“corn corn”
…or “maize maze.” These were the names we adopted for our night on the farm taking in the local corn maze and full spectrum of harvest fun. In the midst of our crazy schedules, it was such a nice...
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I went to Nashville for Vanderbilt homecoming last weekend. I had a great time and loved getting to see so many friends! Unfortunately, I was having too much fun to document properly. However, I did...
View Articleno pumpkin carving for me
This year, October flew by and Halloween crept up on me. I didn’t get a chance to carve a pumpkin. However, my sister just posted this one, and I think it rocks! Happy Halloween from Charlie Brown and...
View Articlehave a holly jolly christmas!
I hope you have a very merry holiday with some of this: these: a little bubbly: one of these: and lots of joy in celebrating the birth of Jesus! Filed under: blessings, fun
View Articleit is what it is
Happy new year! I’ve recently adopted an unofficial motto. Are you ready? “It is what it is.” This is not a cop-out statement. It is not a way to avoid making changes or to default to acceptance of...
View Articlechristine and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Remember this book? That was my day. At least, I thought that is what it was going to be. I just began a new six week rotation. After deciding last month that I’m 150% going in one direction once...
View Articledaylight
Since I’m not seeing much daylight these days, here are a handful of photos from my recent trip to NYC. Specifically, I took these at Ellis Island in the Registry Room. Sometimes the light is even...
View Articlenew year, new calendar
Do you ever get tired of looking at the same thing on your wall? I do, especially when what is on the wall never looked exactly like I wanted. So, over the break, I took a few minutes to redesign this...
View Articlego bananas
If you’re like me, you always wind up buying a few too many bananas at the grocery store. However, this is the best kind of mistake because then I can bake this: I added a few chocolate chips to half...
View Articlehappy national peanut butter day!
Just a little something for National Peanut Butter Day. What better than peanut butter’s favorite partner in crime, chocolate, to celebrate? These are also now known as black and gold cookies as my...
View Articlebabies drink milk
Spiritual ramblings as I process discussions from small group tonight: Babies drink milk. Right? Right. Be it breast feeding or bottle feeding, for the first few months of your life, you are complete...
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Happy February 14th! This has never been my favorite holiday seeing as it cannot begin to hold a candle to Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. However, I got something in the mail yesterday that I just...
View Articlehappy birthday, matt!
Today is my friend Matt’s birthday! We celebrated with a little lunch gathering. I got about as risky as I get by preparing a few new recipes to share. I am always a little nervous to try something new...
View Articlehappy 60th, memorial!
Did anyone else watch the Oscars last night? Okay, I’ll admit: I fell asleep after the first hour and missed a large part of the show. However, I woke up this morning and say some clips from the...
View Articlehappy leap day!
It is February 29, and that only happens every four years. Anyone else think it is strange that February is already the shortest month by two days and even the extra day doesn’t even it up with the...
View Articleachoo!
Spring is just around the corner. I know this for several reasons: 1. I’m losing an hour of sleep this weekend. This is not as much fun as when I gain the hour in the fall. 2. I woke up this morning...
View Articlesix year old bracket experts
Happy March Madness! Is your bracket ruined after yesterday like mine? Perhaps I should have consulted the experts. Here’s the premise: Here’s the Vandy video: Y’all, you need to watch all of these....
View Articlestories to tell
Oh, the lessons we can learn from the dying. I spent the last two weeks learning about palliative care and hospice. What a beautiful thing it is to see someone so sure that their life has mattered and...
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