April is gone-zo. I can hardly believe it! May means the last month of school. {Whoa.} And that summer is just around the corner! {Yippee!} It means the days are turning hot, hot, hot. The sun is shining bright. And we have afternoon thunderstorms. May means that we are almost to the halfway mark in [...] Read more »
I Gotta Read :: March
Yes, I’m a day late, but I didn’t want to interrupt my reflections on gratitude for Holy Week with a “gotta read” post, so we’ll just pretend that I’m not really posting this on April 1. Yikes! April 1! That’s April Fool’s Day…Totally forgot! As much as I think April Fool’s Day is fun, I [...] Read more »
I Gotta Read :: January
There is no official Booking It challenge like there was last year, but I’m still going to {try} to devote a day out of the month to talk about my current reads. January has been quite the book filled month for me. In part due to the miscarriage and spending lots of time in bed [...] Read more »
Three New Favorite {Nail Polish} Colors {And a bonus #4}
Today’s the last day to enter to win the Autographed copy of Young House Love! Don’t miss out! You’ve got until midnight. The winner will be announced tomorrow! ********** I’ve talked about nail polish before. And I’m talking about it again. Ok? Ok. Because watching my pretty manicured fingers flit across the keys as I [...] Read more »
A 2012 Book Look
So I’ve been a little hit or miss on the blog lately. I’m sure you forgive me. I know you understand that Christmas is a wonderfully busy time of the year! And….I’ll probably be more miss than hit this week as well as we start off the New Year. So go ahead and forgive me [...] Read more »
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy {And a Giveaway}
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Mrs. Smith’s for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Can she bake a cherry pie, Charming Billy? Well, according to Billy Boy she could. But the question at hand is – can I bake a cherry pie. And the answer is … uh … [...] Read more »
A Simple DIY Christmas Wreath
Decorating for Christmas ensued at our house as soon as we walked in the door on Sunday night from visiting my family over the week of Thanksgiving. It has been extra special this year since we get to decorate our first home. And another thing I’m enjoying is that it’s a 102 year old house! [...] Read more »
Taking Care of Me
And since I did the confession bit yesterday, let’s do another one… I’ve never taken the time to take very good care of my face or hair. Now that I’m getting older ::cough, cough:: I’ve decided that’s it time. I think some people are really “into” this kind of stuff and they got it figured [...] Read more »
Curtain Call! {A Little Curtain Tour of My Home}
So I was getting ready for the Swap Party, and one thing I reallllllly wanted to accomplish before the event was getting curtains hung in my living room {remember that’s on my 12 in ’12 list}! We had the bamboo blinds from when we put some up in the master bedroom and I bought curtains [...] Read more »
Booking It: Kisses From Katie
So were you expecting a little “Mid-Week Inspiration” today? Sike! or Syke! or…how do you spell that word we used back in the day when we were all, “Hey, gimme five!” And then yanked our hand away all cool like. Yeah… Moving on… Since today is the 12th of the month, that means it’s Booking [...] Read more »
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