Consider me odd, but I LOVE to paint. In our old home, I painted every single room – not just once, but sometimes twice. Sometimes I didn’t like the shade of tan, so I would repaint. Sometimes the color was too bold. Then I wanted to create a tuscan color montage, so I repainted yet…
You sit down at a restaurant and get 4x the amount of food that you normally eat. Feeling full comes after eating half of it, but you say “Just a little bit more…” Walking through the mall, you see all these sales plastering the windows of your favorite stores. You spent your budget or the…
I love “family” meals. Granted it is just the two of us, my husband and I, but I will forever love sitting in the peace and quiet over mealtime. No phones. No tv. No interruptions. You see I specifically didn’t say a “nice” meal because sometimes our meals consist of tuna fish sandwiches. Or leftovers…
This past week has been quite busy as we have had the opportunity to help with the Minnesota West SERVE at a local CRC. We have always had a passion for SERVE because I had gone to 3 when I was in high school (2 at the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph SERVE that Dan’s dad ran…
We all have one. We pour ourselves into our work. We pour ourselves into finding the best deal. We pour ourselves into keeping up with those who are around us. Our friends. Our family. Our neighbors. Our culture. We pour ourselves out until we have nothing left. Nothing. This is what I call a standard…
This girl has not always been a huge coffee drinker. In fact, I always thought coffee was absolutely disgusting and couldn’t stand the taste of it. I thought people were absolutely CRAZY for being addicted to something that tasted so gross. Then I moved to Minnesota. The land of ice, snow, blizzards, and freezing cold…
