Journal

#1,083 The Polar Express.

Tonight the youth group hosted a fundraiser movie night at the old theatre next door and we were amazed by how many families came out for it. Almos...

#1,082 Downtown Tree Lighting.

We were so surprised and excited to see a big crowd tonight at the downtown Laurel Christmas tree lighting. We walked over from home with the dogs ...

#1,081 Hankies.

I’m trying a new handkerchief supplier and 250 arrived this morning… Folded. Folded, then ironed so the creases would be extra creased actually. Th...

#1,080 Orange & Clove.

When I was little, our house was on the annual Holiday Tour of Homes. We’d just finished building it and it was still brand new. I was only about 8...

#1,079 Stockings.

On Thanksgiving, Ben’s mama sewed stockingsfor us that are exactly the simple, handmade thing I wanted. They’re made of the same dropcloth as our c...

#1,078 Winter Green.

I (sadly) disposed of my beautifully blooming mums this afternoon and filled those pots with wintery green and white for the porch steps—rosemary, ...

#1,077 Egg Bowl Thanksgiving.

It was Thanksgiving at mama and daddy’s house, and we celebrated all day long. I mean, it was a non-stop party from lunch until bedtime. These are ...

#1,076 4 Years.

Thanksgiving landing on the 22nd sort of foiled the possibility of having an anniversary like Ben normally plans, so we decided today we would spen...

#1,075 Thanksgiving + 4th Anniversary + Christmas.

Thanksgiving. Our 4th wedding anniversary. Such a fun and good day. So many sweet things happened and I’m going to let the pictures do most of the ...

#1,074 Pre-Decorating.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but since I took the day off and we’ve noticed people really jumping the gun on putting up their trees, we got antsy and ...

#1,073 Planner + Coke.

I stayed up until 3 am this morning completing the text for one of the new sections of the soon-to-be new Lucky Luxe website. If you ever want to k...

#1,072 Go Big or Go Home.

Today we made a facebook page for Ben’s city council campaign and we’ve been overwhelmed with all the encouragement he’s already getting. Yay for m...