Tweet! This past week I went away for a couple of days on my staff retreat. The theme was ‘Breathe’ , and it was a time to take a step back and reflect over the past year, rest physically, and re-connect relationally. There were 90 of us there. I work at a large church and [...]

Tweet!This has been a quiet Sunday for me.. I am not complaining I started out this morning listening to a guest speaker at our church. (Please excuse the horrendous phone picture..) Frank Peretti, a christian author, spoke at our services this past weekend. His were some of the first christian fiction books I ever read [...]

Tweet!I have recently begun using the Instagram app on my iPhone. I am under the name Lilbrownhouse if anyone wants to follow me! It is kind of fun – taking pictures with your phone and making them look cool with effects. I am still getting the hang of it though – mine aren’t all that [...]

Tweet! The gals over at BlogHer Life Well Lived asked me to write a post about Looking Your Best this week. The question they are asking is: “What are your favorite tips and tricks for framing and showing off your beautiful face?” In my opinion, the framing makes all of the difference, especially as I [...]

Tweet! Some of you may remember last month I went to the grand opening of a new store in our town called *Junk*. I came home from there with this gorgeous mirror for my entry way. Entryway Makeover Don’t you just love it!? Well, I went back to the adorable little Junk store again a [...]

Tweet!Here is a little bit of my week in iPhone pictures – This may become one of my all time favorite pictures – And, to be completely accurate, it was not taken by me. My daughter took it on her phone. My grandson is in Time-Out, and his baby sister is keeping him company. One [...]

Tweet! I have seen bloggers doing posts of their week in phone pictures and I thought it would be fun to try that – hopefully you will find it mildly interesting! That is my iPhone home screen up there – I <heart> my phone! It seems like I can’t even remember life without cell phones.. [...]

Tweet! Resolution- “The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc. The mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.” Source As I grow older, I find that the things I resolve to do or change look very different than they used to. Through the years my resolutions have become less about an outward change, and more about an inward or heart change. And as that has happened I [...]

Tweet!I have acquired some new items in the past couple of weeks and I thought you might like to see them. That sounds much better than; “I’ve been spending money on myself and want to show it off!” I mentioned in my wardrobe post this week that I have a new camera bag. My dear Mother-in-law gave me [...]

Tweet! I have to confess – I am an electronic junkie. I love being able to be in touch with my friends and family via email, facebook, twitter, and texting. In fact, if I am being honest, I would rather text than make a phone call.. There is something about that instant connetion that I [...]

Tweet! This is my beautiful Granddaughter Kelsi. She is my oldest one, in fact she just turned 12 in November. Like most 12 year olds, there are a lot of things she enjoys and would love to get as gifts. She has a huge love of reading, animals, and nail polish. This year, however, those things were [...]

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Tweet! I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving as much as we did! My sweet Mother-in-law insisted that I do none of the cooking this year as I was hosting the dinner. Considering my current battle with anemia I had no problem agreeing! It was so nice to focus only on getting my house ready for company, [...]

Tweet!Some of you may remember last summer I did a post about a project I had done using drop cloth fabric. Well, I guess I did a few of those.. The one I am referring to this time is the pictures I made by putting the drop cloth fabric through my printer and printing a graphic [...]