Looking for an easy, no-prep, last minute  Thanksgiving activity  for the kiddos?  Well, look no further!  Here are 2 super fun printable s...

When hubby and I first started dating, we were grad students and super strapped for cash.  For our first Valentine's day, I gave hubby...

Hubby and I love seeing things glow in the dark. We've taken photos with glow sticks (and then cut them up to see what was inside- muah...

"Don't think.  Thinking is the enemy of creativity.  It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.  You can't...

Disappointments.  Fears.  Worries about the future.  Problems with a second pregnancy.  A break-up.  Struggles with job-hunting.  Illegal re...

I never know what to get people as gifts.  Maybe you're like me?  I walk through the entire store several times.  Each time around, I fi...

"Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book.  Write a good one."  ~ Brad Paisley Happy New Year!   Here's how...

So I took the plunge and tried creating illustrations to go with my "Give Thanks" poem.  Instead of taking the traditional paper a...

(Click here to see an   illustrated copy of this poem !) Give thanks when a bright sun warms the sky, and thanks for each gent...

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever..  ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau      Jellyfish from Pink ...

Did you know that people actually compete for the best worst writing?  Every year since 1982, writers entered their worst opening sentences ...

Our apartment is quiet again. I miss her already. Why do I always take photos of our feet? “In friendship…we think we have chose...

I can't believe how time has flown by.  It's now been a month since we left Holland and moved back East. I still miss Michigan, bu...

Last week I celebrated my 31st birthday.  I don't know about you, but there's something about birthdays and New Years that mak...

Hubby and I still enjoy hunting for funny signs and license plates.  Here are some that we recently spotted: To see other funny s...

I recently got the chance to read that famous Christmas letter and response.  I enjoyed reading it so much that I posted it down below (with...

Our town published some children's letters to Santa in the local newspaper.  Here are two that I found particularly humorous: Dear San...

Hubby went out of town and will be back tomorrow.  Baby Chuck missed him so much that he wrote him a letter: *****************************...

What a lovely, lazy Sunday, when breakfast is eaten for lunch, and a long-awaited nap helps the afternoon to  slip right by 

Lately I've been finding myself praying for more more patience, more peace, more wisdom, more hope, more understanding more streng...