Archives for August 2014

Where are you? Hospitality? You aren?t at the local bookstore. All I can find is cookbooks: lots and lots of cookbooks and a tiny section on etiquette. I was also directed by a very helpful clerk to DIY and decorating magazines. When I google you, Hospitality, I get images/websites for hotels and restaurants. Don?t get me wrong, cooking and creating an environment sets the stage for hospitality, but if an alien (not that I believe in those, … [Read more...] about Where Are You… Hospitality?

We all have those special friends that demonstrate the Fruits of the Spirit in the way they live. They're those friends who lift you up by showing gentleness & kindness, or goodness & love. When someone demonstrates the Fruits of the Spirit, it comes from within and requires no recognition, because it is simply a result of walking with Jesus. But wouldn't it be nice to encourage your friends by giving them a little reminder of how the … [Read more...] about Pewter Keys & Mason Jars

Confession time here. It?s not about perfection, it?s about the people; so live life?together! I say this all the time, and I do believe it. I try to live it out. I know it?s the people that matter; not the food, the house, nor my outfit. But we have company coming, and I am fretting just a little bit (okay a lot a bit). You see, they are old college friends, they got married first, had the first baby, she?s a nutritionist (so she will … [Read more...] about Fretting About Guests

I constantly find myself at the end and thus obliged by social manners to refill. I find myself standing in front of the company water cooler as the bottle reaches its end. Then I am socially obliged to lift a 25+ pound bottle of water and place it on the receptacle. I am certain that one day this will end in a disastrous situation where a coworker will find me flattened with said water bottle on top of my chest. Growing up my last name … [Read more...] about At the End…