Growing up we always had the traditional Advent calendar. The ones I remember from my childhood days were nothing like the Advent Calendars of today. The ones I remember definitely had a Christian theme to them and the countdown to Christmas was more of a Continue reading →
Turkey and Thanksgiving go hand in hand and I always have to share my one turkey teapot during Thanksgiving week. This year is no different and I just had to pull it out and share the teapot that I love this time of year. King Continue reading →
A repost from several years ago but this is something that has been on my mind lately. Let me know what you think. Grace isn’t fair. Have you ever thought about that? At church this past Sunday the message was about grace. I sat and Continue reading →
I just discovered a great writing prompt. It basically was to go to Craigslist and looked for Missed Connections. Honestly, I did not even know this existed. But it is a thing and obviously it is not MY thing but it is a thing. So Continue reading →
Have you ever had a moment that you just wanted to freeze forever? One of those moments that just fills your heart with so much happiness and joy that it is unimaginable? This past weekend I had several of those. A trip to New Jersey Continue reading →
There are days aren’t there? Days when the overwhelmingness of life weighs heavy and the stress knot in the back of the neck grows from the size of a penny to the size of a grapefruit. Days when it is very difficult to see beyond Continue reading →
Today’s Teapot Tuesday is a cute Fitz and Floyd collectible teapot with an herb garden theme. There is nothing like fresh herbs to liven up a recipe and I have always had an herb garden so you can imagine that i loved finding this teapot Continue reading →
I saw a tweet this morning that made me pause. It wasn’t a negative tweet. It wasn’t one that upset me or even one that I could quote. But the title of it was “Please pause for a minute”. So I did. And when I Continue reading →
Back when I first started blogging I did a lot of blog hop type posts and posts where we all shared a bit about myself. It was fun and an easy way to publish a post. Recently my friend Susi from Sincerely Susi shared a Continue reading →
The United States is a pretty amazing place to live. Yes, we have our problems but then what country doesn’t ? But when it all comes down to it we have a country that is pretty wonderful and I am reminded each and every day Continue reading →
