giving thanks

Two years ago when we just had Cora (and she had just turned one), we were home “alone” for Thanksgiving and I felt pressure to make a feast.  I made a turkey breast, mashed potatoes, pie(s), green beans, cranberry sauce, and and and – you get the picture, yes?
This year we are home alone again [...]

much too much

How do you keep from doing too much?  Is it just a mother thing?  Are all of you like this?  I’ve been running all over town all day.  Two weekends with packing suitcases and a week in between of running all over town, and I’m exhausted.
today I went here:
at&t (closed, but needed to pay my [...]

another day of wandering around

And I came across kid o via her beautiful home tour on ohdeedoh (via somewhere else that I of course can’t remember, so sorry (again)).
I love the simplicity of her house.  I love the simplicity of the toys and having a place for everything.  I don’t do well with clutter but I have a ton [...]

wondering around in blogland

I really enjoy the ability to constantly come into new things while linking away from blogs.  It’s amazing how much is out there to discover.
While browsing Poppy Talk Handmade (sorry I don’t remember who linked me there in the first place, if it was you please do let me know!), I came across this beautiful [...]

if you are the praying type…..

go here

a few from last week

A simply stunning post from breed em and weep and weep I did. It is important for me to write. To get this all out of me and onto “paper” so it is recorded. And not only is it important to me but it’s important in general. And I will not [...]

another sweet day

Jules over at Pancakes & French Fries wrote the sweetest post about my little blog yesterday! I just can’t get over how nice of a world blogland is. I’m so thankful for it all the time.
I wrote yesterday how this blog is changing some hopefully in the coming weeks. And that is [...]

new directions

When I started this blog, I wasn’t even sure what it was going to be about. Life with a fun husband and a crazy toddler girl was my main idea. I feel like it’s strayed fairly far away from being about life and has gotten to be more about things. So I’d [...]

last night

I swam.  I know, not really a thing to be blogging about.  But for me it is.

here (not where I am swimming)
This post also has something to do with it.
I haven’t put on a swimsuit in public since before I got pregnant with my first daughter.  Almost four years ago.  When I got pregnant the [...]

sweetest day

The lovely Jessica of The Homebound gave me the sweetest award – it’s this:

and says:
“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give [...]