Ever wonder whether your patron saint is a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff? I didn’t start to consider it until last week when my friend Haley over at Home to Catholicism brought up sorting saints into Hogwarts houses on Twitter (she’s @bakeorbake over there, folks). But then I couldn't STOP thinking about it, crowdsourced my queries to Facebook, and ended up with the best thread ever. Granted, I’m … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Good Music Monday: June 2016 Edition (and a Smoothie Recipe)
Welcome back to Good Music Monday at Carrots! Here’s a Spotify playlist just for you to enjoy on this hot June Monday (it's getting HOT this week in Waco) for whatever your day holds. My big kids are at day camp, so it's just me and Gwen hanging out. I'm hoping to get some work done since the big kids are busy at camp, but everyone knows that a lone three-year-old is probably the worst possible … [Read more...]
Friday Fashion Frivolity: Home Run Edition
Every so often, we chat fashion at Carrots. I hope it feels like going shopping with a friend, but not having to try on jeans….or leave your couch. So here’s the drill. I share a new box of Stitch Fix items, tell ya my thoughts, get my husband Daniel’s take (which is really the only reason you're reading this, right?), and share what I kept and what I sent back. (I’m not gonna go into the … [Read more...]
Tim Burton’s Big Fish, Me Before You, and the Terrible Power of Story
Tim Burton’s film Big Fish, based on the novel by Daniel Wallace, is one of my top ten favorites of all time. I recently shared it with my kids who love everything Burton. Their favorite Christmas movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas which means I’m either really rocking this parenting thing or I’m raising warped little cynics. But I love Big Fish above all others. It has all the quirky, … [Read more...]
This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 157 (Gwen’s Birthday!)
A TWM on a THURSDAY, you ask? I know. What are things coming to! But I didn't do one last Friday because we were all sick AND prepping for the 10th anniversary party of my dreams and Gwen's 3rd birthday. So, mea culpa. I was overwhelmed, emotional, and down and out with a cold (it was a super fun week to be around me!). So here we are. Almost a week late. Ta da! After a week of being stuck … [Read more...]
The Wear Your Wedding Dress 10th Anniversary Party of My Dreams
Y'all. We threw a party. A big party for our 10th wedding anniversary. And it was one of the sweetest days of my life. And yup, I wore my wedding dress. But that's not all, oh no that's not all... So did these lovely ladies. It was a BYOWD event. My friends Rachael, Jen, Rebecca, and Cate all humored me by wearing their dresses from years past, too. And if you've read Something Other … [Read more...]
