Author: Martin

As a younger girl, I always described myself as a southern girl with a northern heart. I hated the heat and humidity where I lived, and I longed to move up North where it was cool. When I first met my future husband at college, I asked him if we were to marry someday if […]

There is nothing like coming home to a warm, cozy house in the middle of the winter. I dread going out during the winter months, but I love to just sit inside by our fireplace and read a good book. It is so relaxing. Sadly, our fireplace stopped working a few weeks ago, so we […]

It was actually a lot of fun. I am one of those people who milk my birthday like crazy. I am well over twenty-five now, and I still like to make a big deal about my birthday. I can remember as a little girl, my parents did not do much to celebrate birthdays. They would […]

Looking for a new home can be quite frustrating at times. The home that my husband and I bought right before we got married was small and cozy, but once we popped out two kids, it was time to find something bigger. The nice thing about our little house was that it had a huge […]