Living Locally: Wit & Whimsy {Fayetteville}

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Photo Credit to Rebecca Pilotte Photography  As part of our Living Locally series I've started this spring, I decided to poll my friends on Facebook and when I'd see people I'd ask them all sorts of shopping questions, specifically,  what their favorite local places to shop were and why. Most people got excited about 1 or 2 stores and had a quick  pitch of why they liked each place. After … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday: Gus & Lola

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I'm in Texas this week visiting my mom's side of the family. A file was pulled out full of photos and stories and I fell in love with this one. I've poured over papers, snippets of information and names of people I'd never heard. I found out that our family has a coat of arms- "Be Faithful" is our motto. Above is my Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother, Gus and Lola. He was Scottish and she … [Read more...]

Real Love Series: Alicia’s Story Part 1

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If you haven’t read the Introduction to this series, I recommend that you do. We are sharing Real Love stories. Stories that have hurt, pain but maturity and ultimately, JOY. In a culture that is so fast paced, self-focused and all about the falling in love part of our story with no concept of afterwards, we here at the Busy Nothings are striving to sit back and share from our own experiences … [Read more...]

Baked Chicken with Tomato & Basil {Gluten Free}

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As a lot of you already know, lately I've been struggling with my 2 year old's nutrition. The other day I posted a snarky Facebook update at 2 am in an exhausted frustration after denying my child an alternate dinner in a (desperate) attempt to get him to be less picky. The result of my firm line of parenting is that he was wide awake screeching he was hungry! We had a banana snack around 2:30 am … [Read more...]