Blog posts tagged with Everyday Life

Chris and I gave each other event gifts this year. We have found that we both really enjoy the chance to get away together - doing something togeth...

One of my favorite page themes is showing a photo of hands and then journaling the story of all the things those hands do in a day - or have done o...

"Traveling mercies,"...this is what they always say when one of us goes off for awhile. Traveling mercies: love the journey, God is with you, come ...

"More bubbles." Sure thing buddy. We found a cool bubble *thing* at the dollar store the other day. It came with three sizes of hoops - a large one...

A few years ago (probably more than a few in reality) my Mom prepared a gift similar to the one in the photo for a shower she was attending. This g...

Thanks so much for all your comments and emails yesterday regarding being content. There is always something refreshing about recognizing our share...

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and weal...

My sweet girl. My companion. She is such a sounder - meaning that she will bark and bark and bark but probably not do anything about it. Today she ...

A couple people asked to see a sample page from my class last weekend. This is one day out of seven. We used these cool Scrapworks albums that have...

Happy Monday from home. Just a fun little photo of me and Carrie while visiting her Aunt Chris (aka: Sugar Aunt Chris) in Dallas. Seeing friends is...

Just getting the last minute things ready to go around here. Burning my class presentation to disk - I love Keynote (which is basically Powerpoint ...

[ CAPTIVATE: v : attract; cause to be enamored ] This morning I thought I would share a few things that have been captivating me lately. • the daff...

Chris found a nice little article online today about Raising Onlies - as in "only child." We talk on and off about having only one child. For us, r...

Hello yellow. Hard to be grumpy with beauty like this staring me in the face. And yet, I have had a grumpy day. Simon had a grumpy day too. A chall...

Hungry? Check out: 101 Cookbooks. I bought Heidi's vegetarian cookbook Cook 1.0 recently to try something new and different. The photos in this boo...

One of the things I love most about this house is the backyard. Big. On a sunny day I could stay out there for hours. Digging in the dirt. Planting...

I had a comment posted from Gina yesterday asking about my camera. I am using a Canon Digital Rebel - lately with a fixed 50mm lens. The lens came ...