We live in a land of hunters and I come from a family of them. My granddad hunted all kinds of birds and what he brought home was often the food for that day.An empty red or yellow shotgun shell was a familiar sight at their house, along with the dusty stuffed quail and the pheasant feathers stuck in a container on the desk.My dad also hunted birds and his high school buddy, who became an airline pilot, often visited for a "hunt." To me, Jack lived a very exotic life, flying around the world. … [Read more...]
What to Buy for Christmas
Hello, Friends!Hope you are having a wonderful advent season. I grew up in an evangelical church that didn't follow the "church" calendar, but it seems like this year all Christians are focusing on Advent. I'm glad, aren't you?There are so many distractions that take our focus off the Christ child but keeping up with O Come Let Us Adore Him with She Reads Truth has really helped me. (You could easily double up and catch up!)I'm also focusing on the birth of our Savior in … [Read more...]
Friday Fashion Fun….How Not to be a Drive-by Shopper
Good Morning, friends!What an interesting week this has been-one of emotional contrasts, for sure. We have been first hand participants in the Circle of Life the last few days, and it helps put things into perspective.One of my closest friends lost her father earlier this week, so I did what we do in our community at the time of death. I cooked food for the family, I called, I texted, I prayed for her and those close to her.In the midst of all of this, we got the phone call we had been waiting … [Read more...]
Friday Fashion Fun….No More Drive-By Shopping
I have always loved clothes and preferred to have lots of them. My mom used to make almost everything my sisters and I wore, and I often wonder how she did it. She made lots of dresses, homecoming suits, prom dresses, majorette costumes, and all manner of outfits for our various other activities. She did all this while working as a school secretary, gardening like a fiend, and talking on the phone for hours almost every morning. Go Mom!I learned to sew from her and have made lots of clothes over … [Read more...]
Friday Fashion Fun
Meet my new favorite fashion blogger, Seersucker and Saddles. I love her style. Her outfits are just plain cute and accessible. I would wear gobs of them.Her occasional potty mouth doesn't do anything for me though, so I usually just look at the pictures. And then get mad at myself that I gave away my little jean vest a few years ago. Who knew they would come back in style?seersucker and saddlesI would never wear a skirt this short, but I love the layering on the top half of the … [Read more...]