As 2017 winds down, I’ve been thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. Several people have already asked me what mine will be for 2018. But, nothing really jumped out at me. Yes, I need to eat better, exercise more, lose weight, take my vitamins, but each year those resolutions seem to focus on the bad and [...]
It’s the morning after Christmas and my home is quiet as a mouse, with the exception of my dear husband who is still snoring away. The fur-baby is nestled snuggly at his feet and I’m sitting here with my coffee waiting for them to both wake up. And as I sit here and think about [...]
It’s Christmas Eve morning and as I sit here cuddling my fur baby, sipping my coffee, and watching some silly movie the hubby has on TV my heart is turned towards our Savior. You see you don’t have to have peace and quiet or be completely alone to feel the presence of our Father. He’s [...]
This is the first year that I haven’t fully decorated our condo. Usually, the dear husband hauls our Christmas tree and tubs and tubs of decorations from our storage shed at my family’s farm to our home in the city. (It’s only a 15 minute drive-not that much of a haul.) But, this year our [...]
I woke up early this morning, like all mornings, but this morning I was really hoping to sleep in. You know how that goes, right? The mornings you could sleep in if you wanted to your wide awake at 5:00 am. But, this morning as I laid in bed debating on whether or not to [...]
So, today as I was meandering through a close friend's blog, Life, Books, and Chocolate Cake. I stumbled across her post about the 2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge. How have I never heard of this? A reading challenge? For real? Can someone say New Year's Resolution! I love a good book. Give me a warm cup of coffee, [...]
Y'all I finished debut author, Larissa Weatherall's, book When It Was Us. I finished it over the last weekend, but I still am suffering from serious book hangover. I have to start by saying that I was blessed to grow up with Larissa. Her step-grandmother married by grandfather when I was a toddler so, it's safe [...]
Ground Breaking! In January, we started the process of building our forever home. Now, 11 months later we have our walls exterior walls, our roof, door, and windows installed! We've taken a break the past month to work on digging our water lines, sewer lines, and electric lines, but we're almost finished with that and [...]
Life is full of trials. Each of our trials is different. Each of our struggles is different. And, how we respond to those trials and struggles is also different. My senior year of high school, I lost my high school sweetheart in a car accident. That was not a trial where I came out on [...]
Dear Santa, Do you remember me? I used to mail you letters to the North Pole each Christmas. My list was full of things like stuffed animals, baby dolls, books, and more. Well, it's been many, many years since I've written to you, but you see I still have a Christmas wish. This year my Christmas list [...]
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