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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

Field Trip, Story

A Heart’s Home: Lost Valley Ranch

Of course it’s not fair. And as a new friend at the ranch last week told me, “My mom always said – Fair is a place where pigs get ribbons.”…

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HomeSchooling

parenting at the end of a school year. bless us all.

It’s that time of year when, if you have children or are involved in education in any form from any angle, every bit of your life feels like a train…

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Field Trip, HomeLife

Six Steps to Hiking & Adventuring With Kids

I like traveling with my kids. I like taking adventures with my children. I like hikes and being outside and going places with them. (This is beginning to sound like…

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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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    45.

    May 1, 2019

    she’s right, he knows her name.

    December 3, 2019

    Losing Time: The Cost of Spontaneity This Week

    August 20, 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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    Snap.Shot.

    July 14, 2022

    farm, framily, feelings, photos

    July 12, 2017

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

    August 26, 2020
  • 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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    and there’s a video

    February 21, 2019

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

    May 17, 2019

    hi.

    December 18, 2019
  • 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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    love. via sour dough bread.

    July 25, 2019

    Grill. Master.

    July 7, 2020

    a little this, a little that

    October 7, 2020
  • HomeLife

    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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    and there’s a video

    February 21, 2019

    is this summer?

    May 28, 2020

    Five Finds Friday (jewelry, ridiculous emails & oranges)

    January 25, 2019
  • HomeLife

    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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    the burrow: a dining room tour

    May 15, 2019

    Parenting Teens: Say Yes

    August 3, 2020
    Timberdoodle

    Film Making Class: A Timberdoodle Review

    August 28, 2021
  • 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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    Beyond Wildwood: The Ranch (Tuesday)

    June 19, 2017

    an apology/not an apology

    February 26, 2020

    May’s Grove Giveaway

    May 16, 2019
  • 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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    How We Are All Connected: Navigators. Glen Eyrie. My Mother. Me. My Sons.

    September 23, 2019

    Guatemala: Day Two

    March 8, 2023

    share the good

    October 24, 2019
  • HomeLife

    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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    teens. parenting them.

    December 30, 2020

    Juliet’s School of Possibilities: A Book Review

    September 17, 2019

    oh, the month ahead. and the month now.

    April 28, 2023
  • HomeLife

    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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    Lake Jocassee with the Boys

    August 29, 2019
    Let's Start Coding

    Let’s Start Coding: A Timberdoodle Review

    September 16, 2022

    Quarantine Made Me Do It

    March 26, 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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    Noonday: Tonight!

    February 24, 2020

    the burrow: a fireplace update

    October 22, 2019

    camping with the boys: lake jocassee is a wonder, but what happened to the hammocks?

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

    June 27, 2017

    my social dilemma

    September 16, 2020

    weekend ramble (the wrong date. the wrong time. the right pants.)

    April 22, 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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    Five Finds Friday (Saylor’s reading and Ryder got a haircut)

    September 18, 2020

    Weekend Ramble: Les Mis, A Kitten & Daylight Savings Time

    March 9, 2020

    five finds friday (fried dough, there is no fashion to be found, the woods are still magical)

    May 1, 2020
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