Sugar Pie Farmhouse

A Fresh Start!

With Spring right around the corner, I decided to start freshening-up around the old farmhouse starting with my pantry. It was really in need of a good de-cluttering, cleaning and re-organizing! "The beauty of the house is order. The blessing of the house is contentment. The glory of the house is ...

Romancing the Home

Howdy Sugar Pies and Happy Valentines! I've got some sweet things to share with you...so come on inside and let me show you how I go about romancing my home...... "Home, the spot on earth supremely blest, a dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest." ~ Robert Montgomery Does this chalkboard look ...

Sweet Goodness!

Ahhhh Choooooo! That's what I've been doing for a while now! Four Kleenex boxes later I am finally back in the saddle again! That cold was a real doozie! Ya know, there's nothing like having to stay in bed for a few days to give you time to think about things. ...

Happy 2010!

Howdy Sugar Pies! Happy New Year!I hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas! My Christmas was a happy one with all of my kids together...finally! My younger son J.J. lives in California while attending College and my daughter Ashley and her hubby Glen also live there....although not for long... they are moving ...

Let His Light Shine!

Merry Christmas Sugar Pies! I hope that in the midst of all of your busy preparations...baking those yummy sugar cookies....shopping and wrapping those last minute gifts....doing laundry, cooking meals, and keeping the house tidy...that you would take a few moments from all the flurry to sit and ponder (like Mary did) at ...

Farmhouse Christmas Cookbook

Who Doesn't love Gooseberry Patch cookbooks? This one is one of my faves! I Love that it has "Farmhouse" in the title! It's filled with yummy recipes including the sweet and chewy and very farm-wife-y Hot Milk Spongecake (which is a perfect cake to make for picnics or bake-n-take get-togethers). ...

Be Merry and Bright!

The lights are up and twinkling like stars....the wind is whistling a winter song...snow is waiting to fall from the heavens like the sprinkling of sugar on grandma's Christmas cookies. Howdy Sugar Pies! I don't know about you, but I'm ready for Christmas! Well, my house is, I still have to ...

Savoring an Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

My goodness Sugar Pies! Can you believe Thanksgiving is just days away? I've been bustling about in my apron all week finishing up my Christmas decorating. Yes gals...Christmas decorating! Rome wasn't built in a day nor can I create Christmas-land at The Farmhouse in a day! (LOL) It's taken me since the ...

Autumn In The Gorgeous Ozarks!

Howdy Sugar Pies! Over here in my neck of the woods (Branson, Missouri)I have tried to squeeze out all of the goodness of Fall to the very last drop! It's been sweeter than homemade sorghum on Lambert's Throwed Rolls. Now if you haven't been to Lambert's, they have the yummiest ...

Down Home Goodness Comin’ Right Up!

I know I've talked about this before Sugar Pies, ( but it is worth repeating over and over because we forget! Or at least I do sometimes.....) Be a friend to yourself! Know what your limits are, plan ahead for things so you don't get so stressed out. Get a calendar/planner ...