Category: At Home
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Home Sweet Home

When I wrote that I immediately thought to myself, “What does that mean?” I feel like we are what makes our homes sweet, right? It’s the people and the relationships that engulf a home in sweetness. You could have the most beautiful home in the world but if the people don’t have love, kindness, hope,…
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Back to School!

This morning I headed out for a run at about 07:40. As I went running down the streets of my neighborhood I quickly remembered it was the first day of school for our local schools. All the parents were fighting over parking places. All the beautiful moms were looking their best and many dads went…
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Project 8/20/14

Today I’m finally getting around to posting some pictures of a project I completed a little while back. This project took me forever. Not because it was difficult, but because it took me actually sitting down and doing it. It was stuck in the middle for a while. Once I actually committed to completing it,…
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Motivation… and the Linen Closet

I woke up today in a very crabby mood. I have no idea why. I do know one reason may be that I never posted yesterday. It’s the first day in a while that I’ve missed posting. I even started writing an entry about motivation. But I lost my motivation. I ran with Steve this…
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Yellow Dessert Table

This weekend my cousin, Ryan married his beautiful bride, Jill. My uncle asked me to bring a dessert for the rehearsal dinner so I decided to make up a cute little yellow dessert table inspired by Pinterest. I happened to have an idea of what Jill likes and knowing their wedding colors were yellow and gray,…
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Three Steps to a Cleaner House!

I love having a clean house and I really love cleaning. I’m not even kidding right now. I love the process and the think time. Seriously, I love opening the windows on a warm summer morning, cranking up some music and cleaning. What’s better than a clean house in the evening? I know, I’m weird. I’ve…
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How to Make a Compass

One of the coolest things we did this month in homeschool was make a compass! Seriously, I think I was more excited than Emma but she still thought it was pretty neat. What you’ll need: 1 small bowl of water 1 needle 1 small piece or styrofoam 1 permanent magnet First, rub the needle along…