When I finally reach my hotel there is only about half an hour until my event begins and I am plagued by two things: 1) I am starving because I haven't eaten since I left my house at six thirty in the morning and 2) WHAT HAS CHICAGO DONE TO MY HAIR? Apparently wandering around the outside of the … [Read more...] about Hey, I Just Met You | Visiting Chicago (v3)
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner | Visiting Chicago (v2)
My next task is to get on a shuttle to my hotel. This seems completely do-able, even for a directionally challenged person such as myself. I mean, sure I manage to get lost on my way to the mall in the town that I grew up in and once I ended up in Alabama when trying to go to the tag office that is … [Read more...] about Winner Winner Chicken Dinner | Visiting Chicago (v2)
Well Goodbye, Earl | Visiting Chicago (v1)
Note: epic awkwardness is about to ensue. First of all, I hate flying. I think we can all agree that my tendency towards the slightly neurotic + my obsessive compulsive anxiety disorder do not make for a calm, collected, somewhat rational flyer. No. My fear of flying is well documented because … [Read more...] about Well Goodbye, Earl | Visiting Chicago (v1)
DaySpring Share Your Story | On Gardening and 7
This is tactile now. A literal I-can-see-the-fruit-of-my-labor success as I pluck a strawberry from our garden. This little berry from a combination of soil and water and sun and love. We planted a garden and here it is and feels like a tiny little miracle. Mostly because of the fact that we … [Read more...] about DaySpring Share Your Story | On Gardening and 7
Project Life 2012: Week Twenty Eight (The Mom Creative + Free Printables)
This week I am guest hosting the Project Life Tuesday link-up over at The Mom Creative! Here's a peek at one of my pages. You can click here to see the rest of my pages + the full two page spread over there as well as add your own project life project to the official link-up! I created the two 3x4 … [Read more...] about Project Life 2012: Week Twenty Eight (The Mom Creative + Free Printables)
My Friendship Comes With A Warning Label
This is a (slightly edited for privacy) email that I sent to my one my best friends a few weeks ago. I was in the process of re-designing her husband's website and might have been indulging in a bit of wine (read: arbor mist) while writing their new "about us" section. This is just a warning that if … [Read more...] about My Friendship Comes With A Warning Label
