January, 2011 - We Draw to Learn

Avoiding Crape Murder in Your Landscape

By Laura Baareman January 30, 2011House, Projects1 Comment

Well, it's about that time of year again. Time for tree and shrub pruning for the yard and landscape around the house. Well isn't it too early you might say, but really it's not. Spring, believe it or not, is right around the corner and it is good to…

How Bloggers Party Online

By Laura Baareman January 28, 2011Blogging, Linky Parties2 Comments

About a week ago, I discovered how bloggers party online. They have these things called "Linky Parties". On a certain day of the week or month various bloggers let other bloggers attach their post to a long list of related links. For instance, there's a website on my list…

Xtranormal

By Laura Baareman January 23, 2011Funny

So I don't know if y'all have heard about this little website that is becoming all the rage or not. My guess is that you probably have because of the Geico commercials of robots talking about how much money they can save and stuff, and presidents dancing about saving…

Wedding Week Day 4: Wedding Week & Bachelorette Party

By Laura Baareman January 23, 2011About Us, Wedding4 Comments

What to do on a really cold Saturday when you're feeling sick? How about finish the Wedding Week Challenge that I started way back in December?I've already discussed the story of Our Engagement, Our Engagement Party at Williamson Brothers' BBQ, and the trials and tribulations of Wedding Planning.Now we…

And the Stylish Blogger Award goes to…

By Laura Baareman January 19, 2011Blogging, Linky Parties3 Comments

I often see other bloggers doing things like blog challenges, link-ups, and awards - but I have never been invited to do any of the above - until now! My friend Lesley-Anne recently gave me my first blog award, the Stylish Blogger Award. Thanks so much Mrs. Fenton!So here's the…

Our House Tour: Before and Afters

By Laura Baareman January 18, 2011House6 Comments

I noticed that lots of blogs have a tour of their house - so I thought it would be fun to dig up the photos from the first time we saw our house. You can tell by these pics that I didn't plan on doing "before and afters" since…

“The Big Yellow One’s the Sun!”

By Laura Baareman January 17, 2011Fun Times, Funny

Well, it definitely gets harder to make time for blogging when you get back into the real world routine and you're no longer on vacation. School has come back with a vengeance for me, and I've been battling a cold (which i just passed on to my lovely wife...sorry honey!) and…

Better Late than Never – Fun on Jesus’ Birthday

By Laura Baareman January 14, 2011Family, Jesus2 Comments

So the whole reason that I started this blog was to keep track of what we do in our day to day live - to keep the memories alive so to speak. So, with that goal in mind, here's a brief recap of the awesomely long Christmas break Jason…

New Years Resolutions

By Laura Baareman January 12, 2011Goals

Read through the Bible in a year - Chronological version Have a quiet time and pray once a day. I'm trying to do this in the morning.Pray for global missions Post 15 blog posts a month - every other day January - Done on 1-27-2011Run 400 miles in 2011 - about 8…

How to Make a Cheap Red Berry Wreath

By Laura Baareman January 12, 2011Crafts, Linky Parties, Projects6 Comments

Jason and I enjoyed a snow day yesterday, complete with no school and no work! We had lots of fun being "snowed-in" here in Augusta. We got lots of organizing done, played in the ice and snow a bit, and I even got a chance to do a long…