Here are some links from my reader that I loved this week:

On Harvest Moons and Writing
5 Signs You are Decorating Out of Fear
You’ll Never Get Back These Days
Small Gifts That Say I Love You
Today is a Better Day than Later

And I wrote this post that was published this week on Simple Mom if you’d like to check it out – Find Contentment in Unexpected Places

I hope you enjoyed your weekend!

I can’t believe this whole week got away from me and I didn’t blog. I have found myself in a bit of a daze as I try to settle into the new school routine. I find myself free in the mornings and try to cram as much in to that time as I can and then I spend the rest of my day trying to cram time in with my kids when they get home. I know, there is no such thing as cramming time. Time is what it is and you can make the most of it or not. So…I’ve been trying to make the most of it.

Here are some links from my reader that I loved this week.

• Buyer’s Remorse
• What To Do With Bad Paintings
• This is Where…I Write
• Your Sweetness: Loving During Your Best Time of Day

I hope you are enjoying this Labor Day weekend!

I have enjoyed getting back to reading some of my favorite blogs over coffee in the early mornings. Here are some links from my reader that I loved this week.

Keeping Family Boundaries in Place
How Nester Got Her Margin Back
You Are So Much More Than You Think
If We Don’t Step Away, How Will We Create?

I guess I’m not the only one who found some sanity and soul breathing in taking a break this summer!

I hope you enjoy your Sunday!

Yesterday, hubby and I celebrated 11 years of marriage. 11 Years ago, we were flying to France for our honeymoon. My how times have changed. I would love to be there again right now As I said in How To Ruin Date Night, we made this year about us and our family and not about where we went or what we were wearing. I made dinner at home: these Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos found via Melissa. We hung out at home, with the kids, celebrating where 11 years has brought us. Pretty amazing when we stop to think about it.

This week, I discovered some really fabulous reads in my reader and I’d like to share those with you this morning.

• Now is the Time to Be Thankful
• Pardon Me, Madam, Your Neuroses are Showing – an absolute must read.
• Spread Bloggy Love
• A Summer List
• The Secret To Creating a Beautiful Home (Even if it Wasn’t Born That Way

Enjoy your weekend!!

Some links from my reader that I loved this week. Here’s hoping you are having a lovely weekend. Enjoy!

 
Your Home is a Collection of Stories
Right in Front of Our Eyes
On Upstairs Friends
A Day in the Life of a Once a Month Cleaner

I hope this Saturday finds you well.

Some links from my reader I loved this week:

• Farmhouse Apple Cake
• Process: Slow Decorating
• when saying you’re sorry is a bad idea
• 10 Fabulous Ways to Eat a Strawberry or Two

Links from my reader that I loved this week:

• What Matters Most?
• I’m Never Inviting You to MY House!
• Love this Boy’s Bathroom Makeover
• 10 Steps to Courageous Hospitality
• How to Edit a Room

Happy weekend!

Some randomness from me before I share some links I loved in my reader this week.

On Monday I wrote and turned in a paper for the class I am taking online to finish my degree. This class has been a huge stressor for me – I thought it was going to be really quick and painless and easy. It has been anything but. My professor is hard. And sometimes mean. I apparently don’t handle doing average very well.

Last night, I went to a Royal Wedding Party. Are you tired of hearing about The Royal Wedding? Call me a hopelessly idealistically romantic, but I can’t find fault in celebrating love. It was a fun reason to get dressed up, wear sequins in my hair and eat chocolate cake while laughing non-stop with friends.

I didn’t want to check my grade on my paper before the party because I was afraid it would ruin the whole evening for me. I checked this morning and I got an A. Would you like to celebrate with me? I made cupcakes. Yes, I really made cupcakes for myself with chocolate frosting and sprinkles because of a grade on a paper. I don’t need much of an excuse to eat cake.

I had a breakthrough in laundry this week. I am going to share later this week the earth shattering change that has led to less stress in the mornings when it comes to matched socks for my kids. I am sure you are on the edge of your seat in anticipation.

We need rain. Can someone send us rain?

Now, here are some links I love:

When Someone In Your Family Has Alzheimers – a beautifully written post about the importance of writing your story down.
How to Kill Creativity
Want What You Have
What Reaching a Goal Really Looks Like

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

It has been too long since I’ve shared some of the wonderful things I have found around blogland in my reading time. Here are a few for you to enjoy while I am snuggled up with my little guy during a thunderstorm.

• Reclaiming Family Time
• Sometimes I Miss It
• Of Homes, Grime, Me, & Contradictions
• Why Create?
• If Your To Do List Seems Too Long

As for links to share with you this week, here we go:

Introducing: Project Simplify

Living Fully: Or Do We Worry Too Much?

How Happy Is Your House?

Renewal: Not Just at the Library

I hope you enjoy your weekend!