Journal

#2,566 Our Last Year of Normal.

In years past my year end reviews documented mostly small happenings that were deeply important to us, the long walks on cool days, the pasta for s...

#2,565 Ashliegh’s Getting Married.

Ashliegh has been working for us in all the crazy career changes we’ve made since 2014. She was with us at Lucky Luxe shipping orders, then on the ...

#2,564 People Person.

Ben lives and breathes to talk to everyone who walks in our store. He finds connections between them, long lost cousins who once worked in the tow...

#2,563 Busted Biscuits.

Well, so, we’ve had our fun since Thanksgiving. We’ve eaten everything we wanted without regard for our pant size or lifespan. Tonight I saw this a...

#2,562 Travelin’ Home.

After lunch with Ben’s sweet family, we loaded up the Wagoneer for the loooong drive home. Well, it’s only 4 hours but it feels like every bit of 8...

#2,561 Napier Christmas Day.

Because Ben’s family is spread out across the state, this year it was easiest for everyone to be together today for Christmas. So it was round 2 of...

#2,560 Christmas Day.

Each year we have our same traditions to celebrate Jesus being born. Each year the photos we take and share feel so similar to the year before, the...

#2,559 Christmas Eve.

I don’t know what it was about last year, but I never really felt the Christmas spirit the way I had in years past. And I’d be lying if I said I di...

#2,558 You’ve Got Mail.

After the second busiest day we’ve had yet at the Mercantile, I was craving time on the couch. When mama texted and said she’d made ham and cheese ...

#2,557 Now We’re Cookin.

This will go down as the most boring entry of my life, but in the interest of being real, I have to explain what a huge deal it was for me to final...

#2,556 Riding Around.

In high school, riding in a car with the sunroof open or a convertible with the top down was the absolute greatest moment of freedom that could be ...