1. This is my 976th blog post. I started the blog 4 years ago this month. Yay for blogging.

2. Took the kids to see Hop yesterday. Fell asleep. During the climax of the story.  { must. get. more. sleep. }

3. Made sweet potato fries as a side dish for dinner the other night. Way delish but a little soggy-er than I prefer. Too much oil? Not sure. The “after” picture and the recipe are here. Takes all of 7 seconds to read the recipe.

4. Creative Estates is happening right now. Right here in Arizona. Tomorrow I’ll be speaking on a panel with a few wonderfully talented women. We’ll be discussing “Happy Chaos: Balancing a Small Business and Motherhood”. Incidentally, that’s why I’m not actually at the conference today. Because I’m balancing a lot right now. A lot.  Sending a little shout-out to all those at Creative Estates this weekend. I look forward to seeing you Saturday!

5. I pass this in the hallway every single day. It’s a collection of photos of women who came before me. My mother (center, left) and grandmothers and great grandmothers and so on. Every day I’m reminded of how much I appreciate my womanhood and motherhood and being a homemaker. I know I have qualities and characteristics that are similar to each one of these women, even in small ways.

6. Speaking of family … some are arriving tomorrow. The guest room is ready. Never a dull moment. This makes me very, very happy. I love my family so much. Looking forward to a super fun week.

7. Claire’s art. Makes me so happy to see her love art the way Porter does. Love her doodles. Love her style. Love her girlish touches.

And pick me off the floor right now because I am a big puddle of mush. This is Claire’s cursive.

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Wishing you a splendid weekend!