This summer, Chase and our good friend Kellen worked through many hot days and buggy nights to build a deck onto our house. This wasn’t one of those overnight projects that was done in one afternoon, which is why I am still singing their praises of perseverance! Neither one of them had ever built a deck or even helped build a deck before, so this
“Let’s go for a run when I get home from class.” How does he always know what I need, before I even know myself? I guess that’s what happens after three years of loving your wife well. There are many reasons why I would say that Chase is the best soul-mate for me, one of which would be this. He makes me his hobby.
On Sunday mornings Chase and I find ourselves hanging out with some of the most gifted, growing, group of middle-school- aged kids around. We hit the doors to the youth room, and the energy explodes onto us and we love it! This has been our Sunday morning fun for 3 years now, and with every passing year, I wonder at the beauty, that is the
Open my eyes LORD to see you clearly. This has been my prayer chant for quite some time now. Every morning these words lay pressed against my heart and make their way off my tongue. They are a constant reminder that I am in need, that this world is broken and that I still have hope. I’ve witnessed a lot of pain in this
Welcome to the weekend! Has this week slipped away secretly for anyone else out there? I am not entirely sure where this week has gone and at the same time I am ready, so ready for the weekend! But before I check out, I wanted to share a few things we have done around our home recently. My hope is that you might be
Last week at this time, I was packed into a jeep with my husband and our good friends, along with a car load filled-to-the-brim with anything and everything we might possibly need on our camping trip in the U.P. I can’t help but smile as I think back. Life stood still for a few days, and it was glorious, but all good things must come
Well folks, we have arrived! Today is our last day on this whole30 adventure. In T-8 hours Chase will be having his ever anticipated non-whole30 midnight snack, a well deserved one at that! I am mostly just amazed that he managed to go without all the things for 30 whole days! (pun-intended) We even made it through 4th of July celebrations, birthday parties and family gatherings without
Over half of my wardrobe is gone, and it feels really good. I’m serious. As you read in my last post about becoming a minimalist, you know that there have been some significant changes in the size and quality of my wardrobe as of late. For example, instead of having a closet of 200+ items and two full dressers packed in tight; I now have a
The other night I was congratulating Chase on making it through day 7, one whole week! His response was, “Can we just not talk about it.?” Ok, I get it. All I can say is that he loves me something fierce and he’s also not a quitter. Overall I think we are managing pretty well. We’ve survived the moody days, and utter exhaustion from last
Well Hello there, and HAPPY Saturday! I thought today might be a good day to share with you, how this whole wardrobe re-do came about and where I am in the minimalist process so far. If this isn’t your deal, I totally understand that! Read on anyways, you might be encouraged to steer away from the mistakes I’ve made and avoid some of the struggle
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