It's Thanksgiving week. You're most likely a little anxious for and excited about a few extra days off. You're also most likely already thinking about food. You know, checking out Pinterest to figure out what you'll make, dreaming about Aunt Sally's … [Read more...]
The Friday Five: Getting Uncomfortable
Have you been embracing life this week or wishing days away? If you find you're constantly waiting for 5:00pm or Friday afternoon, maybe it's time for a change. I'll be posting a lot more on my transition from corporate America, but for now I'll … [Read more...]
The Friday Five: Taking My Own Advice
It was a fast week. Then again, they're all fast lately. Instead of wondering why Friday isn't coming faster, I'm pretty much always wishing for just a little more time each day. That said, I need to learn to slow down and accept that many things … [Read more...]
On Being Consistently Better
I have a confession. My family and I haven't been going to church much at all lately. We've had some issues with our schedules and also with putting Connor in church daycare. I could ramble on, but when it comes down to it some of the issues are … [Read more...]
Baptism and First Birthday Party
Boy did we have a busy weekend! Somewhat last minute we decided that we had to do Connor's birthday and baptism celebration this past weekend because there were no weekends in June that worked for our family. Even though we kind of threw things … [Read more...]
Baskets Baskets!
Hope everyone had a great weekend and Easter, if you celebrate. Ours was nice. We visited our old church (we miss it there so much!) and went to brunch at Cracker Barrel like we have for the past few years. (Yes, we are that classy.) Later, we … [Read more...]
What The Heck Are You Waiting For?
Confession: More often than not I get so wrapped up in waiting for the perfect time to do something that nothing gets accomplished. I wait and wait... saying "yes, let's do that, but later." I try to plan everything out and spend lots of time … [Read more...]
Can Love Make You Happier?
Thank you all for the awesome support and kind words when I made our huge announcement last week. All of the facebook likes for Skill of Strength, your blog comments, tweets and emails made me smile so much and so big. It's awesome to know that we'll … [Read more...]
Vacation – Part 1 (Christmas 2011)
I think vacation is important...really important. A few years ago I introduced my workaholic husband to vacation and now he might even love it more than I do. I'm not talking about anything fancy or extravagant...just unplugging and spending some … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas!
I am going to be blogging less (if at all) for the next week and a half or so because I want to enjoy every second I possibly can with my family and friends. I hope you all are doing the same! 2012 is going to be a busy, crazy and exciting year … [Read more...]
