When I first started the Southern Weddings blog six years ago, SouthernWeddings.com wasn’t available. So, I had to get creative. I brainstormed and asked friends and finally put something out on Twitter to ask for help! Drew B had come up with iloveswmag.com in a previous plea for fresh-squeezed creative juices and the votes were unanimous. ILoveSWMag.com has been our home for the last 6 years. But, this domain continued to nag me, like a great sweater that didn’t…
Hello. I’ve started this post three times now and I keep erasing my words because I don’t know how to lightly transition into what I’m going to write. So, here goes. God has put it on my heart ALL YEAR LONG to give up spending money on things I don’t need. I’ve done a fair job at cutting back on expenses and simplifying. We even went papertowel-less a couple months ago. But, you know what? That was easy. The thing…
Warning: mega post packed with goodness! Grab a tall glass of sweet tea and enjoy : ) I wrote a series on Goal Setting & Setting Yourself Up for Success at the start of this year because I got really tired of NOT making progress on the things that matter most. In fact, I realized I didn’t know what truly mattered most to me. I didn’t want to end another year with regret about things I could have accomplished if I had just taken…
One of my PowerSheets Weekend Tending List goals has been to bake for one of the sweet ladies who just moved into the retirement community a few weeks ago. Her name is Phyllis and she came out one morning when Gracie and I were walking to introduce herself. She said she loves seeing us walk by every day. “Having a little youth in the neighborhood is such an encouragement.” She and her husband just moved here to Chapel Hill. Can…