Ah, winter. And better yet, the post-holidays winter funk. Right now in NC, we're literally having s [...]

My first semester teaching, I did a lot of awesome things. I also made a lot of mistakes and learned [...]

Last fall, the hurricanes in our area knocked down several trees. This caused us to really consider [...]

Wednesday, November 13, is World Kindness Day. Something I try to instill in my children and the chi [...]

It's not the first time I've said it: my family loves fall. Fall ushers in, for us, all of our favor [...]

Well, y'all -- looks like I'm turning in to a cat lady. Long story short: we lost both of our dogs t [...]

Last week was International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Having never actually participated in this celeb [...]

Last month, in quite the whirlwind of events, I returned to full time out-of-the-house work for the [...]

This month, my bloggy poetry buddies chose the theme "Lazy" for our poetry. When I signed up to play [...]

Hi. My name is Lydia, and I love dessert. Any dessert, mostly. Cake. Ice cream. Chocolate. Candy. Cu [...]