Category: Personal

  • Decreasing the daily dirty dishes pile

    Sunday afternoon, while our family was visiting at Karl’s grandmother’s house, I noticed an old Southern Living book. I say old, but it really isn’t old — it’s from 1997. I didn’t know it, but, apparently, Southern Living compiles every single recipe from one year and publishes them in a nice hardback book. Included in…

  • Thankful Thursday — The Kids

    I am thankful for my children. While the four of them have quite a bit in common, each one is so very unique. Being their mother has not been easy, but I wouldn’t trade them (or the mothering experience) for anything in the world. I feel like I can say that with honesty now that…

  • Florida Fun

    This past weekend we took a quick trip to the beach for my cousin’s wedding. This is one of my favorite pictures from Saturday. (Pic 14/365)

  • Thankful Thursday — VBS

    I am thankful for this week, the busiest week of our summer. In addition to our morning hours poolside, we added a few hours of vacation Bible school to our evenings. The church even provides dinner for the youngsters. This particular church goes out of its way to make VBS awesome, and this momma is…

  • Like living in a galaxy far, far away

    My husband LOVES all things Star Wars. (I hope I don’t have to pay George Lucas anything for using those words together in a sentence). When the opportunity to use lines from the movies presents itself, he takes advantage. And, sometimes, people do not even notice that he’s just spouting lines from his favorite films.…