Tree Skirt

I decided I needed something besides a plain red Walmart tree skirt this year for our live tree in the living room. I cut up an old tablecloth that I never use and stitched it onto the back of the old tree skirt, used binding around the edges  and it was an instant new (and [...]

Mysterious footprint!

I made date balls for our couple’s Christmas party Sunday, and after I rolled them in powdered sugar I left the remnants of the sugar in a bowl out on the counter while we were gone to the party. When we came back, we found this mysterious footprint! Where could this strange shape have come [...]

Crafty Christmas Decorations

Heather and I love doing crafty things, and she came over last week and brought all kinds of great ideas and supplies for us to do some hand made Christmas decorations. She is going to highlight some of them on her blog, so for now I am just posting pictures of two of the projects [...]

Veteran’s Day Outing

Josh and I decided to go to the Museum of Aviation for Veteran’s Day yesterday. Neither of us had been there since we were in middle school and boy, has it changed! We had a really great time exploring and reading about Air Force veterans and seeing donated memorabilia dated from the early 20th century. [...]

Fall Colors

Fall is my favorite season. I opened my cabinet the other day and noticed how pretty and fall-ish the colors of my kitchen decor and dishes are, and also the tiles on my island and backsplash. I love looking at pretty colors so I thought I’d post some pictures for you to enjoy too.