Skip to content
  • About
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Adoption
  • Marriage Matters
  • Recipes
  • Featured On
  • Favorites

Category: shopping

food/grocery store/hungry/shopping

Benedict Arnold

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

I’m a loyalist of sorts. I don’t often stray from the norm–even if I’m not sure why or how the norm was put into play.  So then, br...

2012/New Year's Eve/shopping

If The Dress Fits…

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

… make your husband arrange New Year’s Eve plans!  Seriously, Mr. Gray and I had no big plans for New Year’s Eve (and probably wouldnR...

learning/school/school supplies/shopping/teaching

Supply & Demand

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

School supplies have always excited me. When I was younger, we would go to a bigger store in San Marcos or New Braunfels so I didn’t have the same supplie...

boutique/clothes/shopping

[High] End Rant

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

At this risk of sounding snooty and maybe even a little superficial, I’m going to post this anyway.  I like clothes. I love to shop. If I walk into a...

Baby Gray/family day/photos/shopping

Fabulous Finds

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Yesterday evening, Baby Gray had a mini-session with Nikki Peterson in Boerne. Mr. Gray and I decided to make a day of it shopping and eating in Boerne. We foun...

freezer/money/planning/Recipes/saving/shopping

It’s a Plan, Stan

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I only go to the grocery store once a week. I started meal planning a few years ago, and it’s made a HUGE diffe...

lotion/shopping/soap

I’m in Luv!

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

I’m not much of a lotion person, usually. Which stinks because I have super dry skin. This Christmas, though, my cousin gave me some lotion and soap by Nu...

Baby Gray/shopping

Shop ’til you Drop

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Annie came back to visit this weekend! We went on a little shopping excursion Friday… Shopping looks a little different with an infant:  That strolle...

Posts navigation

« Previous 1 2

Hi, I’m Jolie…

jolie-gray
Wife to Josh, mama to Hays (7), hopeful adoptive mama, and Jesus lover. I founded Purpose Box in July of 2014. I'm all about open sunroofs and coffee dates. Welcome to my space; have a click around. I hope you feel loved, encouraged, and empowered.

Texas forever.

Purpose Box

purpose-box

Get The Gray Matters in your inbox!

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

the_graymatters

The latest adventure. Part of our story is that The latest adventure. 

Part of our story is that God has asked us to be good stewards of what we have. We discovered a love of kayaking a few weeks ago and then made the best of finding some to meet our needs. 

We snagged some kayaks from our favorite outfitter and set out for our favorite river spot. Adventuring at its finest. (Several years ago that was my word for the year.) 

We had a blast, found a great spot, and learned a few lessons. 

Here’s to learning as you go!
Allow me to introduce {our}selves: I’m Jolie. Allow me to introduce {our}selves: 

I’m Jolie. Wife, mama, teacher, friend, daughter, Aggie, writer, encourager, reader, letter writer. 

That’s the boy. LEGO builder, author, advocate, fundraiser, creative, friend, Type One butt-kicker. 

That that’s Mr. Gray. Husband, father, friend, role model, coach, teacher, learner, discerner. 

This is us! (Except now Mr. Gray cut his hair. 😭😭😭) Sometimes we match when we go out. Sometimes we laugh too loud. Sometimes we overreact. We love and forgive each other. We work together to help others and make the world around us better. 

Who are you? How are you? 👇🏻
So, I didn’t tell y’all, but when I posted yes So, I didn’t tell y’all, but when I posted yesterday, I also challenged myself. I challenged myself to show up. For seven days. Or ten. Or twenty-one. Or thirty. I’m not sure how long yet, but I’ll be here. For some consecutive days. 

I want to show up here in laughter or tears in such a way that you can take a little nugget, stick it in your pocket, and save it for a rainy day. 

Sometimes you just have to laugh. Laugh at yourself. Laugh with your spouse. Send your ridiculousness to your friends. Take a moss to dinner. Embarrass your husband. Don’t take it all so seriously. Step back a bit and step out of the deep. Smile. Breathe.
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, I wro Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, I wrote every single day. If I were going to be gone, I wrote ahead of time and scheduled it to post. In a more recent place in time, I jumped online each Friday and discussed the week via Facebook live. In an even more recent realm, I started a weekly newsletter in an effort to get back to some writing roots and offer up another form of sharing ideas and tips. 

Then I stopped. All of it. 

Everything around me began to just sound like noise, and I didn’t want to contribute to that. I wanted to be sure what I bring to the table has some value (even if sometimes that value is that it’ll show up in my @chatbooks later).

Mostly, though, I want what I share to be thoughtful and representative of a safe space in this big ol’ (sometimes mean) internet world. I want people to peek in—to any of my spaces—and see something that saves them time, a way to give back, a reminder that Jesus loves them, a family working on getting back to the basics and focusing on each other.

I want to be a brand and make an impact and be something bigger, but not in such a way that I blend in with the noise. I want to make you think and challenge you and offer up ways to make your life and systems simpler and work for you. I want to be a resource and an encourager.

So, I’m getting back in the game. And I’m starting with this little space. 

*laces up shoes and jogs onto the court*
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Activate

© 2021
Powered by WordPress | Theme: Graphy by Themegraphy