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

Is there anything better than birthday week? By a coincidence of timing, I ended up taking the boys on a couple belated birthday adventures of their own over the last few weeks…

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Affiliate, Book Reviews, HomeSchooling

Bear Grylls Survival Camp: 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

parenting: the slipping away

Some moments in parenting are profound. Their import is tangibly recognized in the moment. First steps. First words. First day of kindergarten. Getting braces. Having those braces removed. Moving into a…

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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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    These Is My Words: A Book Review

    November 4, 2019

    close to midnight/ sisters

    July 29, 2019

    pendulum swinger

    March 30, 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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    Losing Time: The Cost of Spontaneity This Week

    August 20, 2020

    one of those . . . weeks

    September 8, 2021

    five finds friday (the one about writing a book and my daughter going to college)

    November 20, 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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    rocks & roots

    May 7, 2019

    thirty years of July Fourthing.

    July 31, 2019

    and there’s a video

    February 21, 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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    friday afternoon thoughts.

    February 17, 2023
    Timberdoodle

    Film Making Class: A Timberdoodle Review

    August 28, 2021

    morning song: a poem

    April 25, 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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    The Nomadic Professor: A Timberdoodle Review

    December 15, 2022

    Stitch Fix: We Tried It!

    April 2, 2020

    leaving colorado.

    June 16, 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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    you can’t call it a mid-life crisis.

    January 18, 2023

    swipe left.

    July 16, 2019

    motivation. can you locate it?

    November 10, 2020
  • 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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    An Ode to EB White

    September 14, 2020

    five finds (asleep with a book, love anyway, i like big sinks)

    February 22, 2019

    Five Finds Friday (teen drivers. the first egg.)

    January 15, 2021
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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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    try this at home

    April 7, 2020

    sixteen. a birthday post.

    July 22, 2019

    a little grief. how the time passes.

    September 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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    weekend ramble. (a weekend both peaceful & productive)

    September 28, 2020

    Frankincense – a little educating (but not by me)

    March 27, 2019

    weekend ramble (break week is over, we threw axes, I want the sunshine to stay)

    February 25, 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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    Frye boots

    Five Finds Friday (touring college and of course – boots & tea)

    September 17, 2021

    the weekend ramble (1. a mouse 2. a race 3. a whine)

    May 6, 2019

    Beyond Wildwood: The Ranch (Tuesday)

    June 19, 2017
  • 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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    tuck in

    August 5, 2019

    Five Finds Friday.

    September 4, 2020

    going dark . . .

    June 24, 2019
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    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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    felt

    Needle Felting: A Timberdoodle Review

    September 11, 2021

    according to the schedule, there’s no space for that

    January 16, 2019

    a thank you, thirty years later.

    October 16, 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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    Stitch Fix: We Tried It!

    April 2, 2020

    parenting, continued

    March 21, 2019

    books that work their own magic.

    March 5, 2019
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