I wrote this last year for a design blog and decided to re-post it for everyone one who is wrapping up Christmas gifts this week! This is a fun way to recycle all the crumpled bunches of tissue you saved to reuse then never did or the pieces of wrapping paper that were aren't needed. It's also fun to personalize little things on Christmas gifts and make them unique to go with your … [Read more...]
New Year, New You
December 16, 2011 by · 3 Comments
If 2012 doesn't finish with the world ending, my hope is that over the year my whole family will be healthier from eating more raw foods, organic and all natural than we have been. If you've followed my blog over the last year, you have seen my journey as I've explored cooking healthier and gluten free; first because I HAD to because Ben lost his job so we couldn't eat out as much AND for Bear … [Read more...]
A Fine Dime: Date Night on a Dime
December 14, 2011 by · 2 Comments
The first time I met Shannon from NWA Motherlode I was lugging a huge diaper bag, an infant carrier and a cranky baby. We locked eyes and I saw an instant connection. She smiled in a way that told me she'd been there, understood and handed me a card to her web page about MOMS. Last summer, I had the privilege to meet her again, along with her counterpart Gwen, and have enjoyed getting to know … [Read more...]
Diary of an overweight girl in the back of the aerobics class
December 12, 2011 by · 4 Comments
I told a couple of friends about this post and they were a little dismayed with me once again putting way too much out there- "you aren't overweight!" they kindly said, BUT, although I AM healthy... the government's standards of height to weight puts me in that category. Anyways I'm working out, so who cares what a flipping number says on a scale RIGHT?! until... I realize that I REALLY am the … [Read more...]