Today I want to share with y’all my new favorite online stores. These stores have cute stuff, perfect for your Christmas list. #1. Marley Lilly is the most fun place to shop online. I am not sponsored by Marley Lilly, nor am I an affiliate. This does not make me any money to say this. I just love this place. You can order anything monogrammed from Marley Lilly, and it does not come all the way from China! This stuff […]
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Christmas 2020 finds our little family smack dab in the middle of our Maryland chapter of life. We have been here a year and a half now, and according to Alan’s orders, we have one and a half years left. Of course, with the Army, you really never know. What about you? What chapter are you in? Sometimes it helps me feel less overwhelmed when I remind myself that whatever is going on is simply one chapter of a thick […]
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I am so happy to announce our first giveaway in months, and it is an EXCITING one, just in time for Christmas! ***This post and giveaway are sponsored by Picturesongold.com. All opinions are my own.*** Let me tell you all about what you could win in this giveaway from PicturesonGold.com. This is a $140.00 value sterling silver locket with your chosen photos laser engraved into the locket. That is my favorite part about it. You do not have to go […]
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When I was a kid, my struggles were confidence, fear, and talking in public. A shyer, quieter little mouse was rarely seen. All my mom ever heard at conferences was, “She’s sooo quiet.” Who would ever think that I used to be terrified of uttering a sentence in a room as small as a classroom? And yet, I was. It’s only funny to me because these days it’s like I’m just hoping for a chance to get up and talk. […]
» Read more***This post belongs to a series of posts detailing life as a 22-year-old military wife, back in the beginning of the War on Terrorism. To read it from the beginning, start here. To read the chapter before this one, click here.*** Christmas arrived. I could ignore it in my sadness over not having Alan with me, or I could embrace it for the fact that it was still Christmas. Truthfully, it was not a sad time anymore. I had Elsie, Kayla, […]
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I’ve been enjoying reading in the Old Testament lately. This morning I was reading about how Joseph died and the next Pharaoh didn’t know Joseph, but he certainly noticed the ever-growing size of their population of Hebrews. “Immigrants.” It’s a problem as old as the ages, and yet we have all either had ancestors who were immigrants or have been immigrants ourselves. Immigrants– Outsiders– people who are different than the rest. Pharaoh decided to do away with them slowly by […]
» Read more I have a fun Christmas surprise! The nice folks at Picturesongold.com have supplied me with ANOTHER locket to give away! This giveaway doesn’t end until 11:59 PM Christmas day! Hooray!!! I’m including my original review of picturesongold.com’s lockets for you to see how awesome they are. The giveaway form is at the bottom of this post. Best of luck!! ***I was not paid to write this review. All opinions are my own.*** Living in the South has ignited a passion […]
» Read more ***I was not paid to write this review. All opinions are my own.*** Living in the South has ignited a passion in me for all things monogrammed, engraved, and personalized, so when I came across this locket that you can personalize online in 5 minutes with words AND photos, and order it right to your doorstep, I HAD to try it. Thankfully, I was able to get my hands on a free blogger sample. (Thank you picturesongold.com!) Making the Locket […]
» Read moreThis might have been the easiest Christmas in 14 years of April and Alan family Christmases. We only had to travel two hours, and we woke up on Christmas morning IN OUR OWN HOUSE. Have you ever??? I mean, we had almost never!! Do you do this? Do other people do this every year?? It was so nice! I mean have you read my other Christmas stories??? Our Nightmare Before Christmas The Funeral, Christmas Trip New Years in San Francisco […]
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John David is 3 years old, but he already knows that Christmas equals presents. He is also fully in love with Santa Clause, aka the King of Christmas. And in all fairness, who wouldn’t love a man who shows up once a year just to give you all the things you wanted???? Sign me up for that! So you might be wondering why I’m talking about Christmas in October, but the thing is that if you are planning a children’s […]
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