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holiday season. not for the faint of heart.
Some nights you complete a puzzle at 1 am with your daughters and you know the price everyone will pay for staying up so late but you also know the moment is necessary and worthwhile, has value and importance. And that’s the horse you are betting on. Some nights you head to your bedroom and a boy…
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A New Deal – not like the FDR kind, just like the regular kind
This is an affiliate post. Well. It’s a post I want to be an affiliate post. I’m going to tell you about a website and if you are interested and sign up like I did, I’ll get a kickback. That makes it an affiliate post. I guess. End of disclaimer. __________________________________ It doesn’t sound like it should work. I…
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weekend ramble (Christmas edition)
Our house is a hodge podge of Christmas lights and furniture shoved in the wrong corners to accommodate an outdoor tree in our indoor space but it’s our first Christmas at The Burrow and we are not complaining. The interior temperature is appropriate and comfortable (even though my dad says he still thinks it’s cold) and we…
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five finds friday (long weeks, podcasts, fresh flowers)
It’s been one of the more hectic weeks at our house in recent history. Can’t even recall exactly why. Also, this week we must have set some record with terrible customer service – from the UPS guy who ranted at my fourteen year old daughter and literally said the words, “You order too much” to the Wal-Mart employee who…
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Things People Say
People are weird – right? I mean, we love them and we ARE them, but people say crazy things. I do it too. I open my mouth and words spill out and sometimes I do not even know what those words will be until it is very much too late. (I have friends, by the way, who NEVER…
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the week(end) ramble — holidays are hard and they’re beautiful
There were no published words last week. So you might imagine I have a lot of stored up words for right now. And that’s kind of true. I used good old pen and paper and hand wrote quite a bit the last week. It was satisfying. Maybe those ramblings will find the light of day. And maybe…
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five finds friday (pickle flavored cotton candy & charcuterie)
All week long the only thing I have thought is – sunshine. I need sunshine. There’s been endless rain. So much endless rain. funny This week two different people sent me a photo of pickle flavored cotton candy. I don’t even really like pickles all that much. Although I do love cotton candy. fashionable…
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Don’t decorate early – but do buy these early.
I’m officially Team Wait Until After Thanksgiving to Decorate. (It’s fine if we aren’t cheering for the same squad. I still like you.) But I am also officially Team Plan Ahead Shop Ahead Buy Early because – well, mainly because I’m also a charter member of Team I Have A Lot Of Children And A Small Budget paired with…
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weekend ramble (why daylight savings time is my enemy and some fireplace advice)
My brain is not engaged in any sort of holiday mode. And yet, Thanksgiving happens NEXT WEEK and we all know it’s just a fast rolling downhill snowball to Christmas and the new year right after that. But that’s alright. Like all things, it’s coming whether we are ready or not. I do love traditions though and…
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five finds friday (not enough photos and a funny tv show and hand art)
Friday is happening, whether we are ready for it or not. I never finished Tuesday’s To-Do list so what does that mean about my week? funny Sometimes I like to watch a silly show that makes me laugh. Remember for a while I was stuck on Kimmie Schmidt? Now it’s a show called Single Parents. It…
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Fishing and Uncles and The Video Proof
They talk about it all the time. Otto wrote a short story about it for his class. Fishing. And, in particular, fishing with Uncle Danny. My two sons have an obsession. And Uncle Danny is like a rockstar. And he lives on a lake too – which wins big bonus points. So when the…
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Bullet Journals. Thoughts & Ideas.
I’m a planner kind of girl. I couldn’t tell you the last year I lived without owning a planner and using a calendar. I’ve researched planners. I’ve purchased one planner in January and bailed on it by March, paying the cash again to buy another, more useful one, before spring. I’ve stood for a literal hour at Barnes &…
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A Grove Giveaway, A Question About Dish Soap (is there a correct way to apply it to a sponge?), and a Cute Red Caddy
This post is sponsored by Grove Collaborative. I’m going to share my thoughts and my experiences completely and honestly, but it is an affiliate link. It’s Saturday and that’s not a day I traditionally post. But then I received a reminder from Grove* that it’s a giant giveaway weekend and it ends on Tuesday and that just doesn’t…
