This is going to sound horrible, but... do you ever feel too exhausted for friendship? After loading the dishwasher, doing laundry, checking e-mail, reading stories, zooming around the house like an airplane, painting with water paints, rocking my baby, scheduling dentist appointments, making dinner, making business plans, and connecting with my husband...I just feel tired. […]
My baby is growing up. 6 months old already. Today, we put her in her high chair for the first time. She sat up there and “talked” a little – and smiled a lot. And there she was. Big as big. Her eyes sparkling, her gummy smile charming us, her hands patting excitedly on the […]
Etsy is awesome. What's that, you say? You don't know what Etsy is? Well, I'm more than happy to introduce you. It's "your place to buy & sell all things handmade." I absolutely adore Etsy. In fact, I "window shop" on Etsy at least once a week. For example, I just took a peek around […]
It was 2006. My oldest daughter was about six months old and I had been enticed into a department store photo studio by a "FREE 8 x 10" coupon. I got all my baby gear together, dressed my baby in her prettiest outfit, and drove to the mall. The mall was a zoo of people […]
My husband and I live a contented life with our little girls in the sprawling, mountainous country of Arizona. We are happy here - restless with ambitions and dreams glistening overhead, but gratified nonetheless. I can honestly say that I don't want a bigger house or more stuff to fill it with. My heart - […]
I have heard that in most marriages one person is usually the "saver" and one person is usually the "spender." That is not the case in our marriage. Actually, we sometimes joke that my husband is the "saver" and I am the "super saver." We are both extremely "aware" of what we spend, how we […]
“Autumn to winter, winter into spring, Spring into summer, summer into fall— So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so swift we know not that we move.” - Dinah Mulock Craik SUMMER 2006: AND, THEN, IN EARLY SEPTEMBER... SUMMER 2007: SUMMER 2008: SUMMER 2009: This weekend is about three-year-olds because somebody's birthday […]
I'm a pastor's wife. Bet you didn't know that. Because I'm not really your typical pastor's wife... I don't wear big hats and floral dresses. Or denim jumpers. Or stockings. Um. No. Never. I wear casual clothes. Or cute skirts. And I would wear dresses...but there aren't very many that look great on my body […]