she’s so stink’n awesome!

and she’s gentle, kind, loving, adorable and amazingly… C.R.E.A.T.I.V.E.  Do you buy TOMS shoes? We do. Although I don’t have any yet 😦 (Note to self… Add TOMS shoes to your wish list) Riley (adorable daughter no.2) has several pairs and every pair she buys a little TOMS bag comes with the shoes. So cute

31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 15: “Mini Envelope Tutorial”

I still do somethings the old fashion way. I just like keeping my hands busy. If you’ve read my blog for awhile, you already know that I tend to save a lot of junk. I seem to think that I might need it for a craft project someday.   I usually find something to do with

skirting an issue & justifying another

I’m a groupie, I’ll admit it. I follow, I browse and glean tons of info from the blogs I follow. I have one or two blogs I read everyday, don’t always comment but I read and take note of topics I want to come back to. That is why, for me anyway, that I often

he doesn’t bring me flowers…but that’s okay!

Does your hubby bring you surprises? Flowers. Chocolate. Lingerie (blush) Mine does on occasion…brings me surprises, not lingerie 🙂 For a man it can be hard to know what his woman wants I mean we are complicated by design and our emotions sometimes get out of hand. But for the most part our job should

Welcome To My Cozy Porch

Last weekend I painted my ugly front door It was hideous as you might recall It’s okay…my feelings won’t be hurt if you agree with me So this week, day by day, I fluffed I added a chair that I had in my kitchen It was dubbed the “queen’s chair” because that is where I

Radish Harvest & My Sweet Tooth

My first attempt at gardening continues to reap rewards of veggie loveliness Aren’t these the prettiest radishes you’ve ever laid eyes on? Would you agree that I’ve gone off the deep end here? But really…they are pretty. Except for those little pesky green worms who lost their lives when I caught them munching on the