Grandma Mo and Meme, We just wanted you to know that Bridget helped with card signing this year.
Holidays
The Christmas Spread
Just a quick look back at our Christmas meal spread from a week ago… Too bad I forgot the mashed potatoes. But otherwise, I think everyone had everything they could have wanted – including three kinds of protein. As well as a mountain of treats and desserts (including two pies not pictured). This just reminds […]
Such a Good Thing
Taking a sabbatical was such a good thing – good in ways that I didn’t anticipate. I thought that I’d feel an urge to check in online, log time on work projects here and there and have various “to-do’s” pinging around in my mind. Not so. I’m not going to lie and say I didn’t […]
Holiday-Related Pinterest Fails
A couple of Pinterest things that I wanted to do over the holiday season were epic fails. First, I wanted to make a gingerbread house. Specifically, I wanted to make this one: Source So I made a batch of gingerbread, cut out an Eiffel Tower shape and baked according to instructions. Then I made […]
Fresh and Festive
These festive thank-you gifts are fast and easy to make with a few roses and fresh cut greenery. And it’s fun to find other places to stick the leftover greenery. It’s still the only holiday touches on display at my home at the moment. I’d better get cracking!
It’s a Christmas Tradition: Behold the Lamb
Marathon or no marathon, we had an important concert to attend Saturday night. I had to tell Kelly that three times Saturday. (I had to tell myself that at least five times.) Anytime Andrew Peterson comes to Dallas with his annual Behold the Lamb tour, we make it a point to go. That album is […]
You Don’t Have to be Talented to Have Fun
J hosted her sometimes annual gingerbread decorating party last week. It’s a girls-only event, primarily women within our industry, gathering to chat and pretend that we can decorate cookies. J encourages inappropriate decorating, but leaves it up to each person to determine what inappropriate means. I ended up with a ginger Lady Godiva and a […]
Finish the Sentence (Holiday Edition)
Thanksgiving is… …beautiful, crowded chaos. …food. Too much food. I bruleed the top of the pumpkin pie…great idea, Martha (Stewart)! …turkey coma movie-watching. …at least one family health issue. {We’re praying for a speedy recovery, Grandma!}