My 31 Days Topic & Other Thoughts

I wrote a guest post for the (in)courage Bloom book club.  They are reading one of my favorite books, 7 by Jen Hatmaker.  I’d love for you to go join in the conversation.  And I also happen to mention my 31 Days topic for this year if you are wondering.

Happy Friday!

Adventure

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“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter” –Henry David Thoreau (also I’m totally going to start using the word “bittle”)   We’ve only got a few weeks left of the official summer break, for moms and kids, summer ends when school starts. As I think back over the [...]

On Editing

quiet the house

I used to never edit.  I’d only add, rarely subtract.  And now I’ve learned it’s one of the secrets to a good room.  I like to ask myself, what’s the least amount of stuff I can have in a room and it still look like home, be useful and beautiful?  That amount of stuff is [...]

And on The 5th of June, She Created Quiet Because She Didn’t Want to be Like That Kardashian Mom

quiet the house for realz

Have I told you that I automatically wake up at 5am almost every morning?  No alarm?  Actually, that was before Tanzania.  Since Tanzania it’s been 4:30.  It started January 1st. NO LIE.  Is that odd? Do you think Someone is trying to tell me something?  I do my best writing while the sun is rising [...]

It’s All Too Much

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I’m intentionally writing this post now instead of in two weeks after I get back from Tanzania. Because you might think that I only feel this way because of my trip and blame poor Shaun Groves and Tanzania and the truth is, I’ve been feeling this way for months. Months, I tell you.

Stick a Fork In It

diy glass floor lamp

Forever I’ve seen these tall glass containers and wondered what I could do with one. Finally, it hit me–A FLOOR LAMP!  So I bought a tall glass container for $29 at Home Goods, a $10 light kit and found a $3 lampshade at a thrift store. Not bad for a floor lamp.  And I even [...]

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