I have been dealing with what I would like to call a “sports injury”. I am sure in fact that it would in reality be called a “old , overweight and desk job injury” or in other words Fat Ole Hag screws up.. But, either way it has become a part of my life. A very annoying, yet real part. … [continue]
Alphabet Dating Blog Series {L}
I am so excited to be hosting this series with my friend Kaitlyn!Each week we will feature a creative date that centers around a specific letter of the alphabet. We wanted to encourage couples everywhere to get creative when it comes to dating. At the bottom of the post you can check out all of [...]
[continue]I Could But I Won’t
S Source I could sit here and tell you how busy I’ve been since school got out two weeks ago, but I won’t. I could explain that I’ve been working and playing hard, but I won’t. I could explain how I didn’t touch the computer and that all of those blog posts you’ve read (and [...]
[continue]GOODBYES
So this is once again not a first thing in the morning post. Sharlee is on vacation though so maybe I am off the hook for a minute. Today has been a really long and quite sad day. I told you all of the layoffs in our company about two months ago. Today was [...]
[continue]Alphabet Dating Blog Series {J}
I am so excited to be hosting this series with my friend Kaitlyn! Each week we will feature a creative date that centers around a specific letter of the alphabet. We wanted to encourage couples everywhere to get creative when it comes to dating. At the bottom of the post you can check out all [...]
[continue]When I Learned that Being a Wife Isn’t Easy

We’ve only been married 3.5 years, so we haven’t been through too many trying things in our marriage and I am by no means an expert, but today I’m going to let you in on the hardest thing I’ve dealt with as a wife to date. About 2 years ago, Zach got offered a job. [...]
[continue]Answer This
I got this week’s Answer This question from a comment left by the awesome Samantha at Life is But a Stream of Thoughts on this post. She said she’d love to see Chicago live and then BAM a new question came to my mind for you guys. Which musical would you see live if you could? [...]
[continue]Mal’s Musings: Sunday House Rules

Around Here: -Sunday mornings are hectic. I swear, they are ALWAYS late to church. Every Sunday morning Sharlee says the same thing, “Shoot! We’re late.” Why don’t they just get moving earlier and going faster. And they think I am slow to catch on. -They dress really nice that morning, though. The bathroom always smells [...]
[continue]Milestone Birthdays!!
Our family has had some good milestone birthdays, 21, 25, 30, 50 and…. This is what 90 looks like I occasionally like to recognize my kids and Todd’s birthdays in the blog and though I know he won’t read it(yet I may print it off and send to him) My Father-in-Law celebrated his 90th [...]
[continue]Searching for Good Enough
Earlier this school year I received an anonymous note. It was a card someone left hanging on my door, dripping with kind words. Curious about the author of this note, I went to my best friend in the building and asked her if she knew anyone who had written the note. She didn’t, but she [...]
[continue]Alphabet Dating Blog Series {J}
I am so excited to be hosting this series with my friend Kaitlyn! Each week we will feature a creative date that centers around a specific letter of the alphabet. We wanted to encourage couples everywhere to get creative when it comes to dating. At the bottom of the post you can check out all [...]
[continue]Am I Missing Something?
“Are you sure you’re as happy as I am?” This is a question I ask Zach more often than I should. He always asks me why I feel the need to ask and it finally dawned on me the other day. Source I get paid once a month and the way we use the money [...]
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