"Celebrate what you want to see more of." – Tom Peters
1. Thankful Cards Take some time to tell your people why you're so glad they're in your life. Share something you love about your relationship and something about them that inspires you. 2. Menu from Sorta Awesome Kelly from Sorta Awesome shared her tried and true Thanksgiving favorites which look super yummy. 3. Macy's Thanksgiving [...]
1. Mummy Brownies This is the perfect themed snack for me- cute but EASY. They were a hit for me last year and might just become a tradition. 2. Ghost Gourds & A Scardy Cat True Confession: I painted gourds for our small group to decorate last year...then forgot about them and they just sat in [...]
"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape." - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Summer is already 2/3 over! I can't believe it. I'm so grateful [...]
(about the mess in Luke's apartment) "This is what I always pictured the inside of my head to look like." -Lorelai Welcome back to the Gilmore Girls Challenge. Grab a friend and watch the episode together! Each episode, I share a challenge to do something the Gilmores do during the show. Here are some ideas:
Last month, I did my first Whole30. Here's what happened and what I learned (recipes at the end!). What is Whole30? The Whole30 is a 30-day fad diet that emphasizes whole foods and during which participants eliminate sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, soy, and dairy from their diets.The Whole30 is similar to but more restrictive than [...]
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." -Martin Luther King, Jr. January always seems to be a quiet, lazy month filled with quiet evenings to myself, tea and books in hand. This January has been no different and has inspired a few of my Top 5, but [...]
"Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand." - Dr. Seuss Here are the Top 5 Things I'm loving this month (warning...most of it is Christmas-related...as it should be): 1. Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church, By Rachel Held Evans I've been meaning to [...]
The Last Two Weeks, I was... I had a bad day at work last week. Actually, more accurately, I was in a bad mood from work one day last week. This has been happening a lot lately. All these little things that happen put me in a crummy, angry, frustrated, defeated mood (even though a [...]
Hi, Friends! Long time no type. I ended up taking a bit of an unplanned summer hiatus as life got a little crazy with work changes, house buying, and fun vacations. But I'm back! At least for now. I realized writing things out is so helpful in processing what's going on in my life and [...]
The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid?" -Psalm 27:1 1. Hopkins Date Night Aaron and I had the most fun date night on a warm Friday night in the middle of May. While eating at Longfellow Grill earlier [...]
GLIMPSES OF JOY 