by Anna | Aug 19, 2015 | #realmomconfessions, lifeblog
When you write from the heart, you can’t force words to surface. And so it’s been a week of quiet here, at the fence, but in our home it’s been anything but quiet. Our house has been listed for weeks now with no offers, zero interest, all negative...
by Anna | May 14, 2014 | lifeblog
I want to tell you a little about our baby girl, and life in these past few weeks. And it’s going to be in bullet points, because #newborn. =) Our sweet little Josie girl turned three weeks old today, and our lives have never been richer. Or sleepier. This baby,...
by Anna | Dec 11, 2013 | lifeblog, Reader Favorites
Two weeks before Christmas, and an empty, undecorated tree stands lonely in the corner. A small pile of gifts are unwrapped, tucked away in a cupboard from peeking eyes. The kitchen is somewhere beneath itself, as mice decided to move in for a night and now the...
by Anna | Jun 6, 2013 | lifeblog
I’m not sure how my fingers were led to these keys. The prompt has more than one meaning, and of course I gravitated towards my favorite one =) I just finished a book with a sad beginning, and I think that’s why my brain took my fingertips where it did....
by Anna | May 29, 2013 | lifeblog
As an at-home mom (a mom at all), I invest in someone besides myself. There is a little tiny person who needs my attention, love, creativity, patience, kindness and arms. My dear son is so high energy, so fearless, so sweetly demanding of all that I am. I...
by Anna | Apr 16, 2013 | recipes
Soup is, perhaps, the ultimate comfort food. When one feels ill, soup. On a rainy or chilly day, soup. For heartbreak, soup. And so it was that last night, the only thing on my mind for supper was soup. All is not right in the world. When bombs explode. When we...
by Anna | Apr 11, 2013 | lifeblog
I want to fill this new shiny space with joy, only sweetness, all things pink and sugary. I have a book review due two hours ago and a cookbook review&giveaway slated for two days ago. There are adorable pictures from our Easter Sunday waiting to be uploaded, and...
by Anna | Oct 4, 2012 | lifeblog
of October!!———-One of the reasons I love blogging is that I love to read blogs. I’m a big ol’ snoop. If I use your bathroom, chances are I may have peeked in your medicine cabinet. I KNOW!! It’s a character flaw. I just love...
by Anna | Sep 10, 2012 | lifeblog
My Boy is nearing his 9 month birthday, and I’ve started planning his first birthday celebration! Though it’s three months away yet, I’m convinced that you can’t start too early, especially for something around the holidays. You can plan along...
by Anna | Aug 29, 2012 | lifeblog
Baking is therapy. Husby knows that a long day = pecan pie, a day rough around the edges = chocolate chip cookies, and if it requires a trip to the fancy carpeted grocery for specialty ingredients, just stay away until I’ve had a bite. Baking is kind of...