by Mary Carver | May 2, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Yay! It’s spring! Time to run through the fields and smell the roses and . . . ACHOO! Yes, I’m one of those – a person with allergies. And that has meant, for most of my life, that I am not exactly what you’d call “outdoorsy.”...
by Mary Carver | May 2, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
I know that, this being a Mexican dish, it would make more sense to say “part dos.” But while three years (high school) and three semesters (college) of French classes didn’t exactly leave me fluent en francais, it does mean that out of the foreign...
by Mary Carver | Apr 28, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
When I worked at an ad agency, the office was split into two parts: account services and creative. The account services side of the office was painted in grays and steel blues and was usually quiet enough that you could tell who was walking up behind your cubicle by...
by Mary Carver | Apr 27, 2011 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
I’ve been a nerd for books my entire life. Want proof? When she scanned the above photo, my mom labeled it, “Mary fell asleep reading…again.” [In case you’re wondering, yes, I do have an entire file of dorky photos from my youth....
by Mary Carver | Apr 25, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Easter was late this year, but somehow, it snuck up on me anyway. As I entered Holy Week, I hadn’t organized a single Easter craft for Annalyn, figured out what to wear on Easter Sunday, bought more than one CD for Annalyn’s Easter basket or asked my mom...
