About Me

I am an extremely blessed woman. I have enjoyed many wonderful life experiences: I grew up in a loving family, attended a good Christian college where I earned a degree in math, then moved to Hawaii and taught school for four years. I've had my share of adventure, of education, of quiet, of loneliness, of work, and of fun.

Three years ago, I embarked on a new and life-changing adventure. I met a handsome Welshman and moved to the UK to become his wife. We were married in December 2007. A year later, in February 2009, we found out that we were expecting the first little addition to our family. I am a wife; I am a mother; I am a Christian; I am a servant; I am a leader. I am a woman.

One thing of note about me is that I am still learning everyday. What I share here are the things I have already learned, some of which have already had a great impact on the climate of our little family home. I find that on the topic of homemaking, the majority of books and blogs focus almost entirely on organization and cleaning. These are two wonderful areas of consideration for any homemaker, but you can have the most wonderfully organized home, or the most spotless, but have an entirely miserable family. What I want to capture, and what I have spent most of my time contemplating and working toward is that intangible quality of a loving, welcoming, cozy refuge from the outside world. Here we will explore this together.