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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

HomeLife

just recounting a day . . .

  It comes with the territory.   Post-vacation, summer bedtimes being lax and rise and shine times being delayed.  Time on their hands and high humidity in the air. It…

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HomeLife

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Every once in a blue moon, I let myself get a little distracted and I wander down the virtual aisles of Bumble. Okay – twice. I have done this twice.…

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The Nomadic Professor: A Timberdoodle Review

You know the routine. This is a sponsored post. I received this product at no cost to test and to review. But that’s the end. The words and thoughts and…

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  • HomeLife

    five finds friday (not five. but a couple.)

    / November 2, 2018

      It’s Friday. That is all. Wait – there’s more.  I don’t have five finds.  I have three.  I think. I’m all about keeping those expectations low lately.     funny   Any time my phone tries to transcribe voicemail messages it’s pretty ridiculous what it comes up with. But this attempt was especially bizarre …..     fashionable  …

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    January 31, 2020
  • HomeLife

    how my kitchen reminds me God sees me.

    / October 31, 2018

      I’ve been extra sleepy and extra busy this week. Sometimes my brain says crazy things to me like, “Hey, didn’t you have more energy and less mid-afternoon sleepiness when you were on Whole 30?” And you know what I tell my brain when it says nonsense like that? “Pass me that creme brûlée donut, will you?” Kidding.  Kind of.…

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  • HomeLife

    the weekend ramble (relaxing and thank you and chipped paint)

    / October 29, 2018

      This weekend was actually what I wish for so many weekends to be — relaxing. It was decent amounts of productive and pleasurable, some one on one time with Bergen (he and I went to lunch together – he’s such good company), a dinner out celebrating with dear and precious friends, a vintage market, a game night with the…

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    five finds friday (if, in fact, it actually IS friday)

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  • HomeLife,  Riley Amber

    Five Finds Friday (the best worst photo & a lot of Lauren Daigle)

    / October 26, 2018

      I’ll keep saying it all the time.  As many times as I want to.  IT’S ALREADY THE END OF OCTOBER!!??! And I’ll use excessive exclamation marks if I feel like it too. Whatever. I guess I’m feeling a little sassy.  Which is a silly word.  Actually, it used to be my daughter Riley’s favorite word.  What should we name…

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    a little this, a little that

    October 7, 2020

    five finds friday (funny kids, garish sofas, filthy rocks, twinkling lights)

    March 29, 2019
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    a stage, a microphone & no notes allowed

    / October 23, 2018

      Last week I stood on a stage in front of a room filled (mostly) with strangers. There was a microphone and people who bought actual tickets with real money to see this event.     But let me go back a little farther than last week. It was maybe two months ago. Ish?  Six weeks?  Through my work Instagram…

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    five finds friday (superstore, fly fishing, sloppy joes)

    January 3, 2020

    five finds friday (ryder dresses up & good friends are worth everything)

    February 1, 2019

    farm, framily, feelings, photos

    July 12, 2017
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    the weekend ramble (I need a high five and you should see my darling dining room now)

    / October 22, 2018

      I have ALL of the words.  And NONE of the time. That’s just the way it is right now, more than ever, it seems. The list of blog post ideas fills a page – but the time to write here is increasingly harder to find.  And I miss that.  Writing out my thoughts, processing my life through this medium,…

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    weekend ramble. (a weekend both peaceful & productive)

    September 28, 2020

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

    December 11, 2020

    and there’s a video

    February 21, 2019
  • HomeLife,  HomeSchooling,  Product Review

    101 Doodle Definitions: A Timberdoodle Review

    / October 16, 2018

      This is a sponsored post by Timberdoodle.  All of the opinions are my own. __________________________________   This year our homeschool has been a bit more streamlined than it ever has before.  Less fluid and more structured. Some this has to do with life circumstances.  I need the schedule to be more predictable so I can arrange meetings and work…

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    thoughts. on this fragile world.

    April 16, 2019

    notes from the burrow. not in any particular order.

    March 25, 2020

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    January 31, 2020
  • HomeLife

    the weekend ramble (for a weekend that did anything but ramble)

    / October 15, 2018

      This weekend hasn’t rambled at all. In fact, not an ounce of my life has been slow lately.  Or quiet.  Our house has been a cacophony of hammers and drills and walls coming down and decks going up and progress.  It’s all very exciting and all very exhausting. I’m so grateful for the wide range of talents my friends…

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    Six Steps to Hiking & Adventuring With Kids

    July 3, 2019

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    August 29, 2019

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    November 6, 2020
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    accepting it with grace

    / October 9, 2018

      I was lying in bed, reading a few chapters of The Book Thief before bed recently. Focusing on the words on the page seemed impossibly hard.  And not because of poor lighting or minuscule print or the late hour. It was my eyes. At some point this past year I purchased some reading glasses and then only used them…

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    you’re worth it.

    January 24, 2019

    five finds friday. (homemade board games, babies & Bergen)

    July 3, 2020

    share the good

    October 24, 2019
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    The Weekend Ramble: coconut milk and screen time

    / October 8, 2018

      It sure does not feel like autumn anywhere locally.  I see photos of friends who live in Colorado and they are drinking hot cocoa and wearing their base layers already.  Why do I live in the south anyway? (Bergen and I lament this weekly, at least.) Queen Tallulah is ridiculously teddy-bear adorable.  And I don’t want to jinx our…

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  • HomeLife

    instead of Five Finds Friday, there’s this . . . (but she’s cute)

    / October 5, 2018

      We interrupt this regularly scheduled Five Finds Friday post to talk about a little something else that’s happening in our house this Friday. You know we love our dog Ryder.  He’s a legit family member – all of his rug like self.  He’s loyal and faithful and funny.  He’s a smart guy who almost never poops in the yard…

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    December 7, 2020

    I’m over here …

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  • HomeLife

    break week !

    / October 2, 2018

      When you take one giant portion off your plate, the whole load lightens up immeasurably. This is Break Week at Wildwood Halls of Ivy. It’s so much easier to get all the things done when all the things is a much shorter list. Which begs the question, why am I even doing school?     No, not really.  That’s…

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    and there’s a video

    February 21, 2019

    five finds friday (funny kids, garish sofas, filthy rocks, twinkling lights)

    March 29, 2019

    weekend ramble (fly tying edition)

    January 28, 2019
  • HomeLife

    A List of Things We’re Into Lately

    / September 25, 2018

      Dried apples. Who knew they would suddenly taste so good and crispy?  Turns out – on this Whole 30 journey – I miss chips.  And popcorn.  Crunchy things.  I like food textures apparently and a carrot has a crunch but it still lacks something I like about a chip.  Anyway.  Currently dried apples are working out pretty well.  But…

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    January 10, 2020
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