When I’m feeling all overwhelmed and basically loser-like, I have to remind myself that we only moved three months ago. Prior to this, it had been over seven years since we...
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Call me a little old fashioned about some things, but you know what I think our moms did right? Having the girls over. It seems like my mom and her sister and friends were...
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Don’t miss your chance to win this awesome set of kids’ books after the review. This is a biased review, mainly because I have a special love for Max Lucado and the...
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When Jason Bass turned 40 years old, he knew something had to change. He felt unhealthy and wanted to lose weight. He was having a mid-life crisis of sorts and he decided running...
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Jan 23, 2012
Growing up we spent countless hours on my grandparents farm in Southwestern Virginia. It was a more innocent time then–a time where my brother, my cousins and I would disappear for hours on hundreds of acres with no worry from the adults. One particularly warm summer day, I was running around the yard barefoot in front of the farm house when my grandma gave me...
Dec 20, 2011
We do our best to teach our 3 year old about giving. Around the Christmas season is the perfect time to do this. We give at the Salvation Army “Red Kettles” and each time she puts money in I remind her why we are giving it and how they use it for families who are less fortunate. We also do the Christmas Shoe Boxes each year in addition to...
Dec 19, 2011
Last week was my dad’s 70th birthday. We celebrated the big milestone event like any other normal family would who wanted to celebrate this important event in a loved one’s life — by throwing him a huge surprise party complete with all of his friends and family and favorite foods by taking him to the Chinese buffet. (Shut up. He loves...
Dec 13, 2011
Each year, in a mouth-opening, jaw-dropping way, I seem to be more stunned than the previous year by new gifts out for the holiday season. For this post, I will focus solely on the top five toys that will not be showing up under my Christmas tree this year. #5: Pole Dancing Doll Yep, a doll … that dances … on a poll. You’ll have to look for...
Dec 12, 2011
Years ago, I had the privilege of seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” during a traveling exhibit. It was amazing–as amazing as you would expect–seeing this masterpiece with such history attached up close and personal. Yesterday, I read an article about a guy who said he has revealed “hidden” animals within the...
Dec 6, 2011
In a text between BFFs while we were both watching a “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at our respective abodes… Text from Her: Which Peanuts character are you? Text from Me: Duh. Clearly Lucy. Her: I KNOW! Me: Isn’t she the meanest one? Me: Hahahaaaaa! Me: Oh, wait. Her: She must be a Capricorn. Me: Hahah…wait....
Dec 2, 2011
I’m not a fan of Dr. Oz–you know, the doctor who has a talk show but wears scrubs ON HIS TALK SHOW?!? (Yeah, that guy.) I don’t know what it is, but he makes me all twitchy. Maybe it’s the overly touchy way he deals with his guests or that creepy leering thing he does when he’s listening to someone. I can’t really put my...
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