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The Heart of the Home- making the Christmas magic
“The heart of her, that beat against my own The love of her, out-breathed in every tone The eyes of her, that saw my smallest grief The feet of her, that flew to my relief The hands of her, that mind and body fed The voice of her, that soothed and comforted The ears of…
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I love where I live!
In an effort to get the wiggles (or lately, crankies) out, we’ve been exploring a bunch of indoor play options, and I’ve got to say it has really increased my appreciation for our location. The Shoreline recreational center is five minutes from our house. We had the entire shallow end of the pool to ourselves…
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Christmas Baking
Today, we did our “Christmas Baking,” as my neighbor put it. I decided to make cinnamon rolls and orange rolls to give out. Scotland was eager to be a part, and was impressively attentive and patient with the rather long process. He helped me make two jelly roll pans full of sweet rolls, as well…
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A collection of unconnected thoughts
After months of debate and diliberation (with myself) I finally decided to take advantage of the Black Friday/Cyper Week sales and buy an upright freezer. I hate spending money, especially lots of it on one thing and went back and forth with whether this was a wise choice. But in the spirit of provident living,…
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I love this!
Click to learn more about the story of Christmas. (I particularly love the nativity story, because of the presence of women. Christ’s life was surrounded with female disciples from the beginning to end, and I’m always inspired by these humble, devoted women who rose to seeming unsurmountable tasks!
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Thanksgiving Report
We had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend. We celebrated Saturday so Tom could join us, but my folks and sisters came up Thursday night so we’d have a day for fun. Friday we headed downtown for all the Christmas festivities. We unfortunately missed the parade, but we did get to enjoy the huge Macy’s tree, and…
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Vision
Tonight, I spent the evening putting up some Christmas decorations, and imagining the possibility for many more. For some reason Christmas is under my skin this year and I am SOOO excited. I want to make it a magical year. So with that sort of enthusiasm I energetically approached the decorating process- only to feel…
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Potty training
Two weeks ago we had our three day “potty party.” I was crossing my fingers that it would work out like my nephew- three days of intense focus and a half dressed little boy and I’d be done with diapers. It didn’t work like that. No, we’re back in diapers. Call me a whimp. We…
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Nursery updates
I realized only after it got too late to take another shot that I had that wreath hanging in the window. Not intentional. How I wish it didn’t get dark at 4:00 here. I’ve been slowly working away at the nursery. I finished the quilt, made a crib sheet, and painted the little end table.…