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Spice up your date night!

When date night is boring…or non-existent… you know that something needs to change. From the early days of our 19 years of married life our date nights have been non-negotiable. Mike and I go on a date every Friday or Saturday night. Dates help me through the rest of the week. I love them. Can’t [...]

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The Power of Play.

One from the archives… Love this little post about letting kids play and work out their own problems together. Awesome! Take a look here.

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A Kite Flying Adventure.

Go fly a kite. Kite flying is usually done on a beautiful, slightly windy afternoon when the sun is high in the sky. A couple of days after we had worked on our kites, I decided to do the unexpected. I surprised the kids with a kite flying adventure. On Saturday morning I got up [...]

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Spotlight: Brooke Snow

Wishing for something better than a balanced life? I am in love with Brooke Snow‘s new free course, The Thriving Life. If you’ve not yet heard of her, you’re missing out on an amazing and insightful person. I’ve been following her work for over a year now and have been so moved by her new [...]

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Independent and Resilient Kids.

I want to do it myself. I’ve seen the moms who have kids that look like they stepped out of a magazine. They look so put together. Their homes are from the pages of the latest issue of Real Simple, out of Domino (oh! how I wish that publication was still being printed), or off [...]

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Raising a Thankful Family.

Did I miss something? You’re probably wondering if you wandered into the month of November by accident. I’m here to reassure you that you have not lost your mind. Well, maybe you have. I won’t judge though. I’ve lost my mind plenty of times. I digress. Around here, we occasionally need to be reminded that [...]

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15 Minutes.

*iphone photo using a slow shutter speed app By a fire or at the table. We all need face time and by that I don’t mean with an iphone. Sitting together, seeing each other, hearing what’s in the other person’s heart… Every time I say “My husband gets 15 minutes. Every night. No matter what.” [...]

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I don’t fold laundry.

I did 9 loads of laundry today. There are six people in my family. That’s a boatload of clothes no matter how you slice it. When we get all of what’s been worn and played in and dripped on and rolled around in… Yes, really. Nine (9) loads of laundry. I do at least nine [...]

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Little girls and the clothes they wear.

Megan King, founder of Juliet’s Closet, created a place where girls 10-14 can find clothes that celebrate who they are and don’t dress them up in clothes that are beyond their age or glamorize the popular celebrities of the day. What is Juliet’s Closet? Over the past few years, the world has changed incredibly quickly. [...]

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Spring Is Almost Here

it’s a beautiful day. Here in the South we are beginning to have days in a row where it’s over 45 degrees. We have gorgeousness mixed with rain. Today is gorgeous. So…you say you’re having a gorgeous spring day, too? It’s time to break out the soil, some seeds, and bulbs (or some plants…I’m all [...]

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