Monday was rainy, one of those glum, grey, stuck-in-the-house days. In an effort to keep my mood from being sucked into the vortex, I went looking for a project. Projects are my happy place, always. My first thought was birthday party decor, for my daughter’s 8th birthday on Saturday. Maybe a cloth garland like...
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I’ve been thinking about love lately. About loving people no matter how well they love you back. Even in a good relationship, self-love comes easier, doesn’t it? We hope that our loved one is going to fill our gaps, fulfill our needs. And if they don’t when they don’t love us ‘right’, whatever we...
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I’ve been rassling a post for more than a week, mostly at bedtime. Each night after working it over for a good long while, sure it is on the brink of done, I decide I still haven’t done it justice, and it still isn’t quite ready to be tossed out to the world. And...
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We started our summer schedule for school.  The kids will still be reading an hour a day.  Some kids will be doing math as needed, and some will be finishing up science.  BUT instead of getting up at 7:30 or so, we can sleep in til 9.  Yeah for summer! We went to the...
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Whether they’re burying each other in the sand or using oodles of paint to decorate a cardboard barn that they built themselves, our little girls know how to find fun.  And they usually find the best fun when they’re playing together. I love that they get along so well!  (Click on the pictures to...
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Recently I went thrift store shopping and happened across a couple of big rolls of solid blue wallpaper. It was boring as wallpaper, but I decided it would probably make excellent thick, rich-feeling gift wrap. I snagged both rolls for the princely sum of $2. On a hunch, I scanned the next two thrift...
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What a fun weekend we had celebrating Jared’s graduation! The homeschool ceremony on Saturday was lovely. This year there were 54 kids involved. There were the usual caps and gowns, the usual crowd of proud families and yelling friends, with the occasional air horn tossed in for maximal impact on ear-drums. The diploma presentation...
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Because I forgot I’d already scheduled a Sunday post, and found another one to share with you! (Isn’t music the greatest??) So you thought you had to keep this up All the work that you do So we think that you’re good And you can’t believe it’s not enough All the walls you built...
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Take these empty hallelujahs Fill my lungs again ’cause I wanna sing And I wanna mean it I wanna feel again And when the world wears me down You’re my life’s love You keep my heart alive
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