Today was freshmen move-in day at the University I graduated from, so I headed out to one of the dorms to take lunch to a girl who is from my home church.  Though she’s heard me speak about Starlite at our church back home several times before, we’ve never met before today.  We’re also several [...]

Dear Cate, Today you turn 23! (And on that note, how is it that we’re two years apart in age, yet act so much alike?!?) (Also: I love being older than you, ’cause it gives you more excuses to be the sillier one!) In honor of your birthday today, I’m presenting you with 23 reasons [...]

Dear Snuggles, When mama fills the bathtub with water so she take a bath, that is not an invitation for you to jump in with your favorite toy and splash around!  The punishment is swift and quite terrible: you must be wrapped up in a towel and held like a baby for at least 15 [...]

You’ve been to the “spa,” you’ve watched the dramas and you’ve even listened to the band.  What’s next? We knew that part of what makes a slumber party so special was the “thrill” of getting to stay up late (especially if you’re a pre-teen!).  We had pizza and drinks at midnight since the girls were [...]

Now that we’ve discussed spa and food at your sleepover event, let’s get to the important part: the main event! When we first decided to begin these events, we knew that we wanted the girls to have fun, but that we also wanted them to leave with more Jesus than they showed up with. For [...]

Well, first things first this morning: I hope you saw that I found Clay’s house key last night!!! I had planned for a locksmith to come today to take the whole doorknob out of the house and put a new one in, so you can imagine my relief right about now. I woke up this [...]

Me: “Clay, I FOUND THE KEY TO YOUR HOUSE!” Clay: “For real?  Seriously?” Me: “YES!!!!!!!!!  I’m so sorry I put you through this these last few days…” Clay: “I’m sorry you put me through it, too.”

I sent the following email to my soon-to-be new neighbor Clay a few days ago to give him an update on a cat that has been stalking our houses. The cat was obviously homeless and very, very ill. I knew I needed to have him taken away, but I was having a hard time doing [...]

I am coming at you live from The House of Hotness once again. I must tell you that I wish the above comment was in reference to the physical appearance of the man currently crawling through the attic above my bedroom, but I’m afraid that grown males with rat tails as their predominant hairstyle just [...]

Oh my. When I wrote that post earlier for the first 100 of you to tell me your thoughts on the blog, I figured it would take all week to be finished. Y’all filled it up in like four hours. WHOA. I’ve made an identical survey for the next 100 of you that can be [...]