This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! One thing I’ve learned as lover of creating cozy [...]
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I love this floor–partly because I hauled it from Knoxville in my own car and helped the framers unload it. I may or may not have a hernia. There’s something to be said when you add your own sweat to something. {It’s 18×18 porcelain tile that I bought at Stover’s in Knoxville for $4.99 per [...]
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One of the first things you have to choose when you’re building a house is exterior materials. I knew I wanted hardie siding and was pretty sure I wanted white but we did a lot of drive-by’s in nearby areas to make sure we were set. We chose white hardie siding and my friend Polly [...]
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I had another post planned for today but I didn’t have time to flesh it out. Writing about faith can be a little exhausting. There’s the praying and fretting that you have handled God’s word correctly and then there’s the emails that sometimes require long, involved answers. Then more praying and worrying that [...]
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Theology matters when your world is crashing down. What you believe about God and how He works in the world can bring you unspeakable peace or tormenting despair. There seems to be a ‘movement’ in the modern church that wants to minimize doctrine—-”it doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re being a force [...]
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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! Next week, we’ll delve into the details of plumbing, [...]
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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! ********** You’re not gonna hurt my feelings if you [...]
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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! ***A little nesting news—–the schoolroom bookshelves are almost organized [...]
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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! ***Since I updated my blog, I’ve had lots of [...]
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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! It took us 3 months to choose a builder. [...]
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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...
