We took our kids to an Ice Castle this week. So cool! Literally AND figuratively. You’d think being surrounded by ice, spending an hour within the ice, we’d be cold. Nope. Surrounded by people I love, others having a happy time, moving and discovering things around us totally distracted us from feeling cold. The lesson I learned? Surround yourself with people you love and make you happy, get some activity and fresh air everyday. That will help you endure the not-so-lovely-not-so-happy things in your day. We had a tie for the most-viewed post last week – My Health Saga (Part 2) and Who has your Enneagram?
My features this week are:
- Black Magic Chocolate Cake because, yeah, you guessed it, CHOCOLATE!
- Lifespan of Pantry Products because you might be like me and need to clean out the pantry, AGAIN!
- Ideas for Valentine Tables because you may need a last minute idea or two to make your Valentine’s Day table extra special!
And Now, It’s Time for This Week’s Encouraging Hearts & Home Blog Hop!
Last week’s most-viewed post was What’s The Point of Daily Habits in An Overly Cluttered Home? A terrific article from Dana at A Slob Comes Clean.
Now, come join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, let’s shine a positive light!
Use the form below to share your family-friendly posts this week, and please consider these nice things you can do:
- Follow and/or subscribe to your host’s blog.
- Visit a few other bloggers and show them your support. We all love getting comments, and who knows what inspiration you may find? Be sure to share the love–that’s what a blog hop is all about!
- Check out our Encouraging Hearts & Home Pinterest board where each host pins her 10 favorite posts each week.
- Join us every Thursday!
- If you are interested in co-hosting, contact Linda at Apron Strings & Other Things!
Thanks so much for hosting! I’m linking up with MY VALENTINE’S DAY MIRROR (LOOKING-GLASS PROMPT) and my UNLIMITED MONTHLY LINK PARTY 9 where I leave a comment and share all entries on social media if share option is available, open February 1 to 26.
Glad to have you Dee 🙂 your party sounds like fun!
Thank you for hosting! Happy Valentines Day!
My pleasure, Suzan 🙂 <3
We went to the ice castles a few years ago in New Hampshire and had the best time! It was so neat.
Yes, NH is where we went, too, Joanne. My teens and hubby even went down the big slide 😀 fun for all ages!
Thanks so much for hosting each week!!
Hugs,
Debbie
my pleasure, Debbie 🙂 Have a beautiful Valentine’s Day!
Thanks for hosting and for featuring my Ideas for Valentine’s Tables. Happy Thursday!
🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day, Carol! <3
Thank you for hosting! This is what I featured the week of 2-3 to 2-7 on my blog. On Tuesday was Addiction Chocolate Cake. It tastes like a giant Ding Dong. Wednesday I featured a Banana Chocolate Chip Cake worthy of replacing any loaf style Banana Bread. Thursday I featured Slice of Heaven Cake. If you like caramel and snickers candy bars you need to grab this recipe. And winding up Cake Week I posted How to Pipe Frosting. It is part of my Tip Friday Series
I’m afraid I don’t even know what an Ice Castle is! ha. But yes, I would think it would be cold, but I’m glad it wasn’t. Sounds like it was a delightful experience. And an unusual one at that. 🙂
Just found your wonderful blog hop! And I just followed you on Pinterest, will find you on IG and Twitter too!
Welcome! Glad to have you here! Thanks for the following 🙂