by Mary Carver | May 9, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
A couple weeks ago I decided to make chocolate chip pumpkin bread. It’s really a winter-y food, but it’s also a tasty one, so we tracked down a can of pumpkin and got to cooking. Every other time we made the bread, I used regular chocolate chips, but this...
by Mary Carver | May 7, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
For the first four years we lived in our house, we had a bookshelf in our living room. On top of the bookshelf were a couple picture frames and a lamp. I had my books arranged according to color, and the whole thing looked just perfect. Then we had a baby. And that...
by Mary Carver | May 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Despite the weird weather patterns we’ve been enduring this year, we all know that April showers bring May flowers. But in TV Land, April reruns bring May sweeps. And finales. I really wanted to begin this post by announcing that I’m not watching nearly as...
by Mary Carver | May 4, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Last night, after reuniting with my sadly neglected treadmill, I sat down to write down everything I ate during the day. Nothing about that statement is typical, of course. What is typical? The fact that I ate a burrito for every meal. Okay, I don’t normally eat...
by Mary Carver | May 3, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what God is saying to me about a particular problem or situation. And other times, it’s like he’s smacking me in the face. It’s not quite as mean as it sounds. I can be a little dense, so it’s actually...
