On Marriage and Love and How Hard It Is Some Days

Some days I happen across something and I sit down to share a link or a quote on Facebook and then I realize I have a lot to say about that ... today is one of those days. I just read this post from the beautiful Kristen Welch at We Are THAT Family — There Is Nothing Quite as Sexy as a Man who Loves His Wife.  I copied this small part of her post to share on my Facebook page thinking it might encourage others. It’s so easy in this life to name all the things our husbands don’t do. And most ... [Read More]

Why & How I Created My Fall Capsule Wardrobe

I sort of began explaining this last week ... but wanted to give a little more information about why and how I created my capsule wardrobe for this fall. Two main questions have come up since I posted last week. The first is always "Why??" My friends at church and at ball games have looked at me like I have two heads when I say I've narrowed my closet down to under 50 items to wear for the next three months. Here's the deal: my life is really busy right now. Between football games, family ... [Read More]

What I Learned in August

Hi everyone! It's time to join Emily and a ton of other lovelies to share what lessons the past month has brought. Welcome to the August 2014 of What I Learned!  Finding a rhythm takes time. Y'all, we are 3+ weeks into the school year and still haven't managed to find a good flow. I'm determined not to rush the process and make my family crazy with my need for routine. We'll get there ... and about the time we do, football season will be over and we'll start basketball and it will all be ... [Read More]

for your weekend

{This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.}   Oh y'all! My favorite time of year has arrived — college football season!! Last night Texas A&M beat Steve Spurrier's team at South Carolina without Johnny Manziel and I was delighted! The Vandy game was delayed due to rain and didn't kick off until almost 10 pm. If I hadn't been exhausted from helping unpack at my grandparent's new house all day ... [Read More]

My Fall Capsule Wardrobe {an experiment}

{This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase through them I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.} Okay, so I'm definitely not a fashion blogger. However, I do love to look cute AND I have a limited clothing budget {and what I do have typically ends up being spent on my girl ... can a momma get an "amen" on that??}. I mentioned last week my interest in developing a capsule wardrobe.  I have several reasons I wanted to give this a go — but the biggest ... [Read More]

On Fruit and Monday Mornings

{This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase through them I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.} Some Monday mornings don't look quite like we had planned. I had all sorts of plans for this Monday morning. Most of them centered around coffee, the Ellie Holcomb station on Pandora, and a ton of writing. But the fruit ... oh the fruit. The fruit so desperately needing to be turned into something else before the fruit fly invasion began. The fruit ... [Read More]