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Home Update Recap | Summer 2020

We have tackled a handful of projects around our house this summer, so it’s time for a recap of all our work! The gardenFlowers by the mailboxFlower boxes at shedThe fence!Board and batten in kitchenFurniture updates Painting the 3rd floorPainting the ceiling in...
Parenting Advice, Or Not

Parenting Advice, Or Not

How do we balance giving unsolicited parenting advice versus warnings that are welcome? Like the ingredient in the sunscreen that can cause seizures in babies, and the newborn pacifiers that are a choking hazard once babies can chew versus giving your baby juice...

30 Day Challenge Experiment Ideas

Connect with people Make a list of 30 people to connect with, either call them or visit with one each day No spend month Only spend money on necessities. No more sugar Do a sugar detox. Make the rules (fruit, honey, maple syrup), and stick to it. Journal Write....

What Draws me to Writing

I love the beauty of the stories that I have read on Coffee and Crumbs and their book, the Magic of Motherhood. I so appreciate the reflections from Risen Motherhood and that they are lessons which come from experiences, stories, events in their lives.  I see...

rethinking holiday traditions

Instead of doing the same exact thing every year for your holidays, pick the same day related to the holiday (the eve, weekend before, etc) and set that as your holiday tradition time. Here’s the key: Pick a fun new age appropriate activity that year for your...

mud in the tire

Our car plans haven’t exactly come to fruition over the last year and a half. My car was totaled in the fall of 2018, we had hoped to get an SUV before that year was over, but the timing of the accident and our bank accounts just didn’t line up. We...

be better

The list of things to do in this world is exhausting…Read 100 books in a year, oh yeah that sounds like a good idea, I should do that. Wait, how much reflecting do you actually do when you read that many books? Ok, so read less books and reflect more. But since...

family journal questions

I really wanted to have this collection of beautiful family yearbooks, but I just don’t think that’s my reality, and I’m okay with that. So I’m giving something else a try and I simply ordered a beautiful little journal that I’m writing...

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