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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

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

It’s fall.  I guess.   But it feels like summer here. I’m one hundred percent ready for a temperature change. funny After our beach trip and our sunburns, it seems…

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HomeLife

rocks & roots

For YEARS we’ve been collecting rocks at random places. It’s the easiest souvenoir idea when you have lots of little kids. “You know what kids? Instead of a t-shirt or…

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HomeLife

five finds friday: “as long as we’ve got each other”

First week back at school. It went pretty well actually. Pleasant mornings at the table. Decent attitudes accomplishing work. But – I am afraid that a portion of the ease…

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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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    Oh hi. It’s me.

    November 12, 2022

    Five Finds Friday (last first day, a giant sweatshirt and tomatoes)

    August 14, 2020

    here we go …

    February 3, 2023
  • 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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    Chasing the Christmas Chain

    December 12, 2019

    making music (and art) accessible

    February 10, 2020

    hi.

    December 18, 2019
  • 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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    tuck in

    August 5, 2019

    messy

    April 4, 2019

    Thinking Putty: A Timberdoodle Review

    October 12, 2020
  • 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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    state of the union – or an official sounding title for an unofficial style post

    June 27, 2017

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

    April 10, 2020

    Grill. Master.

    July 7, 2020
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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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    Noonday Trunk Show

    February 11, 2019

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

    July 3, 2020

    making music (and art) accessible

    February 10, 2020
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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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    some tiny epiphanies via my quarantine education

    April 22, 2020

    a little this, a little that

    October 7, 2020

    weekend ramble (soccer starts & the sun is back)

    March 11, 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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    five finds friday. (homemade board games, babies & Bergen)

    July 3, 2020

    parenting blues

    February 26, 2019
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    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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    weekend ramble (the wrong date. the wrong time. the right pants.)

    April 22, 2019

    I just want to do it all.

    October 21, 2020

    downhill: a commentary on this thing called aging.

    June 29, 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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    five finds friday

    April 5, 2019

    a little this, a little that

    October 7, 2020

    Snap.Shot.

    July 14, 2022
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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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    you’re worth it.

    January 24, 2019

    In Praise of Small Homes

    December 14, 2020

    When Buying Local Is So Cute

    May 5, 2020
  • 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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    soundtrack of my mind

    February 10, 2021

    A Reason for Handwriting: A Timberdoodle Review

    April 15, 2019

    Mand Labs Lit: A Timberdoodle Review

    October 15, 2019
  • 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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    pendulum swinger

    March 30, 2020

    five finds friday. (the driving. the giving of thanks. the funny video. the perfect measuring cup.)

    December 6, 2019
    hawk

    Otto Meets a Hawk

    July 21, 2021
  • 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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    Five Finds Friday (a new look, a story that stands the test of time, a t-shirt London designed)

    May 15, 2020

    five finds friday (dates with otto & beaded earrings & friends)

    November 8, 2019

    Parenting Teens: Say Yes

    August 3, 2020
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