Happy Happy SATURDAY, everyone! It’s the 22nd of the month which means… …it’s time for BOOK CLUB #13! Yay! I love Book Club Day! Okay, just to recap before we begin… Here are the books we discussed in 2024 along…
Shay’s Friday Faves {02.21.25}
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you have a cozy wintery weekend ahead of you. We have our first rowing regatta of the season this weekend, so if you’re looking for me, I’ll be by the water. As always, I’m linking…
Oatmeal Scotchies
Our very favorite cookie shop in McKinney is Mary’s Mountain Cookies. We are regulars there when we visit our town square. Each month, they have two or three “monthly” flavors, and our family gets extra excited for February because that’s…
10 Random Things: FEBRUARY EDITION
Happy happy Thursday! It’s a 10 RANDOM THINGS: FEBRUARY EDITION! As always, we’re covering a random array of topics with each 10 RANDOM THINGS posts. Today (Wednesday as I’m typing this), I’m working while watching it snow 🙂 . I…
Easy Weeknight Beef Pie
Well, this is part “recipe” and part “my plate” because every single time I make this actual recipe for my family, it’s so dark outside that I can’t get a good pic. I heated up the yummy leftovers for my…
Contentment.
It’s Wellness Wednesday, friends! Today, instead of having a “wellness” post and a “lifestyle” post like I had originally planned, I scrapped both posts about 45 seconds into my pastor’s sermon on Sunday morning and decided to make one all…
Best Slow Cooker Roast
You guys, this could not be more of an accurate statement… …please take a look at the 10 day forecast here in my hometown… …I mean for the love, pick a season already, Texas! Sigh. Since the Lord has clearly…
Savor: MORNING RITUALS
Happy Tuesday, friends! I’m extra excited about today’s post because I’m launching a new blog series today that we’re going to call SAVOR. The older I get, the more I consciously try to savor my life. I don’t know about…
7 Simple Breakfast Recipes
Good morning, friends! In honor of SAVORING MY MORNING RITUAL post today, I thought we’d keep the theme alive, so I’m also sharing… Because any good ritual should come with some food, right? These are seven of my favorite simple…
Cheer Nationals in Walt Disney World 2025
Happy happy Monday, friends! Well, we were supposed to have headed up to Nantucket this weekend/early this week for a family trip since the kids had a four day weekend…but the weather did not cooperate. Boo. We gutted our two…
Meal Planning Monday #548
Another Monday, another MEAL PLAN! This week though, we have a theme 🙂 . Meatless Monday Taco Tuesday Weiner Schnitzel Wednesday Turkey Thursday Frito Friday Super Easy Saturday Scroll down to check them all out…and hopefully, this will make your…
Shay’s Friday Faves {Valentine’s Day 2025}
Happy happy VALENTINE’S DAY, friends! We love to make this day about LOVE over here, so it’s always a family affair. From walking my pups this morning to having a family dinner tonight, we don’t think this has to be…
