Right now, I'm going through my blog drafts pile - finishing the ones that I want to publish and trashing the ones that need to be cleaned up. This was one that I felt needed to be saved even though all that I had written was three sentences. Last year at this time I was… Continue reading Reflections on Our Wedding Day
I always think it is fun to hear the story behind a name, so I thought it would be fun to share ours. We have two children, a daughter - Catherine Joy, and a son - Theodore David. A little backstory on us and child naming - we have been talking about child names since… Continue reading What’s in a name?
Currently, in real life (as they say) we are going through our stuff and preparing to move. The packing and culling and preparing for a fresh start are leaking over into my online presence too. So I've been going through my archives of post drafts and I think I'm going to give some of them… Continue reading Going through the archives
Well here it is folks, the 4th annual Hillbilly Days Food Guide! This was our 5th year attending the Hillbilly Days festival, our first with 2 kids and our last as Pikeville residents. The pressure was on to make it a good one and we did but with 2 littles in tow, we had to… Continue reading Hillbilly Days Food Guide ’18
One of my favorite things to do is to hold my children. I often think about my failings as a mother. The times I'm just too lazy or tired to make a home-cooked meal, when I say no to reading just one more book, or whether or not I am using the right kind of… Continue reading To hold my children
My Love, It is easy to transport myself back, almost 10 years ago, to the BCM House. We met in the fall of Freshman year, but you were quiet, unassuming, and in the background. In the spring of Freshman year, I started to notice you and the more I noticed you, the more I wanted to… Continue reading To my Love, on our 5th Anniversary
Freedom isn't free. A phrase I've probably heard for most of my life. This weekend that phrase has been rolling around in my head as I think about Memorial Day. It started when a fellow Beautycounter consultant posted that as a servicemember's wife, it Memorial Day sales always bother her. Then I started thinking about… Continue reading Freedom isn’t Free
The Hillbilly Days Food Guide always makes me want to get back into blogging regularly. It is a really good creative outlet for me but I don't always have the time. I'm hoping to be able to make some more time for creative outlets soon so I might be back, we'll see. Anyway, in addition… Continue reading My Sunday Best v.1
Hillbilly Days Ya'll. Hillbilly Days. I woke up Thursday morning full of anticipation for the fried food bonanza that was to come. My day at Hillbilly Days always starts with a lap around the vendor areas to get the lay of the land. It is my favorite time at the festival. In the early hours, while… Continue reading Hillbilly Days Food Guide ’17
And so it begins. I was first introduced to Hillbilly Days by my co-workers in the IT department at UPIKE. I don't remember the exact time, but knowing them they probably didn't make it through the first work day without mentioning the glory and awesomeness that is Hillbilly Days. They were obsessed. They had a… Continue reading Preparation Day
Adventures of Our Own 