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There was a time in my life when I wasn’t easily embarrassed. I had a one woman show in middle school. I used to perform SNL skits at family reunions. Y’all, I was the ultimate grand supreme winner of the Barksdale Elementary School lunchtime “Turn Your Face the Purplest Contest”—a contest I both invented and […]

Well, friends, I’m back and bedder than ever. [Typos already. Well, that’s what happens when you take two weeks off without writing.] No, that’s not a typo. It’s an explanation of where I’ve been these past two weeks. Allow me to elaborate… Brian gave me a Fitbit for Christmas. It’s basically a device I wear […]

One of my very best friends (a fellow military spouse) and I had a conversation recently about Christmas and how we want our kids to experience this magical time of year. My friend is a fellow Christian who home schools her 4 kids—all of whom are young enough to believe in Santa Claus. Before I […]

If you happen to check out my Facebook or Instagram pages, you’ll notice that there are lots of photos of JJ playing with trains. He eats with his trains. He sleeps with them. He dreams about them (so we learned when he woke up once from a nap and yelled, “train tracks!”). When we get […]

Warning:  The following post may be disturbing to some readers. Particularly those with a weak stomach. Reader discretion is advised. If you caught Wednesday’s post about our exciting car ride on Monday afternoon, then you can probably guess how the rest of my week has been. I have cleaned up vomit 5 different times. FIVE. […]

I hopped in the car with the kids on Monday for a week-long trip to the booming metropolis of Knob Noster, Missouri. Yes, since you asked, we do lead glamorous lives. Brian is working in Knob Noster all week, and I thought it would be a sanctifying experience if the kids and I joined him […]

If you’ve been around this blog for more than a millisecond, you may have noticed that I’m not the world’s greatest—how should I put this…? [Human?] …homemaker. I’m not much of a homemaker. Sure, I love to decorate. Sometimes. Though, you should probably disregard the picture frame that is the focal point in our living […]

It’s no secret around here that my dear husband doesn’t have much going on “up top.” He started balding around the same time we started dating back in January of 1999. [That doesn’t sound like a coincidence to me…] The poor guy hasn’t seen a full head of hair since we were in college. And, as the years go by and our children continually refuse to potty train, his scalp becomes more and more visible. Yes, Brian's hair is seriously thinning. And, if you say it like Charlie Sheen—“THIN-ning”—it makes him laugh out loud.

As I mentioned to you on Monday’s post, we already partook in one Thanksgiving feast while my parents were here last week. It wasn’t as over-the-top as we’re accustomed to (we had only 6 or 7 side dishes this time), but it was absolutely delicious. Thanks to Brian’s turkey and my mom’s…well, everything else, it […]

Update:  November 20, 2013 Thank you to everyone who participated! The winners of the gorgeous cookbooks are… 1)  gina:  “A FULL dish!!! But seriously, I could eat sweet potato casserole until I’m doubled over with a stomach ache–and still manage to eat one more bite! The toasted marshmallows seal the deal for me!” 2)  Laura:  […]