Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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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 …
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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 …
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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 Farm years ago (well before Caroline). I brought …
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I thought it would be fun to bring back some older posts related to baby things including Caroline's pink baby room. I took them off my site at one point because they didn't fit the "niche" I was supposed to develop. I've decided I don't really care and am happy to share this post about Caroline's nursery. I originally wrote this when she was …
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When we did our cozy home remodel, we changed our learning room into a library. In my dream home, I would have a large library filled with built-in bookshelves from floor to ceiling. Instead, we have several places where we keep our books including what you see below. Because our book space is limited, we've had to be ruthless in keeping our …
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Although I have advocated for simple living, living with purpose, the cozy life, etc. for many years, I'm not a fan of the term "minimalism" at all. To be honest, I find it depressing. I never really took the time to think about why I reject minimalism until recently. Somehow I landed on this article and the author summed up perfectly what it is …
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Last winter we made the decision to make an investment into updating a number of areas of our house and began our cozy home remodel. We had lived here almost six years and had done very little except the office and laundry room. We had hoped to paint a lot of the house the week before we moved in, but due to bank craziness at the end we only had …
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When we redecorated Caroline's bedroom, we decided to include a chalkboard wall. She's creative and we knew she would have lots of fun with it. Well, this decision to put a chalkboard wall in a kid's bedroom took a few twists and turns we did not expect. I didn't anticipate I would be writing an entire post about this or I would have taken more …
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Caroline was ready for a room update after six years of a little girl's room. It was time to jump into decorating a tween girl's bedroom which was fun! She likes color so I knew whatever she chose would be bright and cheerful. Caroline started by selecting her bedding (which you can see above) and then we made the other decisions around …
