Blending it Up
it’s not just the heat that keeps me from spending time in the garden, meticulously weeding and staving off pests and disease. It’s my two
In these days of cell phones and texting, it’s hard for many parents to imagine a week without talking with their children. And while I
I have spent a lot of my life ignoring the fact that life is messy, or maybe not so much ignoring it as trying to
I’ve done my fair share of laundry, Clorox-ing and running the dishwasher to thoroughly sanitize the dishes. But through it one bright, happy thought kept
After our trip to Bethabara last Friday, we enjoyed a weekend full of Christmas traditions at the Alley home. We have plenty of traditions in
We have had quite an election season here in North Carolina. You can’t turn on the TV without seeing an ad for Kay Hagan or
When school got out a few months ago, I wrote a Work-at-Home Mom’s Love/Hate Relationship with Summer. It seemed only fitting to balance that out
Surprisingly enough, I’m writing today to give a somewhat positive review to Smurfs 2. It’s definitely not the best movie ever made, but thanks to
For most of the month of July, I lived life as a military spouse. Technically I’m a military spouse all the time, but with Bill
I almost didn’t get a sitter for the kids this summer, someone to entertain them while I worked. Here are 5 reasons I’m glad I
