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Wake up and clean up…
I have it all planned out in my head. In our seldom-used dining room I do not see the hand-me-down table, assorted family heirloom furniture pieces, or the I’m-so-over-it oak hutch we bought in the...
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Out with the old, and make something new…
Our little Amelia is modeling my latest sewing project, a simple circle skirt, the instructions for which I found at Dana Made It. I have thrown myself fully into my new sewing hobby, purchasing fabric...
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Pinning it down…
Weighing in at a dainty nine pounds and eleven ounces, our two-month-old Melody is petite but accomplished. She holds her head up well enough to face outward in this infant carrier, but isn’t big...
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Throw-it-out Thursday: the make-up drawer…
Today’s organizational effort is the make-up drawer. It took a whopping ten minutes. Why didn’t I do this sooner? Step 1: Yikes! Pull it all out of there – every last item, whether it’s still usable,...
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“I don’t know how you do it…”
“I don’t know how you do it.” That’s the question phrased as a statement that I hear fairly often from fellow grocery-store-shoppers, relatives, and friends with fewer children. I’m sure that those of...
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Throw-it-out Thursday: seriously, just throw it away…
*SPOILER ALERT* I’m not really blonde anymore, at least not without chemical assistance: I color my hair at home. Included in every kit is a tube of extra thick conditioner. I am supposed to use it...
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Throw-it-out Thursday: the recipe bag…
My mother-in-law makes the best fettuccine alfredo on the planet, and kindly wrote out her recipe for me many years ago. I decided to finally give it a whirl myself. When I went looking for her...
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Diaper bag essentials…
After many years of toting the belongings of many babies around, often for two or more at a time, I have learned what actually needs to come along and what is excess baggage. One important...
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Throw-it-out Thursday: the procrastination basket…
Like you, there are some skills that come naturally to me, and others that definitely do not. A brief sample of the latter: basketball all things mechanical the game of chess decisiveness being...
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Order of operations…
How the day was supposed to go: wake up feed Melody read my Bible check Facebook check email get Amelia up breakfast Melody’s morning nap start beef stew in the crockpot for dinner math lesson on...
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