Category Archives: Good Life

{Cotton Bowl Baby!}

If you follow our blog you already know that our guys are KaNsAs StAtE WiLdCaT fanatics.  So, when the Cats made it to CoTtOn BowL it was signed, sealed, and delivered that they were going. ~Robynn & Lara~

{Don’t Mess With “Happy”}

Subscribers:  So sorry for the technical difficulties you had in retrieving this post from the notification email sent to you by Suede Sofa!!  I had some issues in posting this today.  Please forgive me!! My husband, a sports buff, was telling me this story about how a collegiate coach was CoNteMpLaTing whether or not he should take aContinue reading “{Don’t Mess With “Happy”}”

Ciao!! {2011}, Hello!! {2012}

Wow.  2011 is over.  Did I hear a sigh of ReLiEf? 2011 was a PaiNfuL year for many people.  I know of so many people who have struggled in incredible ways this past year.  People who lost jobs, lost family members, people who were given grim diagnosis’, people whose spouse’s decided they suddenly wanted to callContinue reading “Ciao!! {2011}, Hello!! {2012}”

{GRATITUDE PARTY}

It is so EaSy to get caught up in every thing that is going “WrOnG” in our life that we can ToTallY miss ALL the good things that have happened to us.  If you’re in the habit of attending PiTy PaRtiEs for yourself, why not try having a GrAtiTuDe PaRty and CouNt all the BleSsInGs you have in your life.  MaybeContinue reading “{GRATITUDE PARTY}”

It’s Called {Life}

From time to time I do a CoOkiNg shOw on our local cable channel.  Because I live in a small town (pop. about 9,000) the viewing audience is relatively small.  The last show I did featured home-made AppLe bUttEr and PoPcoRn BaLLs.  The popcorn balls were a recipe my dad would make when I was a KiD.  BecauseContinue reading “It’s Called {Life}”

So God Made a Farmer

This week there was haRveSt on the Shoup farm.  We had a drought this year and the beans could have been better, but it is always a fUn time of year because the colors are changing, the weather is enjoyable, and we finally get to reap the benefits of all of our haRd work. TheContinue reading “So God Made a Farmer”

I’ve Gotta Feelin’

Having a RoUgH start to your week?  Try my QuiCk fiX to reverse the feeling of a bad day. P.S.  I don’t know HOW MANY times I’ve listened to this to give me a little boost.  So much so that when this song siNgs from my office, my daughter immediately runs as fast as sheContinue reading “I’ve Gotta Feelin’”

{A Lesson From H.S. Seniors} – “Live Like You Were Dying”

I first heard this song at a HiGh ScHoOl GrAdUaTiOn sung by a group of SeNiOrS.  What made this song so PoiGnAnT and left an ImPrEsSiOn was the fact that they had experienced, first hand, how short life can be.  One of their classmates had died the previous year of cancer.  They dedicated this song to her. I especiallyContinue reading “{A Lesson From H.S. Seniors} – “Live Like You Were Dying””

Kiss From God

A few days ago my family and I were driving and my 3-year old said, “Momma look at that PeTtY (pretty) SuNsEt.”  To which my 5-year old replied, “That’s a KiSs from God”.  From time to time when we see a bLuE sKy with white puffy clouds or another one of God’s BeaUtiFuL masterpieces we use this phrase.  ItContinue reading “Kiss From God”