Our family's holiday card and Minted's Black Friday Discounts!

These are my people - in this, our 25th year of marriage, I am  immensely proud of this family we created……. Marriage and family stuff can be challenging, but SO worth all the heartache and hard work …. We are currently in the midst of parenting teenage girls which can be tricky and mentally challenging - basically the  'worry hours' do not align with my bedtime (thanks honey...

Family Drop-Zones…..{aka} contain the clutter!

I think one of the things that stresses me out about the holidays is the amount of things that come IN to my house rather than go out.  I admit, I have a huge aversion to clutter - just ask my family!  But I truly believe that good design and organization can go hand-in-hand. I have recently worked on a few mudroom/entryway designs for clients and thought I would share them...

Christmas cards from Minted.

Sending and receiving holiday greetings is one of my favorite things about the season!  Our family has lived all over the  United States so the expectation of hearing from friends and family near and far  has me running to the mailbox each day during November and December. In turn, I love to send cards that let the most important people in our lives know we are thinking of...

Photos from around my house…...

 I can hardly consider myself a blogger anymore, my posts have been so infrequent.  But I do still really love coming here in this space I carved out long ago on the now very crowded cyberspace!   I hope you appreciate that I only blog when I feel like I have something to share - I will never be the blogger who has posting schedules, tutorials, holiday decor/baking/traditions/crafts/cooking……that's just...