There are exactly 8 Fridays until Christmas. I am typically not proactive when it comes to my Christmas shopping, but this year, I'm trying to be. I am super passionate about purchases with a purpose and so I put together a 2015 Christmas Gift Guide of gifts that give back. It's a win-win, really. ...
Collaboreads: Dark Places
The Collaboreads criteria for October was a thriller published before 2010. Quite a while ago, I had purchased Gillian Flynn's e-book set. (I had wanted to read Gone Girl and for a few extra dollars, I had Gone Girl, Dark Places, and Sharp Objects.) I loved Gone Girl. Ok, maybe loved is too ...
Five Friday Favorites
Happy Friday!! We are Atlanta-bound for some fun at the Country Living fair and to rock out at the Taylor Swift concert. Fun times ahead, y'all. {And lots of girly screams, but whatev's.} Five things I'm loving right now: Periscope. It's an app and it is a-maz-ing. I haven't gotten up the courage ...
Soccer 2015
Kyndall loves soccer. This is her fourth year to play and it just keeps getting better. She is fast. She is aggressive. She plays with passion. All the things that make a great soccer player. She has played with the same coach and most of the same players every year. These kids know how to ...
Black and White
I woke up last night dreaming about black and white. Not the colors, exactly. But the idea that things can be exact. Either/or. One way or the other. Defined. It's black or it's white. There are so many instances going on in my world right now that fall outside the realm of black and white. ...
My Happiness Project
I just finished reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I'd probably give this book a 3.5 of 5 stars. While it had great information, there was a lot of fluff that I feel like could have been left out. One thing I really loved was this quote: "I have an idea of who I wish I were, and ...