Patty and I took our kids to Market Square yesterday for ice skating. The girls and I had so much fun and truly enjoyed their company. I’m not sure she and I would ever run out of things to talk about . We are two peas in a pod—from our mutual love of indian food [...]
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I have tendency to be a little over-zealous when the New Year rolls around. I want to train for a marathon and read 52 books in a month and reorganize my whole house and take sewing, photography and dance classes. All today. Right now. And I usually set lofty goals only to be reminded a [...]
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I’m sitting in my lounge pants, drinking the world’s best coffee, in my very quiet house (all kids are somehow briefly gone), desperately trying to figure out how to use my new Christmas present (photoshop cs4). It’s kinda complicated—with a very steep learning curve. Any suggestions? So far, with Cindy’s help, I can make a [...]
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We gathered to eat and open a few goodies with my extended family. Oh what fun! taylor and corey and their loot that scream and horrible face was brought to you by a creme brulee flame torch american girl heaven and Marcus’ love for the cheese balls seemed out of proportion to the quality of [...]
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1. There’s hardly anything more endearing than pictures of little ones crafting. The actual real life crafting is a little more stressful than the photos reveal.2. When 75% of your crafts involve straight pins, there will very likely be screams of pain…..and 8,765 straight pins on your floor.3. There’s hardly anything more endearing than pictures [...]
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I’m still decking the halls in preparation for Christmas Eve Brunch (I’m hosting my extended family), which includes a little cleaning, a little table setting, and a lot of snipping from my magnolia, holly and pine trees. It took all morning to clean the gum drops and toothpicks off my kitchen floor from crafting day [...]
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” C.S. Lewis Yesterday, he: Went to work, just like every other day, and tried to make a difference in someone’s life–if in no other way than to relieve suffering. [...]
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and real smooches too. Now that I think about it, we’re a smooch-y bunch. Hope you get lots of smooches today. It’ll ease the stress of all those things you need to do before Christmas! Mu-waaaaaah! And I’m sending a smooch out to my ‘in real life’ friend Patty, whom I love dearly, who’s hosting [...]
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Welcome to my warm and cozy and very sparkly Christmas tour. This year I have simplified my festive decor and hope you’ll enjoy the lights, fresh greens and the smell of wassail on the stove! Come on in y’all. read more about my door project here the mantle with old bottles, fresh lemon trees and [...]
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I started a bookclub two years ago in an attempt to continue my own education as I simultaneously teach my little ones. We loosely follow the reading list laid out by Susan Wise Bauer in her book The Well-Educated Mind. The reading list is divided into genres and is composed of a sampling of the [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
