Seriously ya'll, can you believe that another year has come and gone?!  How did that happen?  Where did 2011 go?  What on earth will 2012 bring?  I'm so excited to find out! As I've been thinking back on this past year, I find a sense of accomplishment of doing something I've never been much good at doing...keeping a journal.  I mean, I still don't do the whole "dear diary" … [Read more...]

This is a post I wrote a couple of months ago....prematurely really, since it's actually the perfect thing to serve for New Years...but it was just so so good that I couldn't wait.  So...you're getting it again.  It's good enough to share again.  I promise! I must confess that headed into this recipe I was skeptical. I'm a good Southern girl, but that doesn't mean that I have … [Read more...]

Yesterday was "one of those days" with my kids.  Or more particularly with my 5 year-old. Granted, we've been kinda cooped up lately, and since he is a boy who is ALL BOY, we run into some behavioral issues when he gets too bored or cooped up.  So I have tried to stave off at least the boredom with things like making sugar cookies, working together to un-decorate from … [Read more...]