I spend countless hours talking, writing, praying, and worrying about my two adult children. My friends and relatives do exactly the same thing. our oldest, at the beach The funny thing is, I don't remember my parents spilling ink, or burning up the telephone lines talking about me after I Continue Reading
The Baseball Mama
Whether your a baseball mama, or your child plays a different team sport, takes dance, or sings in the choir, the feelings are the same. You love to watch your children play, yet feel every high and low along the way. When my older children played recreation ball, the first few days of practice Continue Reading
Living Victoriously in a Small Space
According to IKEA, living small is the new living large. If that is true, then our family of 7 (we are down to 6, since our oldest daughter moved out) is living humongously in our 1500 square-foot small space home. It has been a challenge at times, to decorate and host family functions, but it can Continue Reading
Red Plaid, The Iconic Winter Pattern
*This post contains affiliate links. Patterns Have Meaning It may be abnormal to gush about textiles, but fabrics have meaning to me. Their patterns and textures bring back memories, the way certain smells do for other people. The scent of rose water might remind some people of grandma's house, Continue Reading
I Swore I’d Never Get Another Dog
*This post was updated with new pictures in 2019 Twelve years ago, I swore I'd never get another dog. Our fifteen year-old dog and our seventeen year-old cat died within the same week. Our cat Sebastian, was well-mannered and loved much. I missed him, but I knew he had lived a full, happy Continue Reading
Becoming a Stay-at-Home Mom, the Hard Way
Becoming a Stay-at-Home Mom, the Hard Way I updated a post from 2016, in the hopes that everyone would know my "story" a little bit better. These days I blog about recipes, my children, DIY projects, and vintage dishes. The journey to becoming a stay-at-home mom is still an important part of who I Continue Reading
Becoming a Holiday Meal Matriarch
For the past eight years or so, we have been cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house, as opposed to going to other people's houses to eat their food. Once I turned forty I figured I needed to at least know how to cook turkey and all of the trimmings for the traditional holiday meal. When I was Continue Reading
Machine Embroidery-The Agony and the Ecstacy
It’s that time again! Time to put the Brother PE 500 to work. Armed with 3 "blank" soon-to-be embroidered sweatshirts, I am ready to go in my little sewing nook and make the machine embroidery happen! I know in advance that my machine will eat at least one of the sweatshirts. It does not Continue Reading
The Merging of Thanksgiving and Christmas
Thanksgiving 2012 In the past, the day after Thanksgiving was the official starting point of the Christmas season. Christmas has been arriving earlier of late. November 1st is now the "First Day of Christmas." The Countdown to Christmas at Walmart is posted right after Halloween, at any rate. I Continue Reading
My Cruise Experience
My Cruise Experience The Atlantis Resort We just returned from a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas. Although I have been on several cruises, I still felt afraid before sailing. The ocean is just so vast. We had to board our ship in Charleston, SC. First of all, it was windy and damp. Secondly, it Continue Reading