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Ordinary work, which is what most of us do most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary. All work done for God is spiritual work and therefore not merely a duty but a holy privilege.
- Elisabeth Elliot

Book Reviews, HomeLife

five finds friday (ankle boots, shaved ice, another great book)

We’re all doing the “school is almost over” happy dance this week at my house. Isn’t it always surprising how many other tasks can get accomplished when you remove one…

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HomeLife

one of those . . . weeks

You ever have a day that just u n r a v e l s ? Or, you know, an entire week? Heads are nodding, I’m assuming. Mine is. I…

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HomeLife

motivation. can you locate it?

When the kids were little, they used to love to repeat certain phrases. Usually these would be some combination of words they had heard on a show or in a…

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  • HomeLife,  Keiglets

    five finds friday: dutch babies & my babies all grown

    / December 2, 2022

    It’s Friday and it’s already December and I guess that is just how it’s going. Our tree is up – about a week early, breaking Keigley tradition in order to be sure London could decorate with us. But I have liked having the cheerful lights and the happy ornaments in the living room for an extra week. It’s been so…

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    Five Finds Friday.

    September 4, 2020
    Timberdoodle puzzle

    U.S. 4D Map Puzzle: A Timberdoodle Review

    March 22, 2021

    hi.

    December 18, 2019
  • Affiliate,  Field Trip

    The Deal With Me & Low Cost Flights

    / November 24, 2022

    I love a deal. And I love an adventure. It seems I find myself talking about this website where I find both an awful lot so I figured a post about it was maybe overdue. Going is a website. It’s like a clearinghouse for low-cost flight deals. You do not purchase any tickets directly from Going. Here’s what you do:…

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    one of those . . . weeks

    September 8, 2021

    Five Finds Friday (a new look, a story that stands the test of time, a t-shirt London designed)

    May 15, 2020

    messy

    April 4, 2019
  • HomeLife

    Thanksgiving Tables …

    / November 21, 2022

    It’s Thanksgiving week and we all know it’s a FASSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTT roll right on to January from here on out. But it’s Thanksgiving this week so let’s focus on that. I’ve got my college girl home and we’ve got our family Thanksgiving dinner this week and every single Keigley kid will be together at one table at one time and that…

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    Latin Everywhere, Everyday: A Timberdoodle Review

    January 30, 2019

    five finds friday (shower curtains, carnitas, earrings and how I’m either denying reality or crying – so little in between)

    April 30, 2021

    five finds friday (ankle boots, shaved ice, another great book)

    May 17, 2019
  • HomeLife

    Stages & Seasons: From Diapers to Dissatisfaction

    / November 16, 2022

    There was the season of diapers. Remember that? It was almost an ENTIRE DECADE at my house. I cannot even believe that. For nearly ten years of my life I was in charge of checking for poop, wiping poop, cleaning poop et cetera ad nausem. Now I live in a frat teen house. Teens are everywhere. More accurately, the teens…

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    Scary Close: A Book Review (& some feelings this book unearthed as well)

    May 13, 2019

    how do you do it?

    September 4, 2019

    Lists: The Only Way I Ever (Sometimes) Get Stuff Done

    August 26, 2020
  • HomeLife

    This Age.

    / November 15, 2022

    Ryder and I are the same age, apparently. He in dog years and me in people years. We’re both fans of slow moving and it seems like we spend our days switching from one spot to the next throughout the house. He to rest and nap and me to write and read and work. I went out to eat recently…

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    art

    Cognitive Drawing: A Timberdoodle Review

    July 8, 2021

    five finds friday: Dickens and Twists and a cake baker and a cuddler

    February 15, 2019

    parenting blues

    February 26, 2019
  • HomeLife

    Oh hi. It’s me.

    / November 12, 2022

    To quote Taylor Swift and every IG reel and every teenage girl and shoot, most all humans lately – It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem. I like to sigh and roll my eyes and tease my kids, particularly one dear son, about his high levels of distractions, but honestly – I am no different. I have to make lists with…

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    tuck in

    August 5, 2019

    Five Finds Friday (a lot of Otto and a little about a pipe bursting, also a bit about grilled cheese sandwiches)

    March 8, 2019

    mid-week ramble. is that a thing?

