Real Home, Real Family, Real Life
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Hello friends! I hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend. We spent a lot of time sprucing up the outside of the house since it FINALLY stopped raining for 2 days straight. What a relief. But it wasn’t all work…we snuck in a little time for a family get-together and some hanging out on [...]
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Hi sweet friends! I hope you’re all enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. We’re in the midst of our annual Memorial Day mowing of the grass, planting of the flowers, and mulching of the beds. Such traditions we have. But, I had to take a second to share a fabulous new site that I discovered this [...]
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There are few things that I love as much as fresh-cut flowers in the house. They add such freshness and life to a room that I’ll shell out a few bucks when I find some that I love. These spider mums were the best deal at Wal-Mart the other day. $5 for a bouquet of [...]
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My latest thrifting adventure started with a Facebook message from my friend Ruth Ann. Her message went like this…”Have you been to the new Thrift King store? It’s supposed to be largest thrift store in the county!” My response went like this…”WHAT??? How on EARTH did I miss this??? This rock I live under gets [...]
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I am really good at making the public areas of my house presentable. I can clear the clutter from the family room, wipe down the kitchen counters, tidy up the powder room and it looks like I’m a great housekeeper. Just don’t open the closets or the laundry room door. And please, oh please, don’t [...]
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Did you catch my disguised light switch last week? Well, now I’m working on another project that has me dealing with more poorly placed switches and outlets. Le sigh. So I’ve been searching around for some more ideas for creatively working around them. Here are a few of my favorites… The Nester hid one behind [...]
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 photo credit: Swisscan
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Hi friends! I hope you’ve all been having a good week. I managed to sneak in a trip to my favorite nursery to check out their hanging baskets and other annuals. Can you believe that picture? Gorgeous! The weather FINALLY dried out here. I was starting to think it was time to build an ark. [...]
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We’ve all had those days. You know the ones. The days where we secretly wish we could say “Who are these children and why are they calling me Mommy?” The days where we look around our homes and wonder how such small people can make such unholy messes. The days where we quietly curse all [...]
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I love trying out new recipes. Especially when I already have all the ingredients in my pantry. When I stumbled across this recipe for Farmhouse Apple Cake, I clipped it out the paper and got to work. This dessert is so jam-packed full of apples, that you can’t really call it a cake. I prefer [...]
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One of my pet-peeves are poorly placed light switches. You would think that since we built our house, that all of our switches would be perfectly placed for function and eye-pleasing-ness. You would be wrong. I think part of the problem is that until you live in a house, you don’t know which way you’re [...]
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Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through the generations. Psalm 100: 4-5 photo: Richard0
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I GOT A TOBACCO BASKET!!!!! Sorry. Didn’t mean to startle you. But some things just need the CAPS LOCK. Let me back up a moment. Remember a few weeks ago when I told you about my latest decorating obsession? The humbly glorious tobacco basket? The beautifully rustic tobacco basket that you simply cannot find in [...]
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Yes, my friends. We’re still working on the basement. Sometimes I think it’s the project that will never end. Recently, the stairs have come onto my radar screen. More specifically, what the ding-dong-dilly are we going to do with the stairs? There’s absolutely nothing special about these basement stairs. They’re just your standard builder-grade straight [...]
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My 1st grader brought home a piece of sweet construction paper artwork the other day. Of course, it was jammed into his backpack all wrinkled and tattered. But I love it. And it reminded me of how much I love willows….we’re going to call them kitty willows for the sake of avoiding some unfortunate google [...]
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Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51: 10-12 photo: Tochis
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