Hello my lovely readers 🙂 I hope that you had a nice weekend. Mine was spent trying to overcome a sore throat and the sniffles. Thankfully, I was able to go home early from work on Friday and get a head-start on some healing. I hate being sick. I’m about 50% better today. I think… Read More Pretty, Pretty Things for Christmas
I thought that I would give all of you, my lovely readers, a little update on how we’re progressing with our move to New Zealand. It’s only 5 1/2 months away, and I can already hear the clock ticking. I have so much to do, but there’s also been a lot accomplished. So far, I’ve:… Read More Update on New Zealand
Hello my lovely readers! Just a quick little post to announce that the lovely blogger over at “The Happy Dash” (whose first name I cannot for the life of me discover) won my book review free book, “Leaving Carolina”. Congratulations! Email me at mrs(dot)practicallyperfect(at)hotmail(dot)com with your name and address, and I’ll get the book in… Read More Book Giveaway Winner
Well, we survived Thanksgiving. Barely! I got off work at 6:30 in the morning on Thanksgiving Day. I had the brilliant idea of driving straight from work (after picking up Chris and Bear) to my parents’ house 2 1/2 hours south of here. I figured that once we got there, I could nap for a… Read More I’m Still Recovering
*Don’t forget to check out my review and enter to win the free book!* I’m sitting here with wet hair, wearing my scrubs, trying to work up the energy to go upstairs and finish getting ready for work. I’m working till 6:30am tomorrow. After I get home, we’re hopping in the car and making the… Read More Countdown to Thanksgiving
*Don’t forget to read my book review and let me know if you would like a chance to win the book!* Hello everyone 🙂 A few weeks back I participated in Simply Said by Simply Me’s Scarf Swap. My swap partner was Elizabeth over at Gangl*icious, and she did an awesome job! I love both… Read More Pretty, Pretty Scarves
I did my first book review on this blog in September. I thought it went well and had every intention of doing another one in October. Well, October came and went, and I didn’t do a review. I had a book, yes, but no time to read it, and therefore no time to review it. … Read More “Leaving Carolina” Book Review + A Free Book
Things that I have to catch up on: Posting about the beautiful scarves that I got during my scarf swap. I’ve worn both of them several times now, and I love them. Posting about our Thanksgiving plans. This may not occur till after Thanksgiving, the way things are going around here! Sharing my book review. … Read More Catch Up
Can you believe that it’s almost Thanksgiving? This year is flying by! Yesterday, I realized that there are only approximately 170 days till we move to New Zealand. Wow. When I typed that, my stomach just fell to my toes and then zoomed back to its normal place. I can’t believe that I’ll be living… Read More Wednesday Randoms
Today was a Charlie Brown kind of day, and this post is ridiculously long. I got a call Saturday afternoon, but I had my phone on “silent” and was asleep at the time since it was my day off. I woke up around 4pm (remember, I work night shift nowadays) and Chris was off watching… Read More A “Good Grief, Charlie Brown” Kind of Day
I started working on a post for things that I wanted this Christmas. I was hoping to not-so-subtly sneak it into an email/conversation/wall mural to bring to Chris’ attention and then act “surprised” when I got what I wanted. I’ve started being obvious ever since our first Christmas together, when I ended up with the… Read More A Great Gift Idea
It’s Wednesday, and I’m about to head into work for a three day stretch of 12-hour night shifts. Now, I could be bummed about this, but I just watched this video, and of course it made me smile! I’m sure you’ve already seen it, but watch it again and get a laugh 🙂
I am absolutely terrible about buying clothing for myself. Terrible. Remember that post I did about things I bought from Anthropologie? Yeah, all but one of them got sent back. I currently have 2 pairs of shoes that I ordered, sitting in their respective boxes, ready to go back to the Post Office. It’s not… Read More Retail Therapy
You all know what I’m talking about – you have to use the bathroom, you’re in the middle of nowhere, and the only one available to you is this podunk gas station. You know that if you use that bathroom, you’re taking your life into your own hands. After traveling to Southern Indiana last week… Read More On Gas Station Bathrooms and Big Purses
My mom shared sad news with me today, and it’s been on my mind all day. Earlier this week, a young couple in my parents’ church left their 2 month old with a babysitter (another church-member and someone I’ve known for years). When the babysitter went to wake him from his nap, she discovered that… Read More A Prayer Request for a Young Couple
I’m back from our little trip to Nashville, IN, and I’m so glad that we went. The weather was perfect – cool, sunny, hint of a breeze, and the slight smell of burning leaves in the air. Aaaah, Fall. We stayed at a Marriott hotel about 15 minutes east of Nashville, Indiana. We left our… Read More Back from Southern Indiana
When I was a teenager and in college, I was obsessed with my looks. I can actually pinpoint the moment that I started to become this way – it was when an older brother of one of my good friends made an offhand remark about me being “chunky”, and I overheard him. I was so… Read More Truly Lovely
Hello my lovely readers! I hope that your weekend was fabulous 🙂 My weekend was too short, but it’s made up for by the fact that I’ve got something fun planned for this week. In-between work and class, we’ve decided to take a quick 2-day trip to beautiful Brown County, Indiana – specifically Nashville, Indiana… Read More A Mini-Vacation to Southern Indiana
I just finished tallying our budget totals for the month of October, and I am very happy to tell you that we came under budget by over $300.  That’s not including all of my salary, which automatically goes in to savings. All things told, we had nearly $4,000 that could be devoted to investments and… Read More October Budget Wrap-Up
Can I tell you a little secret? I promise that it’ll save you lots of time and drama. If you think that your child is having difficulty breathing, but their SpO2 is 99% on room air, they’re skipping down the ER hallway, they’re laughing and watching cartoons, and they’re talking about how they won’t have… Read More A Little Advice…And Venting…
