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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, Otto Fox Wilder

five finds friday (except it’s four because I ran out of time)

Every stage of parenting has its perks – and its disadvantages. With a newborn, you’re sleep deprived.  But – when you place the baby on your bed, she cannot go…

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HomeSchooling, Product Review

Thinking Putty: A Timberdoodle Review

This is a sponsored post. I received this item from Timberdoodle in exchange for an honest review. These thoughts and words and opinions are, as always on this page and…

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HomeLife

morning song: a poem

The house is quiet. I can hear my own bare feet pad along the floor. Think my own clear thoughts. This quiet beginningCan never be the way the day stays.…

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    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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    hi.

    December 18, 2019

    weekend ramble (soccer starts & the sun is back)

    March 11, 2019

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

    July 1, 2021

    five finds friday: at home edition

    April 3, 2020

    single and other conditions

    January 22, 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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    Going to Guatemala

    January 3, 2023

    Wile E. Coyote Science: A Timberdoodle Review

    August 17, 2020

    weekend ramble (soccer starts & the sun is back)

    March 11, 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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    notes from the burrow. not in any particular order.

    March 25, 2020

    today. (teens are wonderful wonderful too – PSA)

    July 28, 2021

    Noonday Trunk Show

    February 11, 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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    Gatsby

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

    November 12, 2021

    Five Finds Friday (Lost Valley Ranch Version)

    June 11, 2021

    messy

    April 4, 2019
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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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    … a new dinner option

    June 14, 2021

    Songs for Singin’: A Long Winded Okee Dokee Brothers Review & Tribute

    May 26, 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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    Stitch Fix: We Tried It!

    April 2, 2020

    five finds friday (more feelings, an architect’s table I want to find and milk tea)

    July 23, 2021

    Why The Success of Your Marriage Matters to My Kids

    April 17, 2017
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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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    Stages & Seasons: From Diapers to Dissatisfaction

    November 16, 2022

    Guatemala: Day One

    March 1, 2023

    Five Finds Friday (this, that & the other, also blanket sweaters, food documentaries and college thoughts)

    January 18, 2019
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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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    here we go …

    February 3, 2023

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

    February 1, 2019

    Lake Jocassee with the Boys

    August 29, 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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    soundtrack of my mind

    February 10, 2021

    The Nomadic Professor: A Timberdoodle Review

    December 15, 2022

    Parenting Teens: Say Yes

    August 3, 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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    what day is it? a day late weekend ramble. I guess.

    March 19, 2019

    parenting blues

    February 26, 2019

    five finds friday (finn turns twelve, made for this podcast and mac & cheese)

    August 30, 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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    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 (this, that & the other, also blanket sweaters, food documentaries and college thoughts)

    January 18, 2019
    Let's Start Coding

    Let’s Start Coding: A Timberdoodle Review

    September 16, 2022
  • 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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    love. via sour dough bread.

    July 25, 2019

    five finds friday – (Congaree, more soup, another Otto saying & sunshine)

    April 12, 2019

    When Buying Local Is So Cute

    May 5, 2020
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