As I was reading through all the posts on Thanksgiving preparations and shopping, along with the travels others are doing, it got me thinking on Thanksgivings past. I remember certain dishes, the lace tablecloth, the fancy china and real silver silverware (and hating the fact we had to polish it beforehand and hand wash it afterwards...) I remember candle light, beauty, warmth and contentment... … [Read more...]
The World Wide Web Is So Amazing!!!
November 15, 2012 by · 3 Comments
The title of this post seems like it should be something that I would be proclaiming in the early to mid 90's but here I am in 2012 saying hello to the internet and maybe appreciating this renewed introduction more than ever. I have mentioned before how I live in the country and how it sometimes feels that we are living in Africa in comparison to the rest of the world, well the past … [Read more...]
Our Houseboat Vacation 2012
November 1, 2012 by · 10 Comments
Late 2011 I started thinking about what I wanted to do for a vacation with the kids this year...Not the 'my parents are paying for it' vacation, but the 'I've got this' vacation! We all love the water and so I thought we should get a cabin by the lake or something like that. In my Google search, house-boating came up. Most of what I could find was out of our price range, but I finally … [Read more...]
NWA Boutique Show VIP Tickets, Bliss Cupcake & the Global Shoppe {Giveaway for NW Arkansas}
October 30, 2012 by · 46 Comments
Congrats to Jacqueline Presley for winning the giveaway!!!! WOW! Jacqueline is going to start to write for this blog starting soon so I almost picked someone else to be "fair" but since she isn't writing for me yet, not picking her would be even MORE unfair. :) I'm so happy that she won, for everyone else, thanks for entering and hope to see you this weekend! ********** I absolutely love … [Read more...]