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Just the three of us.
We have about three weeks to go, then my little posse of three upgrades to four! It’s been “just the three of us” for almost 17 months now, but I remember plain as day when it was just Maxwell and I....
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A FREE Mrs. Meyer’s Spring Cleaning Kit, plus 3 of my secrets!
We are about two weeks away from a new baby joining our family, and while I have two toddlers keeping me busy with play and reading and meals and naps (oh, hallelujah), the reality is I’m in big time...
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Life around here.
Happy Friday, everyone! It’s so fun to think we’ve been living in our new house for a full two months now :) We are all loving it, and I still can’t believe how perfect its been for our growing...
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How to craft when your heart is enveloped in motherhood.
This topic is always so hard for me to write on. Some days I’m able to accomplish so much, and other days it’s a struggle to make a hot meal for dinner. Creating, crafting, spending time on my...
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Mother’s Day, a couple days late. (Naturally.)
There’s no denying it — most areas of my life right now are blissfully “late”. I won’t go into detail on the housework I’m behind on, on the home projects that aren’t done or filed away or cleaned....
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My newest 20-minute project.
Every day is a work in progress. Not only for the babies we’re raising and what they’re learning, but for me as their mama. Every day I fail. I get upset. I make mistakes. I forget. I let my tiredness...
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How to make a freedom change.
A couple of weeks ago I made a big change in my life. It wasn’t big in a visual way, but it more so big for my Maggie heart: I took control of the “out of season” messages that were flooding my inbox...
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What to focus on when you “stay at home”.
A few thoughts on this mamahood thing: There will always be more to do each day than feasibly possible. Each day is supposed to leave us with choices: do I clean up the mess, or do I play with the...
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Do you have this girl in your life?
Ya know, when we get right down to it, we’re not that different from one another. We may have different hobbies or day jobs or hair styles, but we’re both women who work very hard to take care of our...
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Front porch inspiration!
From the day we moved into our new home I’ve been wanting to put something on our front porch. And that was about five months ago! It’s a generously sized covered space, and we get an equal mix of...
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Ten things I love // vol. 11
Miss Marigold, you’ve been a part of our family for exactly three months now. Our love for you is settled deep into our hearts, and your life is a beautiful gift. Mamahood is indeed the hardest...
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FREE Caldrea products, yippeeee!
In our house, as long as we’re living here, we’ll always have dishes needing to be washed. It used to bother me that our dishes sit dirty and stacked on the counter (or in the sink, since we don’t have...
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Have a great weekend!
Every once in a while I take a few hours on Saturday to do a little cleaning. I usualy clean throughout the week, but sometimes Saturday is “the day”. To help me tidy up our kitchen, I use Caldrea’s...
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Twenty “20-minute crafts” you must try!
You know me, I could chat endlessly about the importance of 20-minute crafts. What I love most is it doesn’t really matter where you work or with whom you work, but taking the time to be creative...
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Four new books on my bookshelf!
Earlier this year I lost my Fitbit. At some point while packing for our move to Detroit, I stuck it in a bag (why wasn’t I wearing it?!) and then naturally forgot about it until about 90 days ago. As...
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Life around here.
Another week is wrapping up, and I just have to say MY GOODNESS, that was a rather hard one. We are transitioning Natalie from her crib to a toddler bed (she’s not quite 21 months, however Goldie has...
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Writing from a safe place.
[dusts off computer keyboard] Hello there, stranger! ;) Let’s get right down to the nitty gritty of what I have to share today, yeah? I’ve been wanting to write here for a few weeks now, but something...
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How we are getting out of debt!
Earlier this summer we achieved a HUGE financial goal for our family, we paid off our 2010 Chrysler mini-van! We have finally made a plan to become debt-free, and while seeing how much we owe written...
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3 (easy) tricks to feeling restored.
I haven’t been a mama for that long, less than a handful of years, but I have learned a few tricks that keep us afloat. You know the days when everything seems to be spiraling down the drain. All the...
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Let’s talk about saving money, Facebook, soup, toys, and creating a nest…
Hey friends! The weather has took a turn towards cooler air, and I absolutely love it! When we were living in Los Angeles we rarely saw shades of red and yellow on the top half of trees, and so this...
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