Last week I found myself in need of a new wreath for my front door. The one I made a couple years ago was pretty much destroyed in a windstorm last year, and there was no way to fix it. Nor did I feel much like making something. Instead, I quickly ordered an inexpensive one…
We girls have an entire vernacular that is all our own, and the males in the room often have no idea what we are talking about when we pull it out. Just ask my poor husband, who lives in a household full of girls who, young as they are, have already come a long way…
The final part in a 5-part series about how to decorate your Christmas tree How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 1 (Getting started, choosing a theme, adding lights and floral accents) How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 2 (Putting up large and specialty ornaments) How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 3 (Putting up ball ornaments)…
Part 4 of a 5-part series about how to decorate your Christmas tree How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 1 (Getting started, choosing a theme, adding lights and floral accents) How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 2 (Putting up large and specialty ornaments) How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 3 (Putting up the ball ornaments)…
Part 3 in a 5-part series about how to decorate your Christmas tree How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 1 (Getting started, choosing a theme, adding lights and floral accents) How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 2 (Putting up large and specialty ornaments) Technically, this post should have been included with Part 2. But I…
Part 2 in a 5-part series about how to decorate your Christmas tree. How to Decorate Your Christmas Tree: Part 1 (Getting started, choosing a theme, adding lights and floral accents.) How to decorate your Christmas tree Hide bare spots with large ornaments Once you have your lights, flowers, floral picks and bows up it’s time…
Part 1 in a 5-part series about how to decorate your Christmas tree. Each year, when I post pictures of my tree, I get several emails with questions about how I did it. So, this year, I decided to take pictures during each step of getting the tree up and do a series of posts…
Last week, we got a little snow. Just a few inches that stayed around for 2 or 3 days. My husband took my youngest daughter out to the deck to inaugurate the season with the first snowman. I totally admit it, when it comes to playing with my children, I am not a very good…
I sure miss my grandmother. The older I get, the more I realize what a wonderful gem she was and I really wish I could have had more time with her. This cute little book, The Smartest Woman I Know by Ilene Beckerman is kind of like having my own grandmother back for a few…
My girls wanted to do a family Halloween theme again this year and they chose Harry Potter. My oldest daughter was going to be Hermione, my middle daughter was going to be Harry, my youngest was going to be Hedwig, my husband was going to be Dumbledore and I was going to be Professor Trelawney….
I like to think that I know just how advertisers are trying to sway my thoughts and opinions and gain my buying power. I also like to think that I am in complete control of such things as my thoughts, opinions, and buying power. But, evidently, I am not so smart. I like the color…
I was supposed to post my review of this book this morning. But I have really good reasons why I didn’t, and they are even apropos to the topic—lucky me! I spent the majority of today in the urgent care, and then the rest of it in the ER. I went to help in my…