First, thank you to our servicemen/woman and their families for their sacrifice. All gave some; Some gave all. It’s unfortunate that poor planning and organization on my part means I have to cl...
Every cloud has a silver lining. :: On Saturday I watched my oldest niece play Sally in a school production of Your a Good Man, Charlie Brown. I’m a huge fan of The Peanuts Gang, and my niece h...
I purposefully ignored the drawer with all the pictures when I cleaned out the linen closet last October. I went to Michael’s on Wednesday and told myself I would tackle the picture drawer if I...
I’ve read four more books of meh since we last spoke about reading books. I started a series I felt lukewarm about but continued to read because I hate to leave a series unfinished, even when I...
I don’t know why I didn’t write my Happy, Happy post on Friday. Or maybe I do, but am having trouble putting it into words. Why I didn’t is still a rough stone, my mind running over...
I feel positively ridiculous writing this post, but I’ve received enough emails about the coffee table that it warrants a quick mention. Here goes: Not new. Not special. Seriously, not that big...
Love and money are the two motivators for this week’s project. For a while now, I’ve been uncomfortable with how often the projects I’ve been tackling have benefited me directly and...
My greatest achievement over the past two days was the acquisition of a new pair of flats to wear with my skinny jeans. The pair I’ve been wearing for over two years are stretched beyond comfor...
My mom’s home office heavily inspired our family room. Her room of piles was always my favorite as a child, and while you would think it was all about the books, that wasn’t the only draw...
Here are a few of the things that made me happy this week. I love laughing until I cry, so Sunday was an especially good day. On Monday Nicholas made me a very fancy necklace. I received a Facebook n...
In January I detailed the projects I wanted to tackle with The William Morris Project. I had this to say about the family room: Family Room: A cozy, embracing room where bodies sink into stuffed sofa...
Extra curricular activities can really thwart family dinners. On those days we have late practices and games, I try to come up with dinners that take minutes and require little clean up. This is one ...
The trick to surviving a trip to IKEA is to maintain your sense of humor. You’ll need it when you try to measure anything longer than a child’s palm with the store-provided tape measures;...
On Bad Days “Some days you just have to muddle through it or go to bed.” :::::: On Blood Work “That was so traumatizing, it was like a nightmare come true. Mom, let’s just go ...
We received the pricing for the trip to Rome shortly after Easter. It was eye opening, but I was confident that with hard work and prayer we could make it happen. I took on writing jobs, whittled dow...
While it is true I regularly use the party plates my mom pressured me into buying, I still buy paper plates on rare occasions. For example, this past Christmas most of the Mister’s family came ...
Thank you GLAD for sponsoring this post. Learn how you can reduce waste at your next party! Mikey’s first birthday party was the first party my husband and I hosted as a couple, and by that poi...
On the same day I took Buddy to the ophthalmologist, perhaps while we were at the ophthalmologist, Buster ate something inadvisable. He spent the night in and out of the backyard, every three hours, ...
I sat down to write this post with a rosemary cake in the oven, the recipe for which you can find on page 222 of An Everlasting Meal. It’s a test run for Mikey’s birthday party in June. H...
I started the week determined to make it great. I’m ending it committed to making the next one even better. These are some of the things that made me happy. :: On Saturday we watched both boys play b...
Two weeks ago during Mikey’s spring break we pulled into the Stater Bros. parking lot to buy…I can’t remember. I can’t remember because as I gathered up my purse and phone Mik...
Never again will I procrastinate picking a book and then ask people for recommendations. The sheer volume of awesome suggestions I received was enough to blow the top of my head off. I want to read e...
I’m back, and with good news. The procedure I had on Thursday was a surgery and biopsy, the culmination of almost four months of testing, failed medications, and waiting. I received my prelimin...
I was going to try to fake it through tomorrow, but it doesn’t look like that will happen. I’m having a small procedure Thursday and while it is not serious (or cosmetic, sadly), I have a...
Mikey has a best friend named Zach. They have plans to build a dinosaur museum after they become famous paleontologists. Did you know there has never been a complete skeleton found of the Seismosauru...
I have the winners for The Everlasting Meal giveaway: Jill Stewart Kate P. I’ll contact you shortly to get your address if I don’t hear from you first, not that I ever want to think about...
I started the week determined to make it great. I’m ending it committed to making the next one even better. These are some of the things that made me happy. :: On Saturday the Mister had the stomach ...
Short answer: No clue. When the Mister and I were first married, stainless steel refrigerators were just coming into style. Appliances like stoves and ovens, I think, were still white. If they came i...
Remember when I made this the book pick for April and contacted the publisher (actually, the publisher’s publicist) and asked them for copies of the book to give away for book club members? Wel...
This post is sponsored by Chase – a strong supporter of the National Eating Disorders Association Two weeks ago Chase offered me the opportunity to write about healthy eating and body image in...
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