is what you need to get.  I also would like just a smidge of talent like that.

Who doesn’t like DumDums?  I mean bite size lollipops that instantly transport you to being a kid again.  Here is a small craft you can do with them, here a big craft you can do.  Go ahead – make someone’s day!

Her site is fun and creative and always makes me want to cook or bake or be artsy!

This was a great post by my friend Sharon.  On dreaming and marriage and contentment and living the dream and doing big things for Christ.

You can bet this will be better than generic coc- and that I’ll be making it soon!

Coconut and cream in the same sentence – you are calling my fork! 🙂

These will keep you busy.  Enjoy and happy blog-hunting!