About the Authors: Kathie

I'm Kathie. I have lived, by God's grace, for 49 years.   Lord willing, in nine months I will be 50!  I don't feel that old, but how old is 50 supposed to feel?   I am married to a wonderful man who loves the Lord, me, our three girls, and our six grandchildren.  Our two older girls are both grown and out of the house; they split the six grandchildren between them.  Each daughter has two sons and one daughter.  It is a joy to be their mom and the grandchildren’s Nini (pronounced "nee-nee").  Our third and youngest daughter was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school and is now a college freshman.  So we are sort of empty nesters.  My husband, R, and I have been married 23 years.   We have lived in the same house all those years.  It is an older home, built in 1933 or 1936 (I can never remember).   I love this house, and I love being a homemaker.  Don't read "I'm a great homemaker" or "I'm a have-it-all-together homemaker" because nothing is further from the truth.   I had a friend once tell me my home was "relaxed."  I think she meant you could tell people lived here!  :)

I enjoy all the different areas of homemaking.  I enjoy cooking, though I'm not a foodie.  I like simple, home-cooking, and I do like watching cooking/foodie type shows.   I enjoy sewing.   I like things being organized, and that's an area I need to work on.  Nothing makes me smile like an organized closet... if they would only stay that way!  :D   I actually enjoy dusting and vacuuming and cleaning the bathroom.  I like washing the dishes by hand.   I like the solitariness of it.  What do I not like (so you know I'm just like anyone else)?  I do NOT like to pick up.  I don't like folding and putting away the laundry either.

I'm excited about this new adventure with Dawn for several reasons.  I want to be a better blogger.  I want to have a good motivation to try the recipes and frugal hints in the Dining on a Dime cookbook.  I want to be a better steward of the resources the Lord has given us.  And lastly, if I can be of help to any other mother or grandmother, that is just icing on the cake (pun sort of intended).  ;)