I just registered the LOML and myself  for The Haven Conference!! I’m so excited! Imagine a roomful of beautiful, talented, creative, and fun blogging women (and men) talking about what they love to do ~ blog, decorate, diy, crafting. It can’t get much better than that. This May will be our 25th wedding anniversary. I’ve known […]

I saw this great saying on Pinterest the other day and it got me thinking. Thinking of my mom, her mom, my friends’ moms growing up, my friends who are moms, and of course me as a mom. BUT my first thought was …. DARN! This should be the name of my blog! What a […]

Since we decided that now is not a good time to sell our house and move, I’ve been envisioning projects around the house. On my “Sad News ~ Let’s decorate” entry, one of my goals is to redo our kitchen. Nothing major, just a whole lot of little painting, changing the counters and backsplash. I’ve been […]

I just read Traci from Beneath My Heart‘s recent post about Layla’s The Lettered Cottage “Word of the Year” linking party. She’s challenging us to pick a special word that will resonate, resound, remind, and represent our life all year long. This got my little brain ticking extra fast. Our family has had the tradition of writing down […]

When I started this blog, my intention was to journal all the work we’ve done on our house from beginning (when we moved in), to the middle (living here), and the end (staging the house to sell). The economy being what it is, we probably are not going to get the price we want for […]