“Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms.” William J. Bennett
A Day in Our Cozy Life #5
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Simple Living This Week No. 41
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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. …
Head Down, Blinders On (Antennae Up)
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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 …
The Hours and Days Create Your Life
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“Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard
All the Random Things Right Now
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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 …
A Jumbly Post on a Rainy Saturday Night in October
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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 …
Living by the Seasons and Homeschooling in the Summer
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When David was downsized out of his corporate job many years ago, one of our goals was to structure our work life in such a way that we would be freer in the autumn. It is our favorite time of the year and we wanted to travel and enjoy all the unique aspects of the …
A Day in Our Cozy Life #4
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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 …
A Day in Our Cozy Life #3
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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 …
Our Life in July
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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 …
A Day in Our Cozy Life #2
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It’s going to be a very hot and humid July week. We’re planning on enjoying lots of at-home activities to beat the heat. Here is a peak around our cozy home! Caroline and I haven’t done much poetry in our homeschool so that’s something we’re doing this summer. I bought Anna Growing Up on the …
A Day in Our Cozy Life #1
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As I’ve been looking through old posts, I realized that I’ve actually shared very little from our family life. I’ve written more about issues, things I’m learning, helping people solve problems, and encouraging others. But I haven’t shared much about our day to day activities of pursuing a cozy life and bringing peace, understanding, and …
AQSL 003: Don’t Raise Snowplowed Sauce Girls
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What are snowplowed sauce girls? Take a listen to Episode 3 of A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink. We’re breaking down what this means, where it comes from, and how to avoid it in our homes. As always, please feel free to leave a comment. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic! …
The Month of April – Total Blur
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I would describe our life the past five weeks as a total blur. April is always David’s busiest month of the year professionally for a couple of reasons, but this April (starting in mid-March, actually) was a complete and total blur. So here are some random highlights from the past five weeks. First Comes the …
My Themes and Goals This Year: Health and Home
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As I was thinking about this year, one theme kept coming back to me – my health. I have to finally make my health a top priority in our home. For the past many years I’ve either had to or chose to prioritize other things over self care – Caroline’s needs, pressing business needs, house …
Enjoying the Blessings in My Life
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I haven’t blogged much lately and partly that is because I’ve simply been focused on enjoying my life and practicing what I preach here about living a life of peace, understanding, joy, and beauty. I’ve been spending more time with David and Caroline. I’ve been doing organizing projects around the house. Lots of little things …
Focusing on Health, Home, and Homeschooling
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I mentioned in my last newsletter that David and I had decided I was going to focus more on my health, home, and homeschooling and less on business. We both realized I needed to take a break because I have been going too hard for too long. So that is what I’ve done the past …
At Least We Can See the TV Now (and Other Home Tales)
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Fun fact about our home: When our Christmas tree is up, we cannot see our television. No kidding. There is really only one place we can put our Christmas tree and it blocks our view of the TV. So we don’t watch TV from Thanksgiving to Epiphany (or whenever the tree goes up and down). …