Happy Cinco de Mayo!  The day of the year we can all guiltlessly stuff ourselves with chips, salsa, tacos, and more while happily blaming it...

This last weekend, I finally got around to doing something I've wanted to do for the past several weeks:  make cookies for my new neighb...

This last weekend was P-R-O-D-U-C-T-I-V-E.  Whoa.  My folks were in town and we all went full-throttle on some home repairs/upgrades that re...

It's definitely taking quite a bit of time to figure out where everything goes in our new house.  As first-time homeowners, I feel a gre...

Sooooo.... WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! The new Pardy Palace! I can hardly believe it is real.  This is a long time coming and an enormous dr...

As I walk around my apartment (well, trip  more than walk, would be a better description maybe) I notice how my daily life appears to be sum...

Last week I wrote about how my family was feeling under spiritual attack .  We walked through our home and took turns praying over the vario...

I've been known to be sort of accident prone.  It's ironic that my middle name is Grace , because rarely do I live up to the expecta...

Well, as you can imagine, I was just itching  to get inside our new home.  Since we'd travelled over 2,000 miles and waited weeks and we...

One takes many risks when deciding to pick up and move across the country.  Sure, there's the cost, the inconvenience, and even the cour...