Princess Eva's Remodeling Inspection Service

Reporting for duty with the tools of my trade: a whistle for blowing and a spoon for lunch.

Hmmm . . . where to begin?

Aha! Problem spotted.

I cannot tolerate a cluttered work site.

And one more thing . . .

Is this floor level?

Finding satisfaction in a job well done.

THE Invitation--Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Gracie's Spinach

This recipe originated with a young friend of a friend, so we don't know the namesake personally. However, we all think she's a whiz with spinach! Not only does it taste great, but it goes together very quickly and is easy to multiply for a big batch. My kind of recipe all the way around.

20 oz. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and slightly drained
(no need to squeeze all the liquid out)
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon salt
15 oz. ricotta cheese
1/2 c. milk or half and half
1/2 c. parmesan cheese
1/4 t. nutmeg

Cook spinach in the butter and salt until bubbly. Add remaining ingredients and heat through, but do not boil. Serve over spiral pasta or baked potatoes.

Three Cheers for Puritan Parenting Protocol

The government of the passions is another branch of self-denial to which children should early be habituated; and so much the rather because, in an age when reason is so weak,the passions are apt to appear with peculiar force and violence. A prudent care should, therefore, be taken to repress the exorbitances of them. For which purpose it is of great importance that they never be suffered to carry any point by obstinacy, noise, and clamor, which is indeed to bestow a reward on a fault that deserves a severe reprimand.

--Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) quote taken from Free Grace Broadcaster #204

Mighty Hunter

I remember when Ian went through this phase. Lewis had his first kill yesterday and has already gotten two or three more today. However, I'm afraid he's not anywhere close to being out of quarry yet.

A Constant Refrain--Ps. 107:8, 15, 21, 31

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

I thought it was alcohol, tobacco, and firearms

Wicked parents are the most notable servants of the devil in all the world and the bloodiest enemies to their children's souls. More souls are damned [by God through the influence of] ungodly parents--and next [to] them . . . ungodly ministers and magistrates--than by any instruments in the world besides.

--Richard Baxter (as quoted in Free Grace Broadcaster #204)