Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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Three days before Christmas, I thought that it could not possibly be three days before Christmas. It felt in the rhythm of life that there had to be at least another week. My sense of timing was all off. Part of it was the late Thanksgiving. Part of it was missing Christmas-themed Sunday worship due to being in the nursery one week, staying home …
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I wanted to take a few moments to say hello on Christmas Eve. We just finished watching "White Christmas" and enjoying a special dinner of some family favorites. We have a quiet Christmas Day planned at home that includes opening stockings and gifts. Whatever your plans and wherever they take you, I hope these days are meaningful for you and …
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One of my 2020 goals was to read 20 books and I created a tickler list on a page to share what I was reading and might read. In the past, I was a voracious reader of books. I always had a few going at a time and read at least a couple a week. I still am a voracious reader, but I tend to do most of my reading online. This is really a shame since I …
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I could never have imagined reaching Caroline's 15th birthday when we were still calling her Little Miss Peanut. I remember looking at her 18 month clothes when she was first born and not fathoming how she would get that big. LOL! But here we are fifteen years later with so many wonderful memories. I am truly thankful for this funny, smart, …
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This was a full and interesting mid-September weekend for our family. I plan on writing posts about most of these topics, but thought I would share some highlights in the meantime. As I said to David, you just never know where life with me is going to take you! LOL! First up was purchasing a very basic, inexpensive HP laptop in order to …
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If I had to sum up our summer on this last day of August, this is it: You can have time or money, but rarely both. This was the summer when Caroline really understood for the first time what it means to have more money and less Daddy. David and I made the decision long ago that time and relationships were more important than money. We've had …
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Fifteen years ago today, David and I learned that our prayers of many years were answered. My twenty week ultrasound confirmed I was pregnant with a girl. I've written before about our long journey to parenthood so I won't go into it again. However, we had always prayed for a daughter and God chose to answer that specific prayer. Each year on …
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It has been far too long since I've done a post like this. I thought today would be a good day to take a peek at some little things around our home. None of them are spectacular, but they are the little things that make a home unique. I've written often about our home's atmosphere, the beauty in our lives, and how the things we surround ourselves …
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It's the last day of August. Where did the summer go? I know we always ask that question each year, but this year I'm asking it in a different way as I'm sure you are as well. This will be our fourth week of homeschooling. We are off to a good start and I'm thankful. We're still adding subjects in, but we're solidly into most of them. I'm going …
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My blogging friend, Dianna, often uses the phrase "Head down, blinders on" to encourage us to focus on what we have set out to do. I've been dutifully applying it this month. If you look at what I've posted in June, you'll see it hasn't been much. I have been adding content to the forum from time to time. I've also kept up with obligations I had …
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Last week I wrote about Letting Go of Who You Were to Find Out Who You Are Now. I've been thinking about these topics quite a bit lately. In the process, I ran across this quote: "Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." Annie Dillard People often talk about how your belongings own you in a sense because …
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It is actually quiet in my home at this moment. I know it would seem that with only three of us living here that it must be quiet all the time, but this morning and early afternoon was just loud. I think it is because Caroline has been sick with a nose and throat thing since Friday evening. She's hardly been able to talk and today she can. So she's …
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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Yes, the past couple of weeks have been such a roller coaster as you can probably tell by the lack of much new content here. I thought about it every day. Many days I was working behind the scenes. Some days I just didn't have it in me mentally to sit down and write here. Anyhoo. So this is …
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This week we enjoyed living life. We've been doing school all summer so we continued with it this week. We also took the time to cross off one of Caroline's summer to do list items - a visit to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. So on to the pictures! A few weeks ago I won this lovely giveaway from the website Isabella Alden and I wanted to be …
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Caroline and I are both longing for the cooler, rainy days of fall. I've looked wistfully at the fireplace many times the past week, knowing that we won't be able to use it for probably many weeks yet. We've been doing our best to combat the relentless sun, heat, and humidity with little things like closing the blinds and turning on twinkle lights, …
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Shortly before Memorial Day, I compiled a plan of publishing content here 100 days in a row over the summer. So that obviously didn't pan out for a whole host of reasons. But we've had an enjoyable summer filled with important events and that's better than blogging every day, don't you think? So in random order, here's some of what's happened …
