Bloggers at Biltmore Estate ~
{Type-A Mom Conference, Recap #1}
Almost 22 years ago while I was honeymooning, I saw The Biltmore Estate for the first time. Extravagant. Impressive. Magnificent. Gargantuan. French Renaissance-ish Twenty-two years later it’s all those things and more. Additional rooms have been...
Forever treasures
Sometimes priceless treasure arrives sealed in an envelope. Yesterday I received a letter from Pinki, the little girl we sponsor but have yet to write about here. Meeting her, holding her hand, hugging her neck…and then having to let her return to her...
Tongue tangled
I'm sure they'll never forget the first time we met; the impression was embarrassingly memorable. Julie and James were among a group of eight couples invited to join our neighbors for a low country shrimp boil. It was a band of strangers brought...
Mistaken identity
At the conference I attended over the weekend, I must've introduced myself a thousand times and shaken at least as many hands. Some of those I met follow me on Twitter and were at least familiar with my blog name; others were not. It made me smile when...
Where I’ve been & what I’ve been doing
It has to be a very good reason for me to spend four nights away from my husband and kids….and it was. From Wednesday to Sunday I had the pleasure of immersing myself in The Matrix aka the world of blogging. Kelby Carr invited me to join a panel of...
Type-A Mom Conference ~ Link recaps & Flickr pages!
{This is a featured post that will remain top of page this week; please scroll down for new content added daily!!} It's been a FABULOUS weekend {THANKS TYPEAMOM!}…do you have a story to tell from the Type-A Mom Conference? Photos to share? Please link...
Call me anytime…
"Call me anytime." It was how all my phone calls ended with Daddy, usually the sentence just prior to the "I love yous" that substituted "goodbye". Though I never said it, I often thought "YOU call ME!" because...
Bloggers: What is your greatest blogging challenge?
If achieving or maintaining balance is your answer, please elaborate in comments. Is it a source of tension for you? Are you cultivating more relationships online or off? How has social media (specifically Facebook and Twitter) affected your...
Truly scrumptious…!
Pictures won't do this justice, but they come close. My youngest and I crashed the Grand Opening of Gigi's Cupcakes in Chattanooga, and we came away a thousand pounds heavier. Click on my capture {one of the easiest ways to let your pictures tell a story!!}...