by Dawn Camp | Dec 23, 2006 | a day in the life
I was in our bedroom last night, surrounded by wrapping paper, tape, scissors, and yarn, listening to my old albums on that fabulous new record player my daddy gave me for Christmas. The album de jour was the J. Geils Band Freeze Frame. [For the record (pun intended),...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 19, 2006 | a day in the life, family & friends, featured
Here is the follow-up to Part 1. One of the first things we did was decorate cookies. We used sugar cookies and gingerbread men, and decorated them with icing, sprinkles, and colored sugar. It was messy but fun! All of the little girls had such a good time at the tea!...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 18, 2006 | a day in the life, family & friends, in the kitchen
Saturday was the big day – the birthday tea! My two oldest daughters celebrated their 10th and 7th birthdays last week. I appreciate all of the encouragement and suggestions you gave and now I want to share the results, which I will divide into two posts: party...
by Dawn Camp | Dec 16, 2006 | a day in the life, featured
Look at this awesome Home Sweet Home banner I found yesterday, now displayed above my sink and The Plant That Ate My Kitchen. Isn’t it awesome? Looking back, I wonder if I would have bought it if not for my blog. Honestly… probably not. When I saw it, I...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 23, 2006 | a day in the life
Today I laid my old coffee maker to rest. From my best guess, I think it dates back to the late 80s, when my husband brought it home from work. His district manager said that the thing had sat in a box for months and apparently no one was going to use it, so just get...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 20, 2006 | a day in the life, in the kitchen
Last Friday night I tried the dinner party/recipe swap idea I’d gotten from BooMama with a few ladies from church; there were five of us in attendance. My nine-year-old daughter did a lovely job setting the table. She had been waiting all week for the...
