
Contest CLOSED!! Winner to be announced 12/30! All the gifts are unwrapped and the needles are starting to fall from the tree. It’s time to pack away the decorations until next year. I love this time between Christmas and New Year. I’m still recovering from the overload of fun and food and I don’t feel…
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I know it’s THAT time — time for the obligatory thankfulness blog post. I would LOVE to write an Ann VosKamp style post with all those flowing sentences and amazing imagery. But I’m not Ann and I don’t write flow-y stuff. I am me and I write choppy, slightly off-kilter stuff. Let’s ALL agree…
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Yes, it’s time – we’ve had some great times and some really BIG times. I’ll never forget our Brazilian Blowout – it’s so fun when you are smooth and straight. But it’s time for us to part ways. No, no, no, it’s not you – it’s me. You see I’m moving on. I loved having…
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This is rerun of a post from Oct 2008. I just love lipstick! There’s something so simple and so wonderful about a great tube of lipstick. Of course, there are so many lipstick options these days I get easily confused. Recently I hit the jackpot on lipstick options – a local drugstore is closing and…
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She edged closer as we chattered about life, family and the upcoming women’s retreat. She stood just a few feet away as if afraid to approach us – she was tiny and a bit timid. She walked slowly, almost painfully. As the group began to scatter she asked one of the girls how she could…
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