My friend, Deidre , writes a letter to her family every Sunday. I love this idea so much that when she invited her readers to join her, I ...

This should probably be about five different posts but I'm feeling a tiny bit sassy right now so I'm going to lump it all into one. ...

Guest post by Stephanie from Stephanie's Mommy Brain .   I recently shared with my readers about an opportunity to speak about bloggin...

This is Abbey's reading log from last week. Can I just tell you how H-A-P-P-Y I am that she is reading Nancy Drew? It makes me grin fr...

Brace yourself. This is riveting stuff, folks. I want to tell you about the discovery I made about my hair dryer. I'm tough on hair ...

FOR TODAY... Outside my window ... The sun is shining on the bright, white snow that we woke up to. It was quite unexpected, but quite wel...

I am soooooooooooooo thankful that today is Friday and I am soooooooooooooo ready for a low-key weekend. As much as I love short weeks (w...

Pray ING for Joanne , her girlies, her husband and her family. Praying she wakes up, for peace in the waiting, and for her mind and body to...

Okay, this might not seem like a life-changing thing to you, but it was to me. Sear your meat before you put it in the crock-pot or oven. ...

Well, our weekend was certainly interesting. See our coney dog? John quipped on Facebook last night that Jack was wearing one expensive c...

I certainly don't want to sound like a broken record, but my friend Joanne still desperately needs your prayers. Due to some seizures s...

First of all, thank you for praying for my friend, Joanne Heim .  All I know this morning is that she is resting in ICU and her family is ju...

A couple of years ago, just as summer was ending and school was beginning, I got a phone call from a dear friend informing me that another d...

Back before Christmas I wrote a post (in my head) that I titled: Four Things That Will Change Your Life. They changed my life so surely the...

I just realized that today is the 10th. I don't intend to revive the 10-on-the-10th party, but I do think a list is in order today so ...

One of the things I love the most about December is going to the mailbox each day and pulling out stacks of gorgeous Christmas cards! Someti...

I feel so flat today. Most of it has to do with Arkansas' heartbreaking loss to Ohio State last night. It was so disappointing...and dow...

I absolutely love that our district doesn't resume class until the Tuesday after New Year's Day. That means that today is our last ...

We're having a ton of fun in the mountains! I'm soooooooo proud of my kiddos because they all learned how to ski this week!!! Skiing...

Well, I hope everyone's Christmas was as merry as ours was. We had a really beautiful and lazy Christmas! I have to admit that I didn...