How We Funded Our Vacation Using Credit Cards

Phew, it felt good to clear up all those credit card misconceptions yesterday. If you didn’t get to read that post, you can find it here. Now on to the good stuff of how we funded our vacation using credit card rewards. Rewards programs offered by credit cards such as the Discover It, Chase Freedom, and […]

Beach Retreat

Today I am excited to feature the beach retreat my aunt and uncle created at their condo here in Gulf Shores. We’ve so enjoyed spending a lot of time at this marvelous meeting place. Whether it’s lounging in the hammocks or warming ourselves by the fire after a day of playing hard, it’s been a […]

Credit Cards Are So Misunderstood

Search the term “credit cards” and you will see whole lot of things on how bad they are and how to avoid debt. I’m here to say that these poor little guys are misunderstood. They are so misused and that is what gives them the bad name. If we all just took care of them […]

2014 Recap

Is 2014 over already? Well, here at the end of this year I am so excited to be able to participate in this 2014 Recap blog hop hosted by Simply Nicole along with 13 other bloggers. Be sure to visit all their blogs in the links below for a great round up of posts and memories […]

New Year: Why Not Start A Blog?

*This post contains affiliate links, but the opinions are all my own. The New Year is a great time to start new things. I am planning on starting a calendar journal to write a sentence on what we did every day that will continue through several years (hopefully). As a family, we are going to […]

How to Survive a Road Trip With a 1 Year Old

*This post contains affiliate links, however, the raving opinions of our car seat are all my own. Hello from Alabama! I have to apologize in advance if I’m slightly more absent from blogging this week. We’ve got a fun and full vacation ahead of us. This is the view from our condo: I wanted to tell you about […]

Pallet Side Table

Pallet Side Table

I was just looking back on all the projects we did this summer and realized I had totally forgotten to write about this one! Here goes another out of season post When Brian and I got our first load of pallets, we dove right into our first project. It was right around the time that […]

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to say a quick “Merry Christmas” to all of you that read this blog! This has been my first Christmas season blogging and it has been so fun! I have so many new blogging friends that have so many beautiful and creative ways of celebrating this season and that have reminded me […]

The Perfect Pallet Gift

I’ve had to wait to post about this project as it was a Christmas gift, but now that it’s been given, I can write all about it. You know that person on your list that doesn’t need anything? My Dad is sort of that way. I never know what to get for him, and as […]

Prepare for Christmas

Prepare for Christmas. With only three days left, if you’re like most, you’ve probably already done most, if not all, of your preparation for Christmas. Your lights are hung and decorations set out (and have been since the Saturday after Thanksgiving), you’ve bought and made the gifts you’re going to give and wrapped them nicely […]