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I succumbed to Instagram as well, obviously.I finally got around to reading the 1st book in the Hunger Games trilogy. It is definitely YA reading material, but I liked it nonetheless. It's something new and even though  I don't normally ...

Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to.  ~John Ed PearceGrowing up in a somewhat small bedroom community surrounded by farmland, lots of my weekends as a little girl were spent visiting my parent's friend...

My husband Jude is a Systems Analyst by trade and an artist at heart.We need not ever spend a dime on reproduced prints for our walls.He has created some awesome original pieces that did not cost much to make but are definitely priceless to us.© ...

This is what my weekends look like nowI recently went back to Community College, after taking about 3 years off. My husband is also a college student. With 1 income, 4 kids, and 2 college students in our household, we were sure things would be tight fo...

When you see something happening that shouldn't be, do you just stand there, or do you DO something?I've been thinking a lot about the culture of "not my problem" that we're living in. We all love to pretend as if we're making a difference by posting s...

Yesterday, I was looking back through all of my posts and realized that nothing really goes together.It's like I have multiple personalities and they each take turns writing posts.There's the funny one who writes posts like "Househunting makes me stabb...

There are days when everything around me seems like it issparklingand if I reach out my arm and stretch my fingers open wideI can grab hold of the atmosphere and fold it over us like a blanket and forever be keptwarm and safe and happy.T...

Do you want to hear about my hard life?Do you want to hear what it felt like to deliver a baby at barely 17 years old?Do you want to hear about the times I was assaulted?Do you want to hear about what it was like for me to live out of my car when ...

October highlights.........Adopted Abbey Road, the best terrier mix pup EVER.Got a Bride of Frank tattoo just for funGot dolled up & went to the LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring symphony with my husbandTook my teenager to his (and my) first p...

Sometimes I wish I was flat-chested so I could wear those deep V-neck tees without looking slutty.I really like that whole ombre thing that all the boho girls are doing with their hair. But isn't it funny that they pay all that money for it to look lik...