Each year, around February 1, Anne at Modern Mrs. Darcy asks her readers, “What’s saving your life right now?” The timing isn’t accidental; it comes at that point in the winter when we’re all just about over it. This year I thought I would play along by sharing some of the things, both large and…
Life Stuff
So We Bought a Lake Place
You’ve probably noticed more references to the lake lately, both in the blog and on Instagram. Some of you have messaged me to ask if we bought a lake place and yes, back in September, we bought a condo at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, which is about 2 1/2 hours from where we…
Our Thanksgiving in Pictures
Thanksgiving is normally a busy time at our house, with a full dinner table on Thursday and a house full of extended family on Saturday. This year it was just the five of us for obvious reasons, and while I hated the reason for the change in tradition, I did enjoy the more low-key holiday….
Life Lately
Life feels like it is slowly returning to normal, or what now passes for normal anyway. As we start to emerge from the stay at home order it’s hard to even remember what the last couple of months have consisted of, but my cell phone camera has some clues. Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate…
Three Ways to Use Pinterest
Create group boards. If you’re planning a project that involves other people, group Pinterest boards are an easy way to share ideas. When my sister-in-law and I were planning a baby shower for our niece, we created a group Pinterest board where we each pinned our favorite ideas. A friend and I shared a board…
One Year Later: My Resolution to Read More
At the beginning of 2019, I made a resolution to read more. I wrote about it here. My original goal was to read 3 books a month, or 36 books for the year. I quickly revised that to 24-30 books, and I ended the year up with 25 books read. About halfway through the year,…
Some Florida Things
We are just back from Pensacola, Florida where we went to see my sister’s boyfriend retire from a 23-year career with the Navy. It was such a moving ceremony and it was an honor to be there. The retirement ceremony took place in the National Naval Aviation Air Museum which is such an amazing place….
An Engagement!
Two weeks ago our oldest Lindsey got engaged to her boyfriend Morgan. He took her to a little winery that has become “their place” and proposed to her in the vineyards. The super sweet owner of the winery helped him with a lot of the details, and then Morgan had parents, grandparents, siblings, and a…
A Places to Go and Things to Do List
Do you have a bucket list? I have put together lists like these in the past but they felt overwhelming and like too much pressure. Lately, however, I’ve circled back around to this idea and have begun creating a list of things I regularly think and dream about, but in a no pressure kind of…
And He’s Off to New York
Last month our youngest, Grant, graduated from Saint Louis University and started a new job in … New York City! You guys, I’m not gonna lie, this development has been tough on this mom, but he is absolutely living his dream, so it’s all good. It’s great, actually. He is living in Brooklyn for the…
