Christmas is the season of great expectations. Yes expectations are high…between the parties, presents, dinners and family…it all should be leading up to the birth of Jesus Christ. But with all the anticipation, it starts to feel like an overdue engagement. And after a while, the excitement turns into exhaustion…we just want it to be over. Interestingly enough, these feelings of excitement and exhaustion existed long before department stores started decorating in October (or rather September). Joseph felt quite similar when he found out Mary was going to have a baby. Matthew...

Last year (well, I think it was last year…time seems to fly, so it quite easily could have been two years ago), my husband gave our front yard a makeover. As part of that makeover, he added hostas in between our shrubbery and perennials. We’ve really enjoyed watching them grow. Unfortunately, just as they are about to sprout more than leaves, something (namely Bambi or Thumper) comes along and eats the blooms…that is until last week (and by this point, this one plant should have full blooms). It makes me so happy to see our little hostas finally in bloom.I actually started...

Since last week’s Good to Wow tutorial, I’ve been playing with the Invert function…and because it’s so hot outside, I’ve been dreaming of Fall temperatures. As a result, I’ve taken a dip in my October 2010 archives…specifically in my NC State Fair archives. I’m not exactly sure what this quote says about my life right now (actually, I think I do know, but that message is far from complete), but this quote by the Mad Hatter really struck a cord with me. What I do know is that I’m so glad I don’t have to live in a world of my...

You’ve probably heard John Mayer’s hit song, Waiting on the World to Change. I think we can all agree with these lyrics, “Now we see everything that’s going wrong with the world and those who lead it. We just feel like we don’t have the means to rise above and beat it. So we keep waiting_waiting on the world to change.” We sometimes have this tendency to “wait on the world to change,” but what if we ARE the means to changing the world?  My church recently started a new series called: Am I the Change? This past week we specifically focused on...