232 Toxic Chemicals found in 10 Babies

This (kind of long, sorry) article came to my inbox this morning, and I thought it was very important to share! Yet another reason to make s...

a year in review

A brief synopsis of our year: January: Not much happened. February: I don’t remember what happened. March: We had a scary run-in with me ...

homemade laundry soap

The more we learn and read about the food we're eating, personal products we're using, and cleaning supplies we're using, the mo...

birth choices

My main passion in life is reading and learning about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, babies, fertility and natural family planning/fe...

I retract that statement.

We're not moving :) I've been feeling really unsettled about the whole thing, and really do not feel like now is the right time. So,...

mojo does not love us either...or loves us too much.

Mojo is apparently suffering from separation anxiety. I got a bummer of a phone call today at lunch from Jason, who told me that Mojo ate (a...

mojo does not love Jesus.

This is what we came home to yesterday afternoon: That's right, folks, that is the Holy Bible (and an orange t-shirt). Jason left his o...

christmas is coming!

I sort of feel like this is our first Christmas as a married couple. It's actually our second. But, last year was all sorts of craziness...

challenging weekend

This weekend was a challenge for me, on many levels, so I'm going to reflect about it for a bit. Saturday morning I got up earlyish, and...

house hunting.

Yesterday morning Jason felt like God spoke to him, and so we're going to start preparing to put our house on the market. I'm feelin...

house hunting?

Yesterday I went to our jeweler to get my rings cleaned and inspected. I was talking to the girl that works there for awhile, and she was te...

babies

Yesterday at youth group, my friend Tia came up to me asking: T: Jill! Are you pregnant?! Me: um, no. (freaking out, thinking I look huge or...

mary kay is pretty much corrupt...

and so I'm quitting. I was enjoying it; enjoyed selling it, enjoyed (still enjoy) using it, enjoyed making other women feel good about t...

family

Jason’s grandma had a heart attack last night. We were just settling down to watch Grey’s Anatomy when his phone rang and we got the news. W...

allerton run/relaxing sunday

Yesterday I ran the Allerton Trail Run (5.5 miles) through the gorgeous Allerton park in Monticello. I ran with my good friend Courtney; her...

the garage door conclusion

Well, we’ve decided to get new garage doors. They aren’t in the budget, but luckily my parents are awesome and flexible enough that they are...

budget priorities

We are on a tight budget. Why? Because we have debt. Why? Because we made bad choices. Now that we have that out of the way... We are trying...

october, blessings, and more changes

We're still alive. October has been crazy busy for us!! October 1: I turned 24!!! Crazy. I'm old. :) My birthday was awesome, becaus...

awkwardness

Tonight was one of the more awkward nights of my life. I got home from school, and went about my business of showering and unwinding before ...

mr. mojo

Some recent pics for your viewing pleasure :) He's getting so big!!

the conclusion

Turns out I was telling the truth! ::shocker:: After many emails, the head of the chemistry department convinced the IT people to look for m...

prophetic dreams

I am not one to have prophetic dreams on a regular basis--or ever, really. Last night though, I'm pretty positive that I did. I mean, Go...

the battle rages on

I'm in the process of contesting my chemistry grade from last semester; I got a C, because my teacher insists that she never got the lab...

…still no conclusion.

I got an email back from the Dean regarding my entrance into the RN program. She said I have to go talk to the person that sent me to her to...

rant.

Blah. I had a rough afternoon on Friday. this will be a slightly longish rant... I went to Parkland (community college, where I want to get ...

oh the joys of thunderstorms...

Last night was one of the toughest nights we've had in quite awhile. We've deemed Thursday nights "date nights," to make s...

a God story

This is an amazing story (and all quotations are approximate, since I wasn't there, and am relaying the information that Jason gave me)....

changes

Jason has officially finished his bachelor's degree, and is awaiting his diploma from Greenville College (yay!). That means he is DONE w...

mary kay

As of last week, I am officially a Mary Kay Independant Beauty Consultant. I made the decision to start selling Mary Kay for a few reasons. ...

wedding pictures

...are finally all online! Yay! Check it out by clicking on the photos tab on the upper right hand side.

pictures!!! (finally!)

First, our 1-year anniversary trip to Chicago... Attempting to be happy, even though we missed our show :( The incredible scallops ($16 for ...