Wife, mom, writer, Christ-follower, reader, knitter, baker… writing about life in general and everything that goes along with it.
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Despite the title of this post, I technically do not have an iPhone. But I do have an iPod Touch, and the wonderful thing about the iPod Touch is that you can use nearly every iPhone app on it. And I’ve certainly downloaded my share of apps. I have apps related to cooking, reading, productivity, [...]
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My 10-year-old son, C., is more than thrilled that the school year is over. He greatly prefers lazy mornings, bike rides, and no homework to the school-year burdens of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
But I know him. As much as he enjoys the slower pace and the unscheduled days, he can start to feel a little [...]
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When it comes to doing housework, I have to say, I am not a fan. I have friends who actually enjoy the whole process of cleaning house, but I simply can’t relate to that feeling. Instead, I’m always searching for a better system and some helpful motivation.
I previously posted about the fact that inviting people [...]
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Everywhere I go, I hear about someone else who’s getting a Wii for Christmas. They all say it’s “for the kids,” but I know plenty of adults who play the Wii as much as, or more than, their kids!
We are big fans of the Wii here, and since we’ve been playing it for a while, [...]
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L. (2) had an appointment last night at our pediatrician’s flu clinic. Taking a toddler to get shots is not exactly my favorite thing to do. There’s the fear, and the crying, and the desperate clinging that’s just me. There’s also all the stuff my little guy has to go through.
But last night, I [...]
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I admitted in a recent post that, although I consider myself to be fairly tech-y, I’ve dropped the ball in the area of cell phones and their use. I don’t have a bluetooth headset, my phone doesn’t take pictures, and until recently, I was using a 9-year-old phone with approximately zero features. I upgraded my [...]
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I am not a great housekeeper. My husband always assures me that our house is comfortable and decent and a good place to come home to, but no one has ever accused my house of being spotless. I’ve failed at FlyLady more than once, I don’t have a regular weekly cleaning plan, and [...]
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We’re just about half-way through summer break, which means that my 9-year-old has been talking for six weeks straight.
Okay, not really, but he is a chatterbox.
And though I try to be a good, engaged, listening mom, there are times when my eyes glaze over or when I don’t even look up from the computer when [...]
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This year was our Year of Finishing the Basement. We moved into our home a little more than three years ago, and from the beginning, we knew we wanted to turn half of the concrete block “cellar” into a finished “basement.” (Doesn’t “basement” sound so much nicer than “cellar”?)
2008 was the year to do [...]
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This week over at Rocks in My Dryer, Shannon is hosting a special Works-for-Me Wednesday: Five Ingredients or Less. Since I’m all about simple meal preparation, I decided to jump in with three recipes that go over well at our house. But be sure to click the graphic at the bottom of this [...]
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