Books and Hobbies Archive

  • A Gleektastic New Goal

    A Gleektastic New Goal

    I am all for having goals. I think they are therapeutic, inspiring, and can be good for the soul.  However, please do not mistake goals for resolutions. I have previously posted regarding my distaste for resolutions.  In my opinion, they are not even in the same league as goals. The difference?  It’s taken me approximately 25 years [...]

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  • I Never Would Have Made it on the Prairie!

    I Never Would Have Made it on the Prairie!

    I was first introduced to Laura Ingalls Wilder at about the age of 8 and grew immediately enamored with her life.  I used to dream about “Ma” and “Pa” and would imagine myself gallivanting my little country self around the prairie, wheat rustling against my skirt (because, um, it was the 1800s and every chick wore [...]

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  • Mother’s Day

    Mother’s Day

    First of all, I would like to wish a Happy (belated) Mother’s Day to everyone!  If I’ve learned anything as a mom it’s that the title “Mother” carries a very broad definition.  There are many people out there who deserve recognition for being a loving care-taker who may have no traditional “children” to speak of.  [...]

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  • Huge Thanks to my Hubby!!

    Huge Thanks to my Hubby!!

    In all the hubub of premiering my new website design I forgot to do one very important thing…apply my Monday pore-refining mask.  No worries, I’ll do that tonight. Pore-refinement aside, I also realized that I have neglected something else… a HUMONGOUS THANK YOU to my better half!  My husband, Jer, is a very hard worker and certainly isn’t rich in [...]

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  • “Hit the road, Jack” Pioneer Woman or Bust!

    “Hit the road, Jack” Pioneer Woman or Bust!

    Roadtrip!  As you are reading this I am currently on my way to meet the infamous Pioneer Woman, a.k.a. Ree Drummond!  My sister Brandy, girlfriend Val, and I are heading up north to have our cookbooks signed by the woman my husband has dubbed “the best author in the entire world.”  I am so excited to meet this [...]

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