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Sometimes the Resolutions Find You
This year I decided I'd had enough of resolutions and didn't even attempt to make any. Sometimes, however, the resolutions just find you. I didn't plan on adopting a fitness plan, but a visit to the doctor convinced me otherwise. We hadn't decided on a healthy eating...
A Sunday Scripture
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The Good and Good for You Challenge Week 4: Pork And Mushroom Quesadillas (and a Giveaway)
Pin It This is the fourth and final week of the Good and Good for You Challenge from the National Pork Board—not that taking care of your family and eating well actually expires, right? As a big ol' thank you for being here, there's a giveaway at the bottom of the...
Camera Phone Friday: One Week Until BlissDom Edition
1. Valentine's Math, 2. Where have you been all my life?, 3. David Oakleaf & the Open Road You may have noticed that I was a lazy Instagrammer this week. Yes, I admit it. My iPhone has been the center a lot of attention this week (my attention, that is). The...
What Real Life Means to Me
Today I'm taking the torch from Jessica in the (in)RL blog hop and telling you a little bit about what real life means to me. Real life is girlfriends of like, precious faith who dream big with me, but are willing to grapple with the small stuff. Real life is taking...
Everyone Needs a Cheerleader
I'm blessed to have cheerleaders in my life: friends that encourage; a husband that supports me and thinks everything I attempt is just fabulous; online-turned-real-life friends to bounce my creative ideas off of, like my friend Holley. Holley is my Words With Friends...
The Good and Good for You Challenge: Week 3
This week's theme in the Good and Good for You Challenge is Heart-y and Healthy Valentines and the sale cut of pork is bone-in pork loin roast at Publix until next Wednesday, February 15. I chose Pork Roast with Sweet Potatoes, Pears, and Rosemary to serve my family....
Camera Phone Friday: Girls’ Night Out Edition
1. BFFs, 2. Girls' night out, 3. Spring Protocol Dance Practice @CC_Bookstore #classicalconversations, 4. Ruth and the Green Book, 5. One hour of paradise: feet up with a new book in a big comfy chair at Starbucks :), 6. Like 🙂 Last weekend I had a girls' day out...
Good and Good for You Challenge: Week 2
As part of our fitness plan for the new year, we participated in the second week of the Good and Good for You Challenge from the National Pork Board and their partner, Publix. We used boneless pork loin chops to make Braised Pork Chops with Peppers and Onions. I'm...
Our Trip to Space! at the Center For Puppetry Arts
Last week my 10-year-old son and I went on a mother/son date to see Space! at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Space! is a rollicking romp through the solar system: if you're looking for a fun day in Atlanta with your child and a great learning opportunity, too, it's a...















