“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplify, simplify” ~ Henry Thoreau This mildly neurotic, type-A, control-freakish, list-loving organized gal has a thing for, well…organization. I love it! Cleaning house, especially without little loin-fruit under foot, is wildly therapeutic to me. With the right music, the right tools {gotta love Mrs. Meyer’s cleaners} , a little sunshine and a… Read More
Happy Valentine’s Day
This is my first Valentine’s day as a mom who cares about Valentine’s day. Did you get that? I didn’t either. What I was trying to say was this…I’ve never strung a heart…dyed anything pink…or sprinkled heart-shaped anything onto another something tinted a horrific shade of pepto-bismol…in the name of Valentine’s day…until now. Apparently I’ve crossed over. And I like… Read More
Here’s to 2011
We cannot believe we have come to the end of yet another year…and what a fun, full year it has been! We’ve enjoyed our first full year in our new home, along with all the fun ‘firsts’ that come with it… like taking in the beauty of the ice-covered lake from our kitchen window {a far cry from the partially… Read More
Crumbling the Silence {with Cookies}
We’re having a grand ol’ time here in the McMilli-vanilli home. I have no idea where that came from. You’ll have to pardon me, I’m heavily sleep deprived {sick kids, design deadlines, cookies to decorate, you know…the usual} and mildly medicated {it’s that time…and my uterus hates me}. And apparently my TMI filter is broken. {sigh} I wanted to take… Read More
Letting Go of Super-Mom
It occurred to me last summer, while slathering my child from head to toe with diaper rash cream, summoning every ounce of determination I could muster to rub the white paste into her sweetly resistant skin, that motherhood didn’t look much like I envisioned it would. Come to think of it, it doesn’t smell much like I had planned, either…. Read More
Ramblings & Us {Through the Ledford Lens}
I’ve had a deliciously full week; opportunities to connect with girlfriends I don’t get to see even remotely often enough, dinner with a wonderful friend I haven’t seen in over 7 years, an out-of-town conference with my hubby {which boasted paradigm-shift-inducing teaching by Carl Medearis…he rocked our world}, and was sprinkled with precious family time {my favorite type of “busy”}…. Read More
‘Tis the Season…
…to eat obscene quantities of apples, apple-inspired dishes, to throw left-over apple cider into pancake batter, and get the low-down on gettin’ cozy between the sheets. Okay. So there is no formal season for doing all this, it just so happens that this is what’s happening in my house right now. The hot topics on my mind: apples and intimacy. … Read More
The Pierced Bean, An Escape & Other Such Nonsense
Meet Bean. The Rockstar. Sporting jeans, a tutu, and cowboy boots, and rocking the glittered hair, tattooed arm and pierced nose, she was quite the sight to see, riding along on her preschool “Little Rockstars” parade float. She rocked! And I was one proud mama. Speaking of piercings and pride, miss Bean got her little earlobes pierced on Saturday. … Read More
Poppin’ Up!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled {thoughtful} post… to bring you this {rambling} drivel: In addition to the massive quantity of squash we have poppin’ up in our veggie garden, there are a few other fabulous thing-a-ma-bobs poppin’ up around here. Namely… The first 4 of 125 giant wind turbines nestled nicely into the fields of the farming communities near us…. Read More
Lettuce Be Real
It came up in conversation with a precious friend the other day…the difference between how cool and confident we may appear on the outside, and how insecure and fearful we may be on the inside. And, as it often does when I process ‘life’, my garden came to mind. I’ve never grown lettuce before, and was quite delighted at the… Read More
{Triple}Berry Shortcake
As berry season forges on, full throttle, I couldn’t help but give this quick {and anti-oxidant packed} dessert a whirl! As easy as it is to make, eager little hands actually make great helpers on this one, and the catching and devouring of runaway berries is welcomed too! We’ve become big fans of pulling the last-minute strawberry shortcake card when… Read More
Empty Nest Syndrome {Sad Fern Interview}
Hello sad fern. Howdy. Tell me…why “sad” fern”? {awkward silence}…have you looked at me lately? Ri-ight. Sad. Very sad. Hey now, I was on clearance at SAMS, you know. Cut me some slack. You got it. So…I hear you’ve been busy over the past few weeks. Why yes, I have been. Just a few days after I was purchased, some… Read More
