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Practicing Gratitude {1054 – 1065}
More than one-thousand gifts… Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and continuing to simplify. Kathryn loves her new (old) desk. Silly ways my husband keeps me laughing. Example: stair sledding! Ken and Kathryn had fun at the annual dad-daughter night for GA’s last week. Intentional friendships. Kathryn’s excitement about a fun new pair of striped shoes that she…
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Antique Desk Makeover
I love what paint can do for an old piece of furniture! Lindsey has a desk in her room, and Kathryn has been wanting a desk in her room, too. I think she’ll use it often — for letter-writing, occasionally doing some of her schoolwork, and so on. When I bought this 1941 vanity table,…
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A Few More Recent Reads
Because of my CRAZED organizing/cleaning rampage last week, I didn’t do as much reading as I thought I’d do. But that’s okay. I have another stack of friends books waiting on me. And they are very patient. 😉 I did manage to read a few, though: 1) For Young Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn and…
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Practicing Gratitude {1043 – 1053}
I hope I never stop counting gifts… Getting a whole lot of things done while my family was away. Lunch with my dad, my sister, and one of my nieces. My family made it home safely. I don’t live alone. Lacy the WonderDog to keep me company. Hearing stories of God’s faithfulness from my husband…
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My Spring Break
Oh my gracious. I have cleaned and organized like a MAD WOMAN this week! I started to write out all the things I’ve been doing this week, but that just made even more tired! In short, I’ve cleaned and/or organized just about everything in this house, and made plans for cleaning and/or organizing the few…