Why I Oughta!

Today we celebrated a sweet friend’s 30th birthday with a special {and super fun} tea party at The Ruby Pear tea parlor. I’ll post more about that on Monday, but each of us received a cute little gift bag. Inside had 30 questions and answers from our sweet friend Susan.

5 Things Friday: Long Time No See

Before I tackle 5 Things Friday, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite pictures of myself for today’s Blog Every Day in May challenge. I couldn’t pick just one of me by myself, because I am the happiest when I am with my two loves…and you know

Mental Illness Sucks, It Really Does

Today’s blogging challenge is: “something difficult about your ‘lot in life’ and how you’re working to overcome it.” I live a very blessed life. Sure there are many trials we’ve faced, but looking back through all the years, I can see how God has been molding me, shaping me, refining

A Typical Day in the Life of

I probably should’ve chosen a day prior to today to take the pictures for today’s Blog Every Day in May challenge, but considering I didn’t look at the prompt until last night, I’m just going to roll with it. I’m supposed to show you my typical day with a photo

It’s the Little Things

It doesn’t take much to make this girl happy. There’s at least one (or ten) things I’m sure you could find if you actually try! Today’s Blog Every Day in May challenge is “10 Things That Make You Happy.” Here are 10 of mine: 1. Yellow roses. Yellow anything really.

My Handy Helper Approves Palmolive Soft Touch

Have I told you how much Stella loves to help me?! Cooking, cleaning, doing the dishes. She calls herself my “Handy Helper!” So who else other than my Handy Helper to get approval of our new Palmolive Soft Touch dish soap. If you haven’t heard of Influenster, you should check

I’m sorry but…

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know two things: 1. Mondays I like to share a virtual outfit or two that I pulled together using the Polyvore app. 2. I’m participating in the Blog Every Day in May challenge… and today’s prompt is to issue a

Dear Weekend & What I Miss

Dear Weekend, Although Chris hates when this happens, you seemed to be jam packed again. But it was things we just couldn’t pass up. A wedding, birthday celebration, and now Mother’s Day. Even with a lot going on, we are grateful that our life is full of things to celebrate!

My Glass Is Half Full With Many Tears In It

Sell myself in 10 words, huh? Last time I was limited to how many words I could use, I just couldn’t do it…but that’s today’s Blog Every Day in May prompt, so here we go:     My glass is half full with many tears in it. Now I get

5 Things Friday: Joy in the Hiccups & an Embarrassing Moment

Finding joy in the hiccups. That’s hard to do, because hiccups are simply just annoying. You just wish they would go away. I feel like this week was a bad case of the hiccups.  If you read the advice I gave in this post then you know all the financial