
1. Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke | 2. No Biggie | 3. Tatertots and Jello | 4. The Idea Room | 5. TidyMom | 6. Dine & Dish | 7. Skip to My Lou | 8. House of Smiths | 9. I Heart Faces | 10. Nest of Posies | 11. The Inspired Room | [...]
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1. Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke | 2. No Biggie | 3. Tatertots and Jello | 4. The Idea Room | 5. TidyMom | 6. Dine & Dish | 7. Skip to My Lou | 8. House of Smiths | 9. I Heart Faces | 10. Nest of Posies | 11. The Inspired Room | [...]

An interesting thing has been happening in the world of blogging over the past couple of years. You may have noticed the surge in “from blogger to book deals” happening. It seems like every time I open my browser, I see an announcement of a blogger who is now writing a cookbook. There are some [...]

It’s that time of month again… the time where I share an exclusive discount code for Green Mountain Coffee! From now until April 21st, you can use the code STOREWIDE8125 at www.greenmountaincoffee.com to receive 15% off your order, storewide! From K-Cups to brewers to gifts and accessories… use this discount to fill your cart up [...]

One of my favorite Instagram photos from the week. January 27th: As I mentioned in this post, Kelly is taking a cake decorating class for 4-H. We’be been practicing, practicing, practicing! If you have any helpful tips, please pass them along. She has really taken to it and is having a lot of fun!

My favorite Instagram photo from the week. January 20th: This past summer we had a rabbit that lived under our front sidewalk. About once every week, Leah goes and stuffs lettuce or carrots down the hole to “take care of her bunny”. January 21st: Ella woke up at 6:30 this morning ready to celebrate Martin [...]

Happy happiness report time, friends! It’s my first happiness report of the new year, and I have so much to be happy about! The absolute first thing on my list is our new dog. I can’t tell you how happy she is making our family. When we finally decided to get a dog, and Santa [...]

Taking a picture a day in 2012 hasn’t been hard for me. In fact, I take so many pictures each day sometimes the hardest part is choosing which picture gets to be the picture of the day. Getting them uploaded to my blog in a timely manner has also been difficult, but so worth it. [...]

Can you tell I’m playing catch up? I had no idea that I hadn’t posted a Project 365 post since October! Yikes! So, in the next three blog posts, I am going to finish up the pictures I still haven’t shared… which means that yes! I finally completed a Project 365 and posted a picture [...]
DineandDish: Are Adam Lambert & David Cook from American Idol still making music? Don't think I've heard anything from either in quite awhile.
DineandDish: Finished below his goal time! Woo-hoo! So proud of my hubby. @ Marion, IA http://t.co/9KuOoylajq