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Be Intentional (#lovehabits update)

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It's funny because when my husband woke up this morning, he leaned over and tried to talk to me with the most awful morning breath ever. Him:  "Babe, let's have our catch me up chat?" Me: "Ummm, it's 6:07 AM. How exactly will we chat about how our day has gone when we've literally only had our

{DIY} How To Make Magnolia Garland

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How To Make Magnolia Garland

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When my best friend called me at the beginning of September and told me she was going to move her wedding up from May 2015 to October 2014...my heart might have quit beating for a few brief seconds. Only because October was nearly eight SHORT weeks away. Or maybe less. My type A (also known as

MM 006: The Importance of Dating Your Spouse

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The first date that I ever took Mandy on was to a place that is known for its "all you can eat fried chicken". Keeping it classy, huh? Thankfully I impressed her enough that she agreed to go out on a second date with me. :) If there's one thing we love to do together, it's eating out. We

Six Kids And Lots of Boxes

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We made a trip to Charlotte last weekend to visit Natalie and the Happy Mommy Box headquarters. It's hard to fathom that we started this box business ONE YEAR ago. It seems even crazier to think that an encounter at a blog conference in Dallas about 18 months ago would have turned into something

The First Challenge Is Starting – The Love Habits

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Wow, your response to the new direction of our blog has been overwhelmingly wonderful. Thank you! The Love Habits In case you missed us talking about our introductory challenge we call The Love Habits then click here. Adding The Love Habits to our daily routine had such a positive

22 Days of Loving On Your Spouse More

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We have been so thrilled with how many people have been excited about our new direction over at Dollars and Roses. In case you missed me talking about it about 900 gazillion times (sorry - not sorry) just check it out HERE. My hubby and I are going to be sharing how YOU can make your marriage

Romantic Weekend Away Giveaway

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We are so excited about the new direction of Dollars and Roses. We thank you in advance for all of your support and we truly hope that this "new" site will help others gain more out of their marriage. To celebrate the launch of our new direction and our new blog we thought it would be fun to award

When You Finally Listen To The Nudge

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You know that feeling when you get a nudge to do something. Maybe it's to start a new business or to take that photography class you've always wanted to take. Or to go on a weekend getaway with your husband (WithOUT the kids). Except even though you get the nudge? You ignore it. Maybe it's

Pumpkin Patch 2014

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Oh the pumpkin patch. It gets more interesting every year. Mostly because it used to be all cute....like - "Look at my sweet boys with the pumpkins" and now it's all like - "PLEASE DON'T THROW PUMPKINS AT EACH OTHER!!"

MM 005: The Love Habits – Explained

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Stuck. That's how our marriage felt after kids, careers, and responsibilities started to get the best of us. We knew we still loved each other, but it definitely wasn't the same puppy dog love we had after we got married. Finally, after one of those silly arguments that we can't even

Local Peeps – This Is For You

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I'm sure you've seen me talk about my friend Tonya from Love of Family and Home. We are not just online friends, we are real life friends first. We met at church a few years ago and became super close...especially since we both were bloggers and could relate to each other! Last week Tonya turned