THE JOURNAL

When it comes to the holidays, there are certain things I really look forward to doing year after year. The obvious ones are decorating our home, setting up our tree, waiting for our silly elves to arrive and seeing all they funny things they do and waiting for my children to awake and look for […]

They HAVE arrived!  This was a BIG, HUGE, FABULOUS week at the Cooper household, because our two buddies – Snowy and Holly, our Elves on the Shelf arrived!  Seriously, I love this time of the year and I can’t wait to see my children’s reactions to the silly antics of Holly and Snowy.  (Everyone has […]

How does Santa shop on Black Friday? He uses Mary Beth’s Photography’s BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL…… Book today and you can choose between these two fabulous specials: 1- $300 off The First Year Moments Collection – OR – 2- Book a signature session ($150) and your session fee goes toward any collection purchase. ( Can be […]

Seriously, I never knew how much Essential Oils would be “essential” to my life! { Pun TOTALLY intended! } I started using them last spring after a friend started selling them. I had been suffering from bouts of insomnia and I have had really bad migraines, too – two things that don’t work very well […]

At the end of the day sometimes… actually, all the time these days… I feel like I have been pulled in oh, just a little under one hundred directions – from being a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a friend and a business owner. There are days when I feel like […]