I love “experience” gifts.  Restaurant gift cards, tickets to events, or a membership to something fun.  I like to do more than I like to have. For Christmas in 2004, …

When I was in 10th grade, I took some Home Ec class designed to prepare us for “real life”.  We were doing the section on having children, and after researching how much …

HELLO! Oh readers (are there any of you left?).  Oh Big Binder.  I’ve missed you.  I am currently sitting on my couch with my lovely laptop.  It’s shiny and new …

I’ve learned early on in my marriage that subtle hints do not work on my husband.  This is why I left the Douglas J. Aveda Salon Services brochure next to …

Last fall, I went to an amazing conference called Hearts At Home.  You can read about that awesome (in the truest sense of the word) experience in the post I …

Priority Health, while no longer sponsoring the Priority Health Classic Bike Race , is trying to make you healthier.  Maranda’s website has some information about community classes offered for free.  Here are …

I have deleted this post.  It was about watching the movie “Fireproof” this weekend.  I said that I liked the plot, story line, and message of God being central in …

*This post was originally published August 27, 2007.
This is supposed to be Sanctuary Sunday – a suggestion for  something you can do without your kids, right? So what am I doing, …

I had a conversation with a friend the other day who, like many people, have already become frustrated with this season’s political process.  This happens often, doesn’t it? We get …

The fact that I love food, and recipes, and kitchen ‘stuff’, and cooking is not new.  I have tried to simplify this area of my life by using really well-intentioned programs …