    September 3, 2020
  • Let's Start Coding
    Affiliate,  HomeSchooling,  Product Review

    Let’s Start Coding: A Timberdoodle Review

    / September 16, 2022

    This is a sponsored post. I received this item from Timberdoodle in exchange for an honest review. These thoughts and these words and these opinions are, as always on this page and in real and regular life, all completely and totally my own.  _____________________________ Every homeschooling family I’ve ever met has a “speciality”, if you know what I mean. While some magical…

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    Colorku: A Timberdoodle Review

    December 4, 2019

    Five Finds Friday (a song & a rug & senior photos)

    March 26, 2021

    hello out there.

    March 19, 2020
  • HomeLife

    How to Get Over the Guilty Feeling of Relaxing

    / July 24, 2022

    Have you ever felt a pang of guilt when you’re not doing something “productive”? Like, you finally get a moment to chill on the couch, look into where The Last of Us streaming, so you can have a binge-fest.  But instead of enjoying it, you’re plagued by thoughts of all the things you should be doing. Maybe you should be…

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    How We Are All Connected: Navigators. Glen Eyrie. My Mother. Me. My Sons.

    September 23, 2019

    making music (and art) accessible

    February 10, 2020

    Guatemala: Day Two

    March 8, 2023
  • HomeLife

    Snap.Shot.

    / July 14, 2022

    How’s it going around here these days? Well. Today I came home from a stacked day full of meetings and a podcast recording and errands and being sure this kid went to that house and that kid conquered that chore and one kid at camp and I don’t even know what else. I was wrapping up my last meeting of…

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    five finds friday (what do you wear with leggings?)

    December 11, 2020

    Grill. Master.

    July 7, 2020

    Five Finds Friday.

    September 4, 2020
  • HomeLife

    To Those of Us Graduating Kids This Spring

    / May 16, 2022

    This is an open letter to moms with seniors this year. And to dads too, I guess. Actually – how about this is a letter to just to ALL the people who love anyone who is graduating this spring. There – we can ALL have permissions to feel the feelings. It is a LOT! It is everything and it is…

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    returning …

    June 4, 2019

    tuck in

    August 5, 2019

    Quarantine Made Me Do It

    March 26, 2020
  • HomeLife

    Five Finds Friday: The British Edition

    / February 18, 2022

    Well hello there. It’s been a while. Recently London and I “opened” her high school graduation gift, many many months delayed. A trip to London, England. I have SO many words to write SO much. (And you can bet they are words like fancy and loo and queuing and charlatan.) But it seemed a fun way to start digging into…

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    these days ….

    December 7, 2020

    chipped nails and stacks of mail and practicing my mom skills all over again

    July 1, 2021

    you’re worth it.

    January 24, 2019
  • Gatsby
    HomeLife

    Five Finds Friday (puppy. black leggings. muu muus. apple cider.)

    / November 12, 2021

    All week long this country song has been playing in my head. “I’m much too young to feel this damn old.” Yes. funny We visited Denver Downs, a family farm with pumpkins, a corn maze and more, this week with friends and had a really great time exploring the farm and enjoying its quirky and fun and creative play options.…

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    the burrow: a fireplace update

    October 22, 2019

    Five Finds Friday (a whole lot of photos)

    November 6, 2020

    An Ode to EB White

    September 14, 2020
  • sunset
    Chaos,  HomeLife

    Time is not my enemy.

    / November 9, 2021

    But sometimes it feels like it is. I’ve been (ever so slowly) reading a book called The Lazy Genius. It’s full of really great stuff. Practical help. Emotional help. All the in between help. The author talks about the seasons of our lives – raising little babies, empty nest, new careers, frequent moves, crisis, whatever it might be for you.…

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    Five Finds Friday (Cadbury eggs & impulsive purchases)

    February 28, 2020

    Five Finds Friday (earrings – of course. more about eggs – I’m sorry. and a film that’s beautiful.)

    September 27, 2019

    a little this, a little that

    October 7, 2020
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