by Mary Carver | May 16, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
After a week of attempting to eat low-carb, I can safely say I LOVE CARBS. Okay, I know: big surprise. What I’ve actually learned is that it is possible – and not as difficult as I first thought – to eat well without carbs. Not that I’ve done...
by Mary Carver | May 16, 2011 | Family Life, Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
I think I’ve mentioned before how my sweet little girl is quite the drama queen. While that is irritating as all get out when she carries on for thirty minutes after bedtime over a TINY bug bite, it’s pretty sweet when she squeals in delight over the fact...
by Mary Carver | May 12, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
“Daddy, don’t forget your Bluetooth! Hey, I have a pink tooth at my work.” ———- “What are you putting on your face, Mommy?” “It’s powder.” “Oh, yeah. I have one of those at work. It’s purple...
by Mary Carver | May 12, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
When I was a freshman in high school, I was IN LOVE with a boy in my geometry class. And one day he took it upon himself to inform me that I had a unibrow. WHAT? First of all, who even DOES that? I mean, did I point out that he was short? NO. (I mean, it was fairly...
by Mary Carver | May 11, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
One of the sessions I attended at the Orange Conference was called How People Change. The speaker, Carey Nieuwhof, said – among many things – that incremental change brings incremental results. Small changes = small results. He was talking about making...