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Grace

My dear boy, now a smidge over one year, has been testing his strength lately.  Hoisting the 12-pack of Charmin’ and dragging the laundry basket around the living room have become his favorite pastimes lately. The tub that holds my  flour, approximately 7 pounds at any given time, was perched on Tripp’s tiny white table… Continue reading Grace

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Sunday Links

How beautiful is this Project Life Scrapbook Kit?  I would love one of these. Isn’t this Valentine’s Ribbon Wreath adorable? This mail sorter would make organization much easier. This I Am Painted Wall Hanging is gorgeous. My next baby needs one of these adorable car seat covers, as opposed to a plain old blanket drapped… Continue reading Sunday Links

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Let’s Explore Store Closing :(

Head on over to the Let’s Explore Store for their Closing Sale.  She has such great educational items over there so head on over and snatch some up before they’re gone. Right now EVERYTHING is 40% off – yes, you read that right.

1000 Gifts

1000 Gifts

115 Spilling flour on the floor and playing in it 116 God granting me patience when said flour spilled on the flour 117 Homemade tomato sauce 118 Getting together to create with friends 119 Starting a new Bible Study 120 Beth Moore 121 Making new curtains for my bedroom 122 Actually getting to start and… Continue reading 1000 Gifts

1000 Gifts

1000 Gifts

81 Spinach Salads 82 Dancing with my baby in the living room to Raffi 83 Footie PJs 84 Homemade fried chicken tenders 85 Loud rainstorms 86 Playdates 87 Announcing big news (WE’RE HAVING ANOTHER BABY!) 88 Chocolate Chip Pancakes 89 Sunday sermons which speak to you 90 Starting a year anew 91 Christmas cards from… Continue reading 1000 Gifts

Food

$5 Dinners

In staying with the theme of Low-Spend January I stumbled upon Erin Chase’s site for $5 Dinners.  Well, this is just what I need to help lower my food bill this month and she just released her first cookbook. Click on over to her website and enter to win a giveaway for one of her… Continue reading $5 Dinners

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Sunday Links

This Floating Frame Tutorial looks like it would make a great gift. File these Christmas Gift Ideas for next year. This post on Calculating Quilt Measurements will help me immensely in the future. A perfect card to use up all those scraps. Scroll down and look at those amazingly adorable Strawberry Santas. Since we move… Continue reading Sunday Links

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Growth

Every year Ali Edwards labels her year with a word.  One word.  A word she plans to live out. She gives meaning to her word.  She lives her word.  She becomes her word.  That is such an inspiring thought. GROWTH – It didn’t take me long to decide on my word for 2010.  It will… Continue reading Growth

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No-Spend January

Sounds like an unattainable feat so maybe we’ll call it Low-Spend January. I am currently reading “Not Buying It” by Judith Levine and am so motivated by her cost-cutting efforts in an attempt to tackle American consumerism. This, coupled with a disaster-relief-size pantry of food that needs used before the sell-by dates expire and a… Continue reading No-Spend January