Category: Random
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A 31 Day Series
Introducing a 31 day series. The topic?Because this topic has been on my mind a lot recently. As evidenced by the great purge of ’14, my hoarding pictures, and my pursuit of an intentional closet. Because I’m 100% sure our society screams against this. As evidenced by the amazing advertisement industry. Because I’m 100% sure you…
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an intentional closet
Since the great purge of ’14, I’ve been much more intentional about the ‘stuff’ I allow into our home. I even avoided the clearance endcaps at Target the other day. Now that’s dedication. I’ve been greatly intrigued lately by the idea of a capsule wardrobe. I first read about it here, but the idea originated from…
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the funny thing about stuff
I’ve been thinking a lot about stuff lately. Mostly due to my purging. You know, there’s something funny about stuff. It seems to add goodness to our lives. But did you know that every time you add something, something else is subtracted? Let’s start with the most obvious. 1. Every time you choose to bring stuff…
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purging
2014 has been a time of purging. And I don’t mean anything to do with food or drinks. I feel like all year has been filled with spurts of organizing and getting rid of things. Redefining my goals for things and possessions. Trashing, donating, moving, etc. and it feels so good. This morning, my guy…
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take it to Jesus.
when life piles up on you. when the pressures seem to multiply. there’s an answer for that. God doesn’t give us overwhelming situations so that we will be overwhelmed, but so that we’ll give them to Him. Recently, there have been a lot of areas in my life where I feel burdened and overwhelmed: several…
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aaaaaaand we’re back!
The past 3 weeks have been full! I mentioned a little bit of our activity here, in case you have no idea what I’m talking about. I wanted to give you a little re-cap of our missions trip to Brazil. Most of it will just be in picture format. Our main goals were to help…
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you don’t have to understand
Before my kids take a nap, I usually read at least 1 story to them. Sometimes it’s Curious George or Madeline. Sometimes it’s a few chapters out of Proverbs. Lately, I’ve been reading some stories out of this Bible story book. We’ve already gone through it a couple times for our evening devotions, so the stories…
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taking stock
The next several weeks are a bit packed, so I’m trying to be super strict about vitamins, water, rest, hand-washing, etc. to keep the germies away. And of course, that means I’m upping the healthy routines for my littles as well. Thankfully, they love the taste of their vitamins + drops {wrote about them here}, so that…
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clean + simple
For the past few months, the design of this site has been getting on my nerves. Everything was so cluttered. I kept seeing different sites that I loved and I finally realized what they all had in common. They were simple. Clean. Uncluttered. And they were beautiful. I am clearly not a graphic designer. Nor am…
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grace. and more grace.
Summers are our busy season. Due to Jonathan’s job as youth pastor, we are able to take kids to camp, lead teens on missions trip, and be heavily involved in our church’s summer outreach for kids. It’s seriously awesome! Like anything, though, it also has parts that are difficult. Like the part where we leave our…
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gift ideas for the lady in your life
This week was my birthday {read: way too many calories have been consumed}. For the past couple weeks, my husband has been asking me what sort of gift/s I would like. And so I made a list of ideas that he could choose from {so there would still be an element of surprise}. I had quite…
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pictures for daddy
Last week, I decided to make a collage of pictures for my hubby for Father’s Day. So, in normal fashion, I did it in the afternoon – perfect timing, of course….hottest part of the day, right before naptime…I’m brilliant, I tell you. My kids were incredible troopers and we managed to get some cute shots.…