2022 New Year’s Resolutions…CHECK!
Here it is the end of January, and I have written nary a thing about New Year's Resolutions. I know you’ve been waiting for me to give you my list, right? Here it goes: Visit Key…
Experimenting with an Acrylic Paint Pour
Last week I showed you the portraits that I painted for Christmas. This week, I want to share the acrylic pours that I did for my unofficially adopted daughter Tiffany. I confess that I’m not super comfortable…
Christmas Portraits
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…
Revisiting Memories
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…
Looking Behind and Ahead
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…
The Wait is Almost Over!
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…
Putz Houses
For the first time this year, I signed up for a volunteer shift at the Junior League of Jackson’s Mistloetoe Marketplace as a Sustainer. I figured, “Why not?” I loved my active years in JLJ, but I guess…
The Joy of Giving
On Monday, I finished crossing off everyone on my Christmas list--family, friends, teachers, and church ministry. Then I contacted someone I’d met last year about this time and asked her about the current needs in her special…
The November/December Juggling Act
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…
Pre-holi-DAZE Bustle
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…