Happy Thanksgiving! Ten (or twenty) things I am thankful for…

Hello friends!  I hope you are planning a festive day of eating until you feel like a stuffed turkey celebrating the many gifts that we all have to be thankful for.  This IS the season of thanksgiving...so, I feel it only appropriate that I tell I am thankful for YOU, dear reader.  Thank you for following my ...

Weekend Recap: Shopping friends. Forever friends.

This past weekend, I enjoyed one of my very favorite weekends of the year.  You see, every November (or sometimes, it has been December), seven of my dearest friends and I go on our "Annual Chicago Shopping Weekend". Eighteen years ago, most of us were all working and teaching in the same elementary building.  We played ...

Weekend Recap: It’s beginning to look a lot like Thanksgiving!

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who shared some of your favorite make-up products!  I am excited to try some new mascara and other items.  I love it when you share your favorites.  Thank you, thank you!  In case you didn't get a chance to read Friday's post...it's right here Fun ...

Fun Friday Favorites: It’s all about make-up

It's hard to believe that November is almost half over.  And you all.  I need to get a move on my Christmas shopping.  I want to have my shopping done and gifts wrapped by the second week in December.  I realize these are high hopes, but we've all gotta dream. Today, I'm excited to talk about ...

Dinner Club gals and Chicken Tortellini Soup…the BEST soup EVER

Well friends, I am about to share with you some of my very favorite people and one of my very favorite soup recipes. A long time ago, I taught with some very dear friends...Adri, Rhoda, Sara, and Julie.  We had a Dinner Club.  We got together once a month at each other's houses and shared a ...

Weekend Recap: Movies, basketball, and “God moments”

The Christmas spirit is ramping up at our house.  No.  I haven't started decorating.  Yet.  But we are definitely getting our spirit of Christmas fired up. Friday evening was a night spent just as we had planned...watching a Christmas movie and hanging out.  The boys picked The Polar Express.  Completely acceptable to this mom.  But by Saturday ...

Fun Friday Favorites: Fashion, family, and Christmas dishes & decor

November is here and friends, I am ready for some snow. ( If you dislike snow, then disregard what I just wrote.  And the next paragraph.) Ever since Nate heard that it might snow, he's been asking and anticipating it...just like his mama.  If the weather forecasters are correct, we may see some snow flurries next ...

Dinners: You win some, you lose some

Yesterday I was thinking that I haven't shared a recipe on the blog in a long time.  My reasons for this are justified.  I'm guessing you already know how to make chicken nuggets.  And chili.  And frozen pizza.  And grilled cheese sandwiches.  Glamorous.  Just glamorous, I know. Well, this week, I've turned a new leaf.  I've ...

Only 50 days until Christmas…

I realize we've just celebrated Halloween.  It's evident with the amount of candy we have around our house.  Not to mention that yesterday, I found two big bags of candy that I forgot I hid....in hopes of it lasting until Halloween so we could fill up the trick-or-treaters' buckets.  I hid it too well.  Because ...