Everyday Living

A Jar Of Blessings

~ Faith, Family, Granddaughter, Grandmother

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1:17‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends! I hope your week has been wonderful. As you read this, Butch and I will be flying home from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was a much needed vacation and I will be sharing all about it soon.

Today is a different kind of post, but one so dear to my heart. If you are a regular reader you know that I keep our two year old granddaughter three days a week while her mommy and daddy work. I count this time as a beautiful blessing as I have the opportunity to pour into her young life. She has wonderful parents who do a great job teaching and instructing her for which I am very thankful. Recently I discovered a little book that I either purchased or someone gave to me and we sat down together to read…

Little Grace frowned as she stared out the window. It was a grumpy morning. As soon as she walked into the kitchen, her grandmother noticed her sad face. Grammy gave her the kind of hug that only a grammy can give. Grammy said I know the perfect cure for the grumpies. It is a Blessings Jar.

Ella Mae was so excited as we were about to go on an adventure to fill her Blessings Jar. So out the door we went.READ MORE

Milestones & Memories

~ Decorating, Food & Entertaining, Gardening, Grandmother, Outdoors, Recipes, Simple + Southern Sunday, Tablescape Tuesday, Travel

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ”
Colossians 3:23-24

Hello sweet friends…and welcome to the post where we reminisce over the last three years, celebrating our blogiversary!  We are marking this special day with a giveaway that you will want to be sure and enter at the end of the post!  Today I want to take you on a little journey of the ever evolving lifestyle blog known as Everyday Living…

…starting with how and why I started blogging.  And the answer to that is simple – it was my Renaissance Man’s (aka Butch) idea that he tossed around for a couple of years.  When he never moved on it, I jumped in and decided I could do a blog.  I thought it would be simple since I enjoy so many different things…surely I could become a blogger with no problems whatsoever.  Little did I know what I was getting into…it only took a post or two for me to see that blogging was way more than snapping a few pretty pics and posting them with a nice caption.  And six hundred posts later, I am still learning!

But without you my sweet friends and readers who meet me here almost daily to read and comment, there would be no blog!  You have encouraged and inspired me as I have felt your warmth, kindness, and support to keep doing what I love!  From a special friend in Spain to all of you in the U.S., thank you would never be enough!
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Spring “Cleaning”

~ Decorating, Faith, Food & Entertaining, Gardening, Grandmother, Music, Travel

“Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:20-21‬ ‭

It’s that time of year…a lot of us have kicked it in to high gear cleaning out closets, wiping down baseboards, and organizing our pantry.  It’s a good time to free up drawer space and donate those gently used items to charity. What is it about spring that makes us want to clean?  It means cleaning windows and moldings, and an overall organizing of our home.

I come across as a very organized person because I wear a lot of different hats, but the truth is that I just fly by the seat of my pants!  And most of you bloggers will understand when I say there’s a time to clean up our devices…and for me, that means filtering through the thousands of pictures on my iPad. Yes, I said thousands!  I am that girl that has ten photos of the same shot and can’t find it in me to send any to the trash!  I began working on this little spring cleaning project on Tuesday and I am happy to report I have cleaned out over 1500 photos (can I get a pat on the back?!).  As I have taken the time to do that, of course, you re-live so many sweet memories that pictures bring back to you.  I thought in keeping it real on the blog, it might be fun to share a few with you that I kept…and the story behind them!

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I take photos of flowers anytime, anyplace…I don’t even remember where this was taken!

Yes, another castle on our travels…swords and armor!
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