I'm a couple weeks behind schedule on the annual reader survey following an epic run of endless snow and endless sickness. I've spent way too much time under blankets and guzzling tea, friends, b...
Happy New Year, friends! After my requisite slow start to January, I'm working on jumping back into the groove, still trying to sort out where 2018 ran off to so quickly. This year will mark elev...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2019/01/blogging-2019-from-entertaining-blog-the-sweetest-occasion/
Friends, I don't know what it is, but January is kicking my ass. Again. This has happened the last couple of years, too, and it is endlessly frustrating. I love the holiday season, both personall...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2018/01/on-being-creatively-stuck-my-goals-for-2018/
Way back at the beginning of the year when I announced that we're getting married, we had these grand plans for a backyard wedding and a cool brunch reception. Fast forward seven months or so and...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/10/backyard-wedding-plans/
Nine years ago, I sat down one late summer day in 2008 and signed up for a Blogger account. I'd been "blogging" since before it was referred to as such on Live Journal long before then, but this ...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/08/thoughts-on-blogging-in-2017/
A few times of year I sit down and write a post that makes me uncomfortable. In the past I’ve talked about surviving divorce and about how I never wanted to be a mom. Sharing in that way is alw...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/08/real-reason-dont-share-photos-online/
Since first announcing way back in February that we're getting married, I have updated you precisely zero times on the details. In short that's simply because we changed our minds approximately 4...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/07/choosing-our-wedding-invitations/
Say hello to the newest addition to our family! Little Miss Harper joined our family just before Christmas, a few days before we said goodbye to our sweet old Nina girl. She was intended to be Ni...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/02/yellow-lab-puppy-named-harper/
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends! However you’re celebrating or not celebrating today, and whomever you may spend your day with, I hope you have a day that leaves you feeling loved. Speaking of...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/02/we-are-getting-married/
Even though we’re already into the middle of January, there’s a large part of my internal clock that is still getting caught up to the fact that 2016 is over. Wow, what a year! On a personal ...
https://thesweetestoccasion.com/2017/01/what-i-learned-in-2016/