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Makeover Monday: Curtains Make all the Difference

Melinda didn’t like her sunroom. She removed all the excess stuff she could and it was better, but still didn’t feel right. I looked at her photo and saw her gorgeous floors and charming arched doorway. She also has a…

Weekend Links

Happy Weekend! Here are my favorite links that made me take a longer look. It’s the week for the one room challenge reveals! Brittany Fleming’s room stopped me in my tracks. Her before picture was beautiful and something I’d love in my…

Makeover Monday: Graphically Brave

Priscilla is drawn to the light and bright Modern Farmhouse rooms from Fixer Upper, but her furniture is full of color. Without a budget to buy new, she wasn’t sure what to do. She wrote: Need help with giant sectional. I’d like…

Makeover Monday: Don’t Let Fear Decide

I started on my built ins for my living room in August. They have been half finished for 3 months, because I made a few little mistakes. I attached something crooked, and drilled a few holes too deep. Darren had to…

What do you do all day?

Say the word “homemaker,” and this is the most frequent response: “What do you do all day?” This question is offensive to a lot of at homemakers because it implies that there’s not enough to do to keep an at home spouse off…

Everybody Struggles

When I was thinking about the things I want my daughter to know before she leaves home, I made a mental list of the fastest way to clean X, how to make bread, how to fix a zipper etc…then I…

Before She Leaves

I have roughly 21 months left with my oldest daughter living in my home. In that time she will graduate high school and head off to college; marriage and babies soon to follow. I lounged on her bed this weekend just…

How Three Orphaned Kittens Saved My Parenting Fail

Before school started this fall, we made our kids a terrible, misguided, poorly thought out deal. We told them if they all made straight A’s at semester, we’d get a puppy. They have been begging for a dog for YEARS and…

Welcome Fall

Thank you for all your encouraging comments after my last post. I’m not feeling nearly so overwhelmed right now and I think gratitude and the support of good friends has a lot to do with it. I’ve found myself running…

My Gratitude Journal

I’m excited about this easy little crafty post, because it has so much meaning to me. Along the journey of life a few years back, we chose to seek out help from a psychologist who said something very interesting: “The thoughts…