My dishwasher broke on Saturday. When we came in from shoveling, I opened the door and pulled out the top rack to begin the unloading process...and two little pieces of plastic snapped and the rack dropped. Thankfully, I had a…
Do you ever look at your family calendar and find your breath catching in your throat? I had that stunning little revelation this weekend as I was looking over the month. Gosh...we've gotten busy suddenly. Some of it is that…
My eldest turned eight this past week and so...tomorrow is his birthday party. As I think all boys of this age are, he's very into Minecraft and so our party will be Minecraft themed. I have grand plans for activities…
One of the things I'm hoping to do in 2016 is get back to doing some crafty things. As much as I love writing (and love it I do!) I've been missing crochet and that sort of thing that I…
As we approach one of the best times of the year for reflecting on the miracle of Christ's birth and what that meant for us, it's also a lovely time to be thankful for the people God has put in…
I'll admit, I wasn't always a cheesy Christmas movie watcher. I hadn't even seen White Christmas until my senior year of college. Christmas movies just weren't a huge priority in my house growing up. And I don't think that's a…
As is the tradition in our family (and it was the tradition in my family growing up, as well), we'll be spending the day putting up the Christmas decorations, changing out the CDs in the CD player to Christmas music,…
Every year, Thanksgiving seems to sneak up on me and I find myself in the grocery store, along with everyone and their third cousin, on Wednesday picking through all the various and sundry left overs for stuff to make our…
Today is my husband's 42nd birthday. (He's not shy about his age, so I figure it's okay to mention that number here. Of course, doing that will make it easy for you to figure out that I'm not all that…