by Robin | Oct 15, 2009 | Advice, Encouragement, Family, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Home, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos
What are the little, almost ignorable things that touch you…that can turn a frown upside down and absolutely make your day? It's almost a joke in my home, the teensy things that "bless" me. {This is more a Southernism than a spiritual...
by Robin | Oct 12, 2009 | Blogging, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Kitchen, Party, Personal, Photos
I'm hosting a party on Friday for one of the silliest reasons on the planet. Once upon a time I would buy anything if it was on sale for at least 75% off. With great enthusiasm I would justify rationalize explain to my husband...
by Robin | Oct 1, 2009 | Blogging, Conferences, Favorite things, Photos, Travel, Type-A Mom Conference
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...
by Robin | Sep 7, 2009 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Photos
"Young boys should never be sent to bed…they always wake up a day older." J.M. Barrie, "Finding Neverland" He's an anomaly at 12…at least I think he is. His sister suggested he could be happy living in a box with a...
by Robin | Aug 19, 2009 | Photos
What do you see? My in-law's farm, June 2009. Walking through a cow pasture, in an area more laden with manure than anything else, I saw this beautiful butterfly who didn't seem to notice or care she had landed in a pile of…manure. Her...
by Robin | Aug 15, 2009 | Family, Personal, Photos
A container of bubbles might just be the answer to World Peace… July, 2009, Clemson's Bowman field. Entertainment provided by wide open spaces and the whimsy of cousins at play.There are enough smiles in one bottle to illumine Times Square…...