Just a week before Christmas I came up with (what I think to be) a brilliant gift idea. Homemade. Personalized. Keepsake. Creative. Unique. All the marks of a great gift. I set to work on my GIMP editing software and came up with four 8×10 inch prints for four of my favorite kids. I choose fonts […]
The One with our Christmas Wishes
The One with Cookies & Deliveries
This week has had its ups and downs, but today I’m finding my {favorite} things about the past few days. Looking for the thanksgiving always brings joy. Last weekend I delivered 5 dozen Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing to a friend who had ordered them from me. Yesterday I heard she […]
The One with a Prayer Commitment
One of my favorite bloggers is a woman of faith, deep conviction. Rachel is real. honest. encouraging. inspiring. Recently she posted about a topic that convicted and stirred my spirit for many days. 31 Days to Pray for Your Spouse. A challenge to pray for my husband every single day through January 2012. This 31 […]
The One with the Week’s Excitement
Top {TEN} Things I’m *Super* Excited About (or, to be grammatically correct–“Top ten things about which I’m super excited.” You’re welcome.) 1} getting to go running this morning. 5 miles in the brisk winter air with my awesome new cold gear Under Armour is pretty much awesome. 2} seeing my face on the home page of […]
The One with the Agelessness of Relationships
I love that God has given me the gift of being relational. A few years back, I took Mark Gungor’s Flag Page inventory that assesses an individual’s strengths and weaknesses, what makes them tick and what ticks them off. At the end of the survey, the system spits out a literal multi-colored flag depicting your […]
The One with the Risky Fashion
Christmas Sweaters. A controversial topic. Depending on your age, your environment, and most importantly your fashion sense, you may or may not agree with what I’m about to say. Some of you may be slightly offended. At first. But then, in the same vein as Stacy and Clinton on What Not to Wear, I hope you […]
The One with the Mixed Up Days
Funny story. I was going to write a “Top Ten Tuesday” post. But then I realized it was Wednesday. Why am so confused? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I was sick Sunday and missed church and youth group. That totally throws off my groove, ya know? Although I didn’t go […]
The One with the Loveseat we Love
Welcome to our new living room, complete with our like-new hunter-green loveseat. It fits the former-piano-wall perfectly. Moving the piano into the front room to create a music studio was the best idea we ever had. Now we have a worth-while use for that room (with all of our music and instruments in one place) […]
The One with My Love of Etsy
This week I discovered the pure joy that is shopping handmade on Etsy. I have been selling my baked goods (and to-die-for toffee) on Etsy for many months now and I have watched as my friend, Sara’s, photo-greeting-card business took off with outstanding success. But I never made a purchase myself. Not sure why. Maybe it […]