Where Passion & Purpose Collide
Tomorrow we will have officially been married for 87,360 hours. Also known as the less-enormous-sounding ‘10 years’ {insert wild applause here}. A whole decade, people. I know, right? Ten full years for wee punks like us. Who knew? No, we weren’t 14. We were 22 The past ten years have been the most beautiful, most excruciating, most awe-inspiring, most intense,… Read More
Looking through photos from little Bean’s recital in June, I realized how much like a weed she has grown. She’s looking less and less like a wee lass and more and more like a little lady every day. She’s blossoming and maturing, her cheeks and belly are losing their plumpness, and her little hands are losing their dimples. Which makes… Read More
To the mom who is weary and overwhelmed, painfully aware of her short fuse and tired of the sound of her own voice… I get it. I’ve become really good at saying, “I’m sorry” since becoming a mom. Learn to embrace grace. This is one of the most important things you can model for your children. To the mom… Read More
Well, we finally did it, people. We built a bedframe. And a headboard. And slapped a mattress on it. Voila! Houston, we have a real, genu-wine bed! After upgrading from a queen mattress to a king – oh, you know…a year ago – we decided we wanted to build our frame. Or rather, I decided – due to the ridiculous… Read More
So this week’s printable is a bit of an odd ball. It involves a leg, money and language barriers. Let me explain. When we first moved to the US, I was a freshman in high school and had absolutely no grasp of the “Spanish” language. After all, isn’t that what they speak in Spain? And why on earth should I… Read More
Happy Friday, sweet peeps! Here’s your FREE 8×10 printable of the week… Short, sweet & awesome. Click right here to download and print… be a doll and like Simply Bloom on Facebook but above all, remember… Be Awesome Today! {all Simply Bloom printables are intended for personal use and are NOT to be printed for resale purposes}
I scored some lovely wooden frames a few months ago from the Michael’s clearance rack…the corners had begun to split slightly, so they were asking $1.99 from 19.99. I’m quite sure I did a little jig right there in the aisle. Being the cheapskate I am, I snagged four of those suckers and headed straight for checkout with a satisfied… Read More
We’re experiencing a little bit of an upside down empty nest over here. My parents have just moved out of the man cave they’ve called home {aka. “the love shack”} for almost two years. We miss them horribly already and it’s only been two weeks. It’s quite pathetic, really. But because my husband is awesome, and because God knows I… Read More
Without fail, when MercyMe’s song “You Are I Am” comes on the radio, I blow out my children’s eardrums. It’s not that their little cochlear bits aren’t important to me, or that I secretly pray they’ll marry wealthy otolaryngologists who can undo the damage I’ve done while hurtling down the freeway…it’s just that I can’t help myself. This song speaks… Read More
This post is alternately entitled: “You’re Being A Punk…But I Still Love You”. A sweet friend of mine texted me a couple of months ago with a plea that read something like this…”please write a post on loving our husbands when they’re being unlovable. I need it and know a few women who could really use the encouragement right now”,… Read More
My hubby and I are blessed to lead a small group of fantastic couples at our church. And we are one deliciously mixed bag of people, let me tell you. We have working moms, stay-at-home moms, working dads, stay-at-home dads, our professions cover all the bases from teacher and nurse to engineer and officer, we have a 1-child-and-we’re-done! family, and… Read More
Mother’s day is fast approaching, Spring is in full force…and it’s Friday. Which can only mean…it’s time for a springy, maternally-inspired printable. I considered little pictures of birds and twigs with this quote…“Mothers are all slightly insane” by J.D. Salinger. from The Catcher in the Rye, but didn’t feel it had quite the right ring to it. This one had… Read More
