Blessings
I have a lot of things to be thankful for this year, and it’s easy for me to lose sight of them. It’s easy for me to focus on financial struggles, the clutter in my living room, the mounting pile of...
View ArticleLittle Bits of Sweetness: From Our Home to Yours
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it’s time for Christmas preparations to begin, and I’m beside myself with excitement. I love Christmas, I love Christmas music, I love Christmas decorations, I love...
View ArticleWhat I’m Loving: Christmas Wish List
For the Kitchen A Beater Blade for my much-loved KitchenAid Mixer. I love, love, love my mixer. And I love, love, love baking. What I don’t lovelovelove is scraping down the sides of the bowl while the...
View ArticleFoodie Dirty Secret
Do you know what this is? I mean, aside from a crappy iPhone photo? It’s a Foodie Dirty Secret. It’s something I’d never post a “recipe” for. Something a Foodie wouldn’t be caught dead eating. It’s...
View ArticleOh, my heart.
I stumbled upon Kelle Hampton’s Enjoying the Small Things blog early last year. I followed directions well and one of the first posts I read is the one she links to with a label of Start Here If You’re...
View ArticleWriter’s Block 30
Why yes, I did fall off the face of the planet. Do you really care why? I’m guessing not, so I won’t bother with the standard “life got in the way” or “I didn’t have anything to write about” or...
View Article{WB30} A Song That Makes Me Cry
I’m kind of a sap. I cry over, well, everything. Just as my husband who, when we were still in the boyfriend-girlfriend stage, was positively baffled by just how often tears sprung from my eyes. If...
View Article{WB30} My Guilty Pleasures
Before I dive into today’s writing prompt, a little administrative goodness: 1. Cloud 8 1/2 has a slightly new look! I’ve changed my WordPress theme and created a new header. But in even better news,...
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