Yes, thatisa half-scorched toaster on my driveway right now. With the remains of a charred bagel still inside. That’s just the kind of week it’s been. And then there have been project deadlines and laundry that refuses to wash itself and Bible studies to try to find the strength to lead. And those were all […]
Remember the good ol’ days when friends could just pop in on each other, unannounced? Yeah, that was before my time, too. These days, we cringe at the thought of someone surprising us on our doorstep, but that’s a post for another day. Today, I am popping in for a surprise visit on a friend […]
If you’ve seenmy latest arrangement of non-seasonal decor in the kitchen you may have noticed there’s no chalkboard in the mix. (I know– shocking!) But since I didn’t use one there, I had to have one on the cafe shelves. So, I threw one in as the focal point of an otherwise traditional and classic […]
Once upon a time, we had a plan to put floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in our library. Then, time went on and I found a rickety ladder in the basement and called it a bookshelf. And then we kept finding better things to spend money on, like straight teeth for the kids and a family vaca to […]
…They’re not just some wise words sung by Peter Brady in his awkward adolescent years. They’re also pretty good advice when it comes to decorating. And since we’ve spent a few days at home being snowed in, I’ve been doing a little rearranging myself around here. If you start to feel a little blah about […]
