• Adoption Story by Drew {Guest Post}

    (Yay! I’m so excited about this post because it brings a new perspective from our previous stories! We met Drew and his brothers a few years ago, and liked them all immediately. We even had the [amusing!] pleasure of having all three brothers in a ballroom dance class for teens. 😉 When I contacted him,…

  • Read and Share Children’s Bible (Giveaway!)

    I received this adorable children’s Bible to review, and only wish I’d had a few copies before Christmas to give to my grand-niece and to friend’s little ones. This is actually a two-for-one review since Kathryn also looked it over and gave me her assessment. This hardback book has nice-feeling pages and a seemingly sturdy…

  • Practicing Gratitude (plus our Christmas!)

    Happy New Year, y’all! I’m still counting my gifts! 751) First gratitude post of the new year! 752) A white Christmas! For the first time since the 1880’s, the Atlanta area had measurable snowfall on Christmas day. I remember a couple of Christmases with light flurries, but this was a first for us all!

  • See Jamie Blog in 2011

    We are taking this week and next week off from doing school, and Ken will be home all next week {yay!}, so we plan to enjoy some relaxed family time. Therefore, I’ll be taking a little blog break until the new year — which is not far away! I have been rather haphazard in my…

  • Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 726 – 750

    The last gift-counting post of the year! 726) Christmas shopping has not been stressful 727) Christmas shopping is done 728) we stayed within budget 729) I found gifts I truly think the recipients will like 730) finishing our challenging world-map puzzle 731) got our Christmas cards sent out 732) a paid ad on my blog…

  • Your Virtual Christmas Card!

    Christmas-card sending is ingrained in my DNA. My grandmother has always been big letter-writer/card-sender. I can guarantee as long as she is living and able, her Christmas card will always be the first one I receive every year, and she will send cards for every single birthday in our family, along with Easter and several…