Summertime is almost here. I can’t think of anything else. My plants are blooming, my back deck is slowly turning into a summer oasis, and I still only have one thing on my mind…..travel to somewhere far, far away. I don’t have any destination weddings planned this year (beach weddings anyone?!), so until my next […]

It’s been a good day. I love waking up to the sound of rain, and knowing I have nothing to do for the next several hours. It’s nice. It’s even better to be greeted with Starbucks, flowers, and coffee cake. I had the loftiest of plans today. I’d planned to spend the day outside, finishing […]

Umm…wow. Can you say overdue? I’ve been dying to post but thanks to my (well-meaning) toddler and a bottle of windex, my modem is no more. However, I’m very lucky to have a guy who is ridiculously more tech-savvy than I and he’d rigged me a solution. Yay! So here’s your next installment of Kisses […]

It’s difficult to put into words. The sort of soft horror you feel when something really terrible has happened. Fuzzy around the edges because you can’t quite believe it yet. That’s how I felt one year ago. Fuzzy. Out of focus.This giant wave of tornadoes hits the southern states—Alabama, and I felt….lost. I was trapped […]

There’s something therapeutic about working outside. The feeling of working with your hands, creating something, and having immediate visual payoff. It’s awesome. This week I was productive. Like, super productive. The weeks of being cooped inside and sick filled me with the need to be doing something. I weeded my flower garden, I re-mulched for spring, […]