by Mary Carver | Jan 2, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
A few years ago I worked part-time at a scrapbooking store. I fell in love with various supplies – stickers, paper, tools, you name it – on a regular basis. But when I came across a set of birthday themed papers in the clearance bin one night, I was a...
by Mary Carver | Dec 31, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I read a lot of different blogs about a lot of different topics. So when I looked through my favorite posts of the year, I could have easily made a list of the posts I loved most about blogging, business, cooking or pop culture. But much as I love reading about those...
by Mary Carver | Dec 29, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Once I realized I couldn’t fit all the books, movies and TV shows I loved in 2011 into one post, I faced the dilemma of how to split it all up. These days it seems like all my favorite mediums are all smushed together. Books become movies, movies become TV...
by Mary Carver | Dec 29, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I started out this year by vowing to read 35 classics before turning 35. Since I turned 33 just a few days ago, I suppose I owe you an update. But I don’t wanna tell you. Okay, fine. Here it is. I’ve read stacks of mysteries and dozens of YA books, many...
by Mary Carver | Dec 27, 2011 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
One of the movie theaters that Mark and I go to occasionally includes a slide about what to do in case of a fire in its before-the-previews commercials. The instructions, written in a lovely script, scroll up over the screen as a Very Serious Man reads them aloud. And...
