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Dreaming of Hilton Head
I love writing for (in)courage and filling our home (and our friends' homes) with DaySpring products. I really, really, really love the fact that (in)courage was "built" with a beach house theme, and that for the second year in a row the city of Hilton Head will open...
Wordless Wednesday: Disney Summer Social Atlanta
Preparing for My Glidden Brilliance Paint Challenge #GliddenGallons
Our three youngest daughters share a bonus room upstairs. It's a large space, but unfortunately they've messed it up by trying to hang things themselves and touch up their own paint (yes, you read that correctly). Kids' bedroom walls just need repainted periodically:...
We Moms Need a Few Tricks up Our Sleeves
Thursday evening I glare at a plastic McDonald's cup lid lying in our driveway—a lid that I'd left there for a couple of days, waiting for one of the kids to have an attack of conscience and pick it up—and an idea begins to brew. Minutes later I call the kids together...
What’s the Most Outrageous Letter You’ve Ever Received from Your Homeowners’ Association?
Do you live in a neighborhood with a homeowners' association? Do they ever make you want to scream or beat your head against the wall due to their strange/obnoxious/seemingly random/all-of-the-above requests? Our homeowners' association has apparently decided that we...
Camera Phone Friday: First Week of School Edition
Link up your camera phone photos for the week! 1. Lunch date (finger lickin' good) 2. Last pedicure of the summer 3. The Cuteness 4. My kind of snack (peanut). What's your favorite M&M? 5. Moth on my front door. How to open without letting it in...? 6. The cook is...
And it Begins: A New School Year
We started a new year of Classical Conversations classes on Tuesday and I'll be perfectly honest: I wasn't ready to let go of summer break. Last year was my first time tutoring Challenge II—the equivalent of 10th grade—and it monopolized my life and attention for the...
Why, Hello There!
Out-of-state company; preparations for a new year of Classical Conversations; one son returning to college tomorrow and another one moving back home on the same day; savoring the last days of summer break with the family: all this and more has slowed my blogging pace...
Camera Phone Friday: Back to School Next Week Edition
1. Tweegram = cute free app! 2. Foil art: a chip boat @Moes_HQ 3. They put my daughter's foil chip on display @Moes_HQ. Love! 4. New short do for my daughter (& I cut it) 5. Real malts. I could be in heaven @redrobinburgers 6. Kid pizza @chilis Our household is in...
iHeartFaces: Beautiful Eyes
This week's challenge at iHeartFaces is Beautiful Eyes; I'm submitting an old favorite. It may not define beautiful in the traditional way with its bloodshot eyes, dirt, and water—but it's beautiful to me.
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