Outside my window... It is cloudy, cool, and a gentle rain is falling. {Ahhhh. Happiness} I am thinking... about my sister. She is having ...

Thanks so much for all the answers you chimed in with yesterday! Elizabeth thanks you as well, and we're both thrilled to have some new ...

I'm soliciting answers/advice to these three questions today: 1. Does anyone know of a brick and mortar store that sells open stock F...

Remember that tiered serving platter idea I shared last week? Well, I made one! It was super duper easy to make and I think it turned ou...

Things I'm loving of late... Basil plants sprouting up. I finally got tired of buying fresh basil and bought some seeds so I could gr...

Things have been sorta quiet on the blog this week. Sometimes I get tired of listening to myself. Things have also been really quiet aroun...

I have a lot of links to share in this post, and I think I can break everything down into four categories: Awesomeness | Food | Movies | C...

I consider myself a tech-savvy girl. I understand how things work. I know some html code. I can figure most things out pretty quickly. And m...

Today was a big day. It was the first day of 8th grade for this guy. He claims the hat helps his hair dry faster with less poof. I just s...

Last fall, I found a tutorial for making paper beads on one of the craft blogs that I stalk. Beckie is seriously creative and I'm con...

10 things that make me say "Wow. Just wow." 1. Wastefulness. Got a huge packet of forms in the mail last week for my middle scho...

It's been a year since my dad died. The actual "day" is tomorrow, the ninth, but it happened on a Sunday morning. Some days ...

1. I am thrilled that I was able to sleep late this morning! I don't know that I'll have the opportunity again for awhile and I usua...

1. My kids make me happy. Yesterday Sarah and I went shopping. She had some gift cards from her birthday that she wanted to spend and we had...

I like to think of myself as a fun mom--a mom who enjoys doing things with and for my kids. Doing things that delight them. Honestly? I a...

Our family took a fun trip to Denver over the weekend. It ended up being a total splurge weekend since our hopes of a mini-vacation to the ...

Will came up with an fantastic idea for a fun family activity this week. He wanted to watch a movie outside one evening so we took our sm...