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I couldn't share my Christmas portraits with you before Christmas because they were gifts, but I've been looking forward to the time when I could put them on the blog. They were such a joy to…

This Not-Quite-Southern gal reconnected with her roots last week for the first time in a loooong time! Our family has planned, reserved, and cancelled (for various reasons) several trips to the Texas Hill Country over the…

It’s New Year’s Eve, and I can’t believe it’s already time to put away the Christmas decorations, clean the house, get my boys ready to leave for another semester of college, and start my daughter on…

For those of you who started your Christmas decorating right after Halloween, I know that you must be desperate to get the wait over!  Christmas is only one day away! Hooray! Actually, it’s today for my family.  Tomorrow…

How was your Thanksgiving?  I hope it was memorable in some good way! Yes, you’re right: I did not post anything to the blog last week.  I was hosting Thanksgiving, and although it was a relatively quiet dinner…

It’s been a fun, but extremely busy October-November, pre-holiday season so far!  Is it extra busy for you, too?  Maybe the joy of waving goodbye to the shutdowns of last year have added additional anticipation of this year's…

My daughter has been eagerly anticipating an American Youth Corp (AYC) trip since her older brother took one to Costa Rica the summer before his freshman year of college.  If the truth be told—she’s not much of…

There’s nothing like waiting until the last minute to decide that you need a costume for the youth group’s Fall Party on the Friday night before Halloween.  My dear sweet 17-year-old daughter has been lazily considering cosplay…

Do you remember that post about repurposing a memory foam mattress?  Well, I have been slowly dismantling my old iComfort mattress since the beginning of September when I replaced it with a Dreamcloud hybrid mattress. I’ve been…