I’ve had this piece of furniture since the beginning of time and why on earth I haven’t painted it before now, I do not know. You probably have this piece of furniture too, don’t you? Or at least a side table or armoire like it? Well, something told me it was time. Time to give [...]
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1. The girls and I are on book 7 of Harry Potter. We can hardly put it down. I’ve cried and laughed and stumbled over her brilliant vocabulary. We read 75 pages aloud yesterday. I’m losing my voice. Anyone wanna volunteer to come read to us? Our library’s audio version is due back today so [...]
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Our basement at the lakehouse has been officially declared ‘the Mancave’. It has housed many {sweaty} boys this summer and has been sorely neglected—as in, I try my best NOT to ever go down there. And then there’s the dilemma of where to put all my art and photographs. This house has no [...]
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I’m making blueberry coffee cake this morning. Number one, because I came home to a nearly full container of slightly shriveled blueberries. And number two, because baking is like therapy for me. And tomorrow my old house will no longer be mine. And today, I have get everything last little thing [...]
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Warning: This post is supremely unimportant and should only be read if you’re bored, caught up on all your laundry and have recently cleaned out your fridge. Now proceed. If you’re a regular reader then you’re likely confused. I’ve been playing around with my blog design today so don’t worry, you’re at the right spot. [...]
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Greetings from Houston! I’m sitting in the lobby of the Hyatt this morning, so as not to wake the members of my family who can sleep past 6a. We’re here for the national convention of our church (the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) to which my husband is a delegate. So while he goes [...]
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Caiti brought her boyfriend Cody along…… Taylor brought Morgan…… and of course, Marcus and Katilin joined us….. My sister hosted our family renunion at her spacious and gorgeous house….. —where we ate too much of this….. and got to meet baby Piper! and got to visit with our out-of-town relatives….. we ended the night with [...]
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We started out our holiday extravaganza by picking up Mal from the airport. He’s the oldest of this large brood of children and we feel so lucky that he took time off work to come and visit. We know that these times of most of us being all together will get fewer and farther between. [...]
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{photography by studio 3z} What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in all the silent unspoken [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
