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If you live in Dallas, or really any of the numerous parts of the country affected by that nasty Winter Storm Cleon, you’re very familiar with disappointment about now. Personally, I’m disappointed that the National Weather Service has such a boring person in charge of naming storms, but I’ll save that discussion for another post. …
We have a real tree this year. We’ve had both kinds and although I’ll admit that the convenience and non-mess of a pre-lit LED tree cannot be beat, there’s just something about the real thing. The smell, the texture and yes, the imperfection. Did you know it’s almost (if not completely) impossible to get lights …
I’m heading out for a few days of rest and relaxation with my amazing family, but before I head out for this very important holiday and much needed week of unplugging, I thought I would write about a few things I’m grateful for. My AMAZING husband. We’ve been through thick and thin (literally when you …
This is Deanna. Sometimes you meet someone and you know that you have to hear their story. I met a woman like that and asked her to please write her story because I knew others needed to hear it. This is the email she sent me yesterday. Dear Jen, I tell people about you all …
So I realize some of you – the non-planners, the spur of the moment spontaneous crazy people, those to whom the last minute is normal – will think that deciding to do a race only five weeks out is . . .NORMAL. But for me? The planner? The one who books her hotel 14 months …
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about women and our friendships. I teach a class on relationships for our church, and when doing the research I came across a study that women diagnosed with cancer who have a close circle of friends are 4 TIMES less likely to die than women who say …
Despite some definite strangeness that I will go into later, today was an amazing race and so so much fun!! Although the course was awesome, the homes along the way magnificent and the post race party to die for, the REAL STAR of the day was the weather. It was one of those seriously perfect …
So now that the fall racing season is upon us, I KNOW some of you are running your first race EVER very soon. So my first word to you is: HOLY SMOKES, LOOK AT YOU! Do you have any idea how few people in the world have the courage and the strength and the discipline …
A house on our block was torn down a couple days ago. We actually know the family that built it and they were a good, solid, loving family. They sold it years ago and it’s been in many hands since then and because it’s on a gorgeous creek lot, a builder came in and leveled …