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  • Macaroni and Cheese {a culinary love story}

    When we were married, my husband brought into our marriage the gift of his family’s recipe for homemade macaroni and cheese.  It was his dowry of sorts.  Never mind that I don’t particularly care for macaroni and cheese,  I love my husband and I love that macaroni and cheese is one of the four things…

  • The Bee’s Knees

    . . . or at least his mama thinks so 🙂 Don’t you love that blazer?  $3 consignment sale find . . . love that!

  • November Sponsors {and a giveaway winner}

    I am delighted to introduce you to this month’s sponsors!   First up, my warm thanks to sponsor, Katie Lloyd Photography.  I just love her food photography and her scripture art! Many thanks, also, to the talented Lisa Leonard, who needs no introduction!  I will be hosting a giveaway for Lisa in the next few days…

  • Harmony Acres Farm

    Wynn and I recently had the fun of visiting a working family farm here in Western North Carolina.   Don’t you think it is fascinating to see how other families live and work?  I do-especially after leaving our “normal” suburban American, 2 salary lifestyle to follow the dreams God has written in our hearts.  Our lives…

  • {In my mind} I’ve gone to Carolina . . .

    We are still in the Carolinas (now North Carolina) and we are enjoying the most beautiful fall along the blue ridge. Thanks to all who asked for updated Michigan beach cottage pictures.  New pictures and decorating ideas are coming soon!  I expect a good coat of snow will be waiting our arrival back in Michigan…

  • cottage curb appeal

    A dutch door, like the one pictured above,  is on my “long-term” wish list for our beach cottage.  I am saving my pretty pennies for one.  So much charm. In the meantime, I am working on painting the front door that we already have “Heritage Red” by Benjamin Moore.  It is a bright lipstick red:…

  • Getting my Ducks in a Row

    I spent some time this weekend going back through old posts and putting together a table of contents of sorts.  I realized that I have written nearly 400 posts and that a lot of content is hidden far back and therefore hard to find.  So I’ve hopefully got my ducks in a row now and I hope…

  • The Beach Cottage {what lies beneath}

    How about a beach cottage renovation update? The flooring guy came last week and tore all of the carpet out of the cottage. Signal the halleluiah chorus!  We learned from our local historical society that our cottage dates back to at least 1888 (that is the earliest record they have on the house).  The hardwoods…

  • {Answers to your Questions}

    Thank you so much for all of the heart-felt questions.  I was humbled by them.  As promised, here are the questions and their answers in a more readable format.  Be blessed! Was downsizing for your family harder than you thought it would be? Or it easier ? Great question! I would say that overall downsizing…

  • {Q&A}

    Since it is always more fun to feel like you really know the author behind the blog, I thought I would do what I have seen other bloggers do recently and open up the comments section to your questions for me{whatever they may be-decorating, parenting, cloth diapering, Jesus} and my answers back to you . .…