2 Peter Illuminate

How is 2 Peter going for you? If you joined us for the Illuminate Challenge….. Red.Letter.Ink Print from etsy for $20 What are you learning this month?

Book Review: Jeff Goins’ You Are A Writer (so start acting like one)

book can be purchased here.Find out more info on YouAreAWriter.com I’m not going to lie. Writing this review has taken me far outside of my comfort zone. After reading his blog and hearing Jeff speak at the Blissdom Conference in Nashville this year I decided to throw fear out the window and take on the challenge to be 1 of 100 to review his book before it is released. In the midst of my fears telling me “Why are {Read More}

Is Love More Than a Feeling?

I’m over at Inspired by Family today sharing my article titled “Is Love More Than a Feeling?“

Post Hair Cut Fun - My Mom’s Sass With Her Cancer

Here are a few more shots from our fun Saturday when my Mom had her head shaved as she fights cancer. Do you see my daughter twirling her hair into ponytails like Grammy did? That night and the next day she pretended to cut her brother’s hair. I always keep my scissors far from reach, but this time I’m being extra careful. My kids were covered in syrup and apple spread for the rest of the day. So much for the baths the {Read More}

How I Lost Inches On My Waist In Seconds

Seriously I’ll share with you the secret. My husband before church gave me a double-take and commented on how I’m “looking good” and “lost some weight”. That was awesome. The post-baby belly (aka mommy muffin top) that many of us loathe was gone. Tired of “sucking it in,”reading “How To Never Look Fat Again” and candid conversations with other women in their 30s I decided I was going for it. I put on a belly slimming camisole that I bought {Read More}

Sponsors & Ads

Writing and blogging takes a chunk of time out of anyone’s week. I do it because I love it, but at this point I wouldn’t mind being able to be supported by some awesome bloggers and pay for my decaf coffee and internet every month. I love sharing my life with all of you and hope that this doesn’t make you worry. I’m still going to write from my heart and won’t be affected by the ad companies or sponsors. {Read More}

Healing the Hoarder in Me : Clothing

I admitted the other week that I like to keep things “just in case”…. not anymore! A small home calls for less things and more space to fill with people and memories rather than stuff. Here’s another post to the “Healing the Hoarder in Me” series. Promising to be open about what I’m doing I wanted to share with you my closet. Or, honestly the clean clothes in the play room that don’t make it to the dressers too quickly. {Read More}

The Bald and the Beautiful - My Mom’s Battle with Cancer

This weekend we celebrated the fact that my Mom is going through chemo, praying to defeat this cancer. She decided to “choose joy” and we made a party out of it with the help of a wonderful friend. This lovely friend came in early to work and reserved the back of the salon for my Mom’s husband, 3 daughters and 7 grandkids. Not wanting the kids to be frightened she made jokes and helped calm nerves by letting the kids cut {Read More}

Insta-Week - The Week We Spent with the Snowmen

Woah, Wait up! It can’t be another weekend! Time sure does fly when you spend every sunny moment outside in snowman pajamas. And I got to sew this week for the first time in awhile. Not counting the vintage coffee mugs were finally hung by our Georges Briard canister set! On the chillier days we can be found inside making tents with our vintage sheets and blankets. A little thrifty find we finagled with {Read More}

Photo Editing & Monkey Business

I want to share with you two of my favorite photo programs right now. PicMonkey The guys from Picnik went out and started PicMonkey after Google bought Picnik and threw it into their Google +. I looked around and contemplated the large photo programs before I found this. Now I’m hooked. I like PicMonkey better than Picnik. They have a lot of options similar to Instagram (you may have hard of the former iPhone only app that was just {Read More}