Background information for this post: With the exception of one evening in February, Garth and I have not been out without the kiddo since he was born (14 months ago!). We don’t live near family or have a good babysitter, so we spend more of our post-7pm evenings at home, watching movies in [...]

good day friends.
I hate to announce that the summer is here in Florida. That means that I am hiding inside my house, blinds closed, fans on high power, wishing that I was somewhere else. I just keep saying to myself, “this is your last summer here Laura, enjoy it”, and I am trying [...]

I love it when I can look through my stash of thrifted neckties and find several that are similar. All four of these ties were manufactured in different cities, for different companies, at different times, and worn by different men, working different jobs. All made their way one way or another to Pensacola, [...]

where does all of the time go?
This week has been so busy and lazy, all at the same time.
Garth had the week off.
Jack was blowing kisses and letting go of my hand to wander off.
The In-laws were in town.
There were custom wedding ties to finish and awesome new bow ties to work on.
I [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to all ya’ll, especially those whom I adore, double especially to my Mom who is the greatest and taught me all of the most important things that I know (doing my best, sewing darts, baking gingerbread and scones….).
I wish that we were all gathered together today doing this. Love you momma!
xo
Laura. [...]

I think way too much about what I write here. It is often why I don’t write. I’ve written in a book journal everyday since I was 13 and I never run out of interesting things to record there- so I know that my struggle with an online-out-there-for-anyone version is that I want [...]