18 Years of Marriage. I'm still running around like crazy trying to plan for our first overseas trip. BUT... I wanted to pause for a moment. To pause and acknowledge the man who has stood faithfully by my side for the past 18 years of marriage. To be thankful that he is with me on the [...]
Advice and Opinions Europe and UK. In less than three weeks, I will be boarding a plane for my very first overseas trip! Most of you who have been following a while already know about my trip, but some of my new readers might have missed it. Over spring break, the hubby and I and [...]
Parenting Teenagers. Nobody said parenting teenagers would be easy. Nope! I've never heard it said. I had thoughts for this post that began to take shape during my shower. Anyone else have this stream of thoughts when they're in the shower? Or when you are awakened at 2 in the morning by thoughts? Or is [...]
How's the view from atop the world? How's the view when everything is going your way? A smile on your face? A kind word on your lips? A light shining for all to see? How's the view when you're all alone? How's the view when life is caving in? Do you still radiate the light [...]
Irish. Kiss me, I'm Irish. Just kidding about the kiss me part. Not about the Irish part. (I love snapchat filters!) St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. A celebration of the patron saint of Ireland. DNA Testing. Today, I'm going to share a little about my DNA, history, and ancestry. [...]
Simplicity Lately, I've been thinking a lot about simplicity. Actually, I've been thinking about it steadily for over a year. KonMari. I heard about the KonMari method around that time, even talked about it here. I'm a KonMari dropout... I made it through books and clothes, maybe even dabbled into the next section...and then nothing. [...]
Farmer's Market & Winter Weather. Do you ever have plans and then life throws a wrench into them? If not, then consider yourself lucky. The girlie came home sick on Friday, proceeded to run a fever most of the weekend. She attempted school yesterday. Made it two hours. I was on snack duty for the [...]
International Women's Day. I'm gonna be honest. When I woke up, I did not know that today was International Women's Day (even though I wrote about it here last year). I have a hard time keeping track of more than Christmas and birthdays (this is a slight exaggeration...but just slightly). Every morning I wake up [...]
This Road We Travel Thanks so much for all the love on Monday's post. We're preparing for a storm here. They've released the schools 2 hours early to get home before the high winds start. I've secured the yard the best I can. As a Florida girl, I'm pretty good at preparing for high winds [...]
Any of you who have been following me for a while know that I do a lot of pondering on the meaning of my life and the meaning of life in general. Recently, I have been feeling like this existence is just a merry-go-round.... get up, make the donuts... you know how it goes (if [...]
