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It’s My Anniversary and I Need Your Help

It’s My Anniversary and I Need Your Help

Can you believe it has already been a year since I stuck my flag in the Truly, Margaret Mary blog? I can’t! On one hand, this year has flown by so fast. On the other, I feel like I’ve lived seven lifetimes since last holiday season. It has taken almost this […]

The Big Reveal – Kitchen Remodel & Other Things

The Big Reveal – Kitchen Remodel & Other Things

Finally! After several months of hearing about it, living through it, and wishing and praying for a happy outcome, it’s finally time to let y’all in on the secret that is Our Really Cool Kitchen. The professionals of Source1 Project Solutions worked wonders to come up with this design and […]

Feeding a Family During a Kitchen Remodel

Feeding a Family During a Kitchen Remodel

As I write this post, there are cabinets being installed in the kitchen below me. Thank God. You know I love going out to eat, but I may turn into a Bruegger’s cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese (and, let’s be honest…hot chocolate) if I have to call that lunch […]

Join Me in Honoring Mom

Join Me in Honoring Mom

Last year I PRed (“personal record” for the uninitiated) at the 2012 Run to Irish Fest for the Arthritis Foundation and in honor of mom. I finished around 32:40, but more importantly had 10 people join me that morning and raised $660 for research. It was a great morning all-around […]

On A Stormy Sea of Moving Emotion

On A Stormy Sea of Moving Emotion

I’ve known this was coming for months. OK, maybe we only picked a moving date two weeks ago, but I knew it was bound to happen sometime in the near future. (Dear God, I don’t think I could have taken two houses much longer…) But the bags are not packed. […]