Can you believe 2012 is almost here?! I can’t. I spent a little time today making some New Year’s Eve plans. I’m still not sure who will be home and who won’t. That is life with four young adults but we’re just along for the ride!! I did do a little New Year’s decorating. I [...]
2011 Word of the Year
January 3, 2011 By 44 Comments
This is the third year in a row I have selected a Word of the Year. My 2009 Word of the Year was Joy. It is still my favorite word and you will find it all over my house. One of my favorite Joy quotes is “Man is that he may have Joy not guilt [...]
2010 Word of the Year Review
January 1, 2011 By 21 Comments
Before I unveil my 2011 Word of the Year I thought I should revisit and review my 2010 Word of the Year – do you remember what it was? I just gave you a hint {re}visit and {re}view. Yes, my Word of the Year really wasn’t a word – it was a prefix. I chose [...]
Project Week
March 22, 2010 By 27 Comments
Today is the first day of our Spring Break. Tessa is headed to Utah to spend the week with her siblings and Jim and I are staying home. This week we will practice being empty nesters. The whole idea of being an empty nester stresses me out. I’m not ready. I’m not old enough! If [...]
Word of 2010
January 11, 2010 By 33 Comments
If you read very many blogs you have probably seen a post of two about bloggers picking their Word of the Year. I think the whole idea was started by Ali over at aliedwards. Last year I jumped on the bandwagon and declared a word of the year for 2009. I dedicated a Christmas tree to [...]
Summer To Do List
August 10, 2009 By 11 Comments
I am a list maker. I make lists for everything. At the beginning of each summer I always make a list of things I want to do/accomplish during that time. This year was no exception. Summer 2009 Teach the girls how to make bread (haven’t done this one yet but we will!) Put together a [...]
To Do List
March 2, 2009 By 20 Comments
What’s on your To Do list? We’ve had lots of family fun on our To Do list this past weekend. College girl was home for a visit and it was opening weekend of the high school musical for my other daughter so we were busy, busy! Over the years I have tried dozens of different types [...]
Dream Board Tutorial
February 16, 2009 By 5 Comments
Note: Check out the fun new giveaway this week over at iLashGirls! You are going to want it!! Last week I had a fun activity with some members of my homebased business team. We put together Dream Boards. When I visited cold Minnesota in January my friend Susan took me through a dream board exercise [...]
New Year’s Resolutions – Do You or Don’t You?
January 5, 2009 By 17 Comments
I want to begin this post by stating that I LOVE my children! I LOVE when my three full size adult college students come home with all their adult sized STUFF! I LOVE it when they bring – three laptops, i-pods, cell phones, Blackberry and all the assorted plugs, chargers and head phones that go with them. And then [...]
Week at the Beach – A Dream Come True
July 7, 2008 By 18 Comments
We just returned from our annual “Week at the Beach”. We had a wonderful time as a family, meeting Logan’s friend Becca (she loved her Wilkes Survival Kit) and we had our neighbors join us to celebrate the Fourth! Our annual “Week at the Beach” is really a dream come true, let me tell you [...]
