by Mary Carver | Sep 15, 2015 | Faith Life
We’d joked all night about how nerdy it was to attend an adult spelling bee. Never mind that it was for charity, that it was in a hip downtown location, or that I do seriously consider superior spelling skills to be my superpower. It still feels a tiny bit lame to...
by Mary Carver | Sep 2, 2015 | recipes & food
I bought Mark a shirt with this graphic a few years ago. For the record, he’s been a big fan of bacon for a long time – since well before it was A Thing. But now that it’s a thing, he can celebrate his love with t-shirts. So that’s good. We had...
by Mary Carver | Aug 27, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life, What I'm Into
I wanted two things from our family vacation. TWO THINGS. I wanted a family photo and a Christmas ornament. Which I got. But I should have specified, it seems, because what I really wanted was a GOOD family photo where all four of us are looking at the camera and...
by Mary Carver | Aug 24, 2015 | Faith Life, My Life
On Saturday night I went to bed at a decent time, with plans to get up on time the next morning. That might sound like common sense, but it’s not always – or even often – what I do. Most Sunday mornings start off late and get more stressful every...
by Mary Carver | Aug 21, 2015 | Home Life, recipes & food
Several years ago, I read an article in Redbook about Trisha Yearwood. Among many other things she shared a recipe for stuffed peppers – and I was intrigued. I’d only had stuffed peppers once before in my entire life, and I thought maybe I needed to try...