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An Aspiration Operation
What started as a great day that Friday quickly turned into a nightmare, and it all started with a peanut. It wasn’t even a whole peanut, but half of one, broken into two pieces. Those two chunks of peanut nearly caused us to lose our baby. Friday, September 8th was Doodle’s 4th birthday. We woke up to a happy boy, watched him open gifts, and then spend the remainder of the day playing with his big brothers and sister and his baby brother. He was busy playing, so I took the time to work on cutting up apples for applesauce. We had some visitors come to wish him a happy…
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Two Years
Today marks the anniversary of the day we moved in. Two years ago today, we moved here. Two years ago, we finished packing our vehicles and trailers and headed off to the bank to sign paperwork. Two years ago, we arrived at our new home, full of excitement and anticipation. We spent the afternoon walking around the property, ate our first apples off of our new apple trees, pushed the kids on the new tree swing, and then spent the rest of the day sweeping, washing windows, and setting up beds for the kids. In the last two years, we became chicken “farmers” and homesteaders. We became parents to our…
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Busy Life and Delicious Maple
Today, I am breathing a big sigh of relief. Well, yesterday I did too, and Sunday, but this is the first week of August I don’t have a booked schedule. Sunday is always a day of rest, so I mostly just let my brain melt that day. Yesterday I was soooooo grumpy. I’m on day 9 of the Whole30, and my “Kill all of the Things” day hit me. (I’ll explain more about all of that a different day.) But today I woke up feeling a little more relaxed, and I’m hoping that those feelings don’t come around again! I really do owe my sewing readers an apology. I promised to…
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Crazy Days of Summer
The month of July in review.
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Affirmations
Some days life gets tough, but if we are patient and steadfast, God will send us the affirmations we need to help us be reassured that we are following his will.
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An Invitation to Tea
Sunday afternoon marked Miss Lady’s third annual tea party. It was a wild success. We’ll try and let the pictures do the talking… If you have questions, make sure you leave them in the comments! (Hover over the pictures for more information.)
