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how my kitchen reminds me God sees me.
I’ve been extra sleepy and extra busy this week. Sometimes my brain says crazy things to me like, “Hey, didn’t you have more energy and less mid-afternoon sleepiness when you were on Whole 30?” And you know what I tell my brain when it says nonsense like that? “Pass me that creme brûlée donut, will you?” Kidding. Kind of.…
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the weekend ramble (relaxing and thank you and chipped paint)
This weekend was actually what I wish for so many weekends to be — relaxing. It was decent amounts of productive and pleasurable, some one on one time with Bergen (he and I went to lunch together – he’s such good company), a dinner out celebrating with dear and precious friends, a vintage market, a game night with the…
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Five Finds Friday (the best worst photo & a lot of Lauren Daigle)
I’ll keep saying it all the time. As many times as I want to. IT’S ALREADY THE END OF OCTOBER!!??! And I’ll use excessive exclamation marks if I feel like it too. Whatever. I guess I’m feeling a little sassy. Which is a silly word. Actually, it used to be my daughter Riley’s favorite word. What should we name…
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a stage, a microphone & no notes allowed
Last week I stood on a stage in front of a room filled (mostly) with strangers. There was a microphone and people who bought actual tickets with real money to see this event. But let me go back a little farther than last week. It was maybe two months ago. Ish? Six weeks? Through my work Instagram…
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the weekend ramble (I need a high five and you should see my darling dining room now)
I have ALL of the words. And NONE of the time. That’s just the way it is right now, more than ever, it seems. The list of blog post ideas fills a page – but the time to write here is increasingly harder to find. And I miss that. Writing out my thoughts, processing my life through this medium,…
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101 Doodle Definitions: A Timberdoodle Review
This is a sponsored post by Timberdoodle. All of the opinions are my own. __________________________________ This year our homeschool has been a bit more streamlined than it ever has before. Less fluid and more structured. Some this has to do with life circumstances. I need the schedule to be more predictable so I can arrange meetings and work…
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the weekend ramble (for a weekend that did anything but ramble)
This weekend hasn’t rambled at all. In fact, not an ounce of my life has been slow lately. Or quiet. Our house has been a cacophony of hammers and drills and walls coming down and decks going up and progress. It’s all very exciting and all very exhausting. I’m so grateful for the wide range of talents my friends…
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accepting it with grace
I was lying in bed, reading a few chapters of The Book Thief before bed recently. Focusing on the words on the page seemed impossibly hard. And not because of poor lighting or minuscule print or the late hour. It was my eyes. At some point this past year I purchased some reading glasses and then only used them…
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The Weekend Ramble: coconut milk and screen time
It sure does not feel like autumn anywhere locally. I see photos of friends who live in Colorado and they are drinking hot cocoa and wearing their base layers already. Why do I live in the south anyway? (Bergen and I lament this weekly, at least.) Queen Tallulah is ridiculously teddy-bear adorable. And I don’t want to jinx our…
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instead of Five Finds Friday, there’s this . . . (but she’s cute)
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Five Finds Friday post to talk about a little something else that’s happening in our house this Friday. You know we love our dog Ryder. He’s a legit family member – all of his rug like self. He’s loyal and faithful and funny. He’s a smart guy who almost never poops in the yard…
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break week !
When you take one giant portion off your plate, the whole load lightens up immeasurably. This is Break Week at Wildwood Halls of Ivy. It’s so much easier to get all the things done when all the things is a much shorter list. Which begs the question, why am I even doing school? No, not really. That’s…
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A List of Things We’re Into Lately
Dried apples. Who knew they would suddenly taste so good and crispy? Turns out – on this Whole 30 journey – I miss chips. And popcorn. Crunchy things. I like food textures apparently and a carrot has a crunch but it still lacks something I like about a chip. Anyway. Currently dried apples are working out pretty well. But…
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five finds friday (or maybe four. help me pick out curtains please.)
This week my brain has been on food far too much. It’s one side effect I am not enjoying about Whole 30 – I feel as if all I’m thinking about is food – when to make it, what I can have, what I cannot have. At this point, London and I are going to attempt to finish the…
