Ever have those kind of days where, after the fact,  you continue to relive it over and over in your brain?  Just thinking over the festivities of that day and every detail that made it special..  The first time I ever did this was for my wedding.  I was awake all night and unable to […]

Tomorrow marks 2 full years of life under our belts with these sweet twin babies.  I remember walking through the clothing racks as a new mom when they were just weeks old and picking up size 18 months and 2T clothing and thought – how can these little things ever fit into this?  Ever?? I […]

The last 7 days I feel like Ive been going about a million miles a minute.  Life in general isn’t  particularly busy (but, it is always busy), work is fine – I have my little sticky note of task lists every day and I successfully get through them during this crazy time of year for […]

When I decided (last minute) to do the #30daysofthanks via social media, I didnt realize how stressful it might be.  Stressful in a good way.. not like pull my hair out kind.  It was sort of like the time I tried three times to document a ‘day in the life’ post and finally I got […]

Every day I am thankful.  but today holds a special place on the calendar for remembering what all we are and have been thankful for in this last year.  this year has brought many surprises, disappointments, praises, blessings, excitement, and at times, anger and confusion. but i am thankful for all of it. all of […]

Risotto has never fallen off the fancy train, so I’d call this meal fit for company AND a weeknight.  Of course it always gets a bad rap.  TAKES FOREVER.  Really.  Really it doesn’t.  This recipe, start to finish, is less than 45 minutes.  That includes all the chopping, roasting, and stirring. Typically I read my […]