Merry Christmas week, friends! We put up our decorations very early this year and still, it sneaks up on me every time. I have all of our wrapping and baking to do, along with holiday groceries and preparations to leave town for New Year’s. (These are merry activities, I have to remind myself!) We have […]
November is usually always a stellar reading month for me. This month I read a lot of things, but I abandoned almost all of them for various reasons and ended up only actually finishing one book! I have been following blogger Tsh Oxenreider for about eight years now and have read all of her books, but […]
Well I didn’t get very many pictures of this month mostly because I was busy doing a lot of administrative projects that took up my creative brain space and well, taking care of all the people in my little world here at home! I am sadly missing all of the Thanksgiving table photos I took […]
I had all intentions of posting a whole tour of our rental house here in Kansas City, but it’s actually much easier to do room-by-room! (I did one of my office/toy room a few weeks ago.) When we were searching for a rental, of course I wanted a nice bright updated kitchen. But I ended […]
October was so busy that I only actually finished one book! Well, I read a lot of things, but this is the book I actually completed, and I read it in just a few sittings: The Paper Solution by Lisa Woodruff. I love books about organizing, I think partly due to my personality, but also […]
October in pictures…upon pictures! What a month. We took advantage of the weather and paused school for a few weeks to visit and host family, which filled us all up. First my sister came from Georgia to spend a week here with her kids for a very cousin-y time. After a few days of recovery and […]
With the change of season and all of the unsettling events of this year, I’m just craving some solace and a little something to soothe my heart. There’s nothing that comforts and brings perspective like a great book. This list is designed to contain something for everyone, from devotional to memoir. They will inspire you, challenge […]
September was a fun reading month for me. I finished three lighter reads and started some other biographical/spiritual books, which I’m still working on and hope to finish in October! Also Amazon sent me an email today to remind me that I have to tell you the links below are affiliate links. (After about […]
September was so full! Immediately after getting here, David left for California for two weeks (after an epic last-minute and dare I say dangerously enormous Ikea haul), we started homeschool, unpacked the last few boxes, and had family in town from Atlanta. (I got to see my newest niece, hooray!) We also had a mishap […]
A mother’s corner office: next to the kitchen and the toys, hung with Mary Cassat prints for inspiration, drawers emptied of sharp things and permanent writing utensils, sticky fingerprints atop the desk. VIP (very important papers): school work, paintings and sunday school crafts. Sometimes a change of scenery can make a huge difference in the […]