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Much Needed Refreshment

Mar122013

Remember how I mentioned our power going out last week thanks to the 20 of snow? By Friday morning and two nights with no heat, I was about ready to go stir-crazy. There are quite a few things that electricity is key to – hot water for a shower being one of them {who knew, right?}. The Real Refreshment Retreat from Apologia came at a wonderful time for me – when I literally needed ‘refreshment’ … [Continue reading...]

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Twenty Inches of Snow and No Power

Mar72013

This week started off smoothly and by early Wednesday the kids were all whooping and hollering – REAL snow was officially falling. Not the ‘if you get a magnifying glass out you might see it snow’ – LOTS of snow. To the tune of TWENTY inches. While the snow was nice, the downed trees that caused a loss of power – not so much. At the moment we are still without power {and heat} and doing our best … [Continue reading...]

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Behold the Lamb Easter Wreath from Family Life

Mar62013

This post is our honest review of a product that we received for free. All opinions expressed are solely mine. When a company creates a product that is both beautiful and helpful in sharing the true focus of Easter – well, they have my attention.  Family Life has put together another beautiful product to use year-round in your home - the Behold the Lamb Easter Wreath. You may remember their name … [Continue reading...]

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Koolaid Playdough Recipe

Mar52013

One of my favorite recipes for playdough is one that goes back to my days of being a preschool teacher – Koolaid Playdough. The scent and bright colors make it even more fun to play with. The recipe itself can be pulled together in about ten minutes – even if you have little ones helping out! When we made the above batch of seven rainbow colors, it was right around $5 – so inexpensive and … [Continue reading...]

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To a Peaceful Month of March

Mar22013

You know the saying March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb? Let’s just say, I would love for it to come in and leave like a lamb. It would be fabulous for crazy to take a back seat in our house. Somehow I thought that February would be a little more peaceful in our house, but managed to forget that my hubby had a conference he was helping run sound for and would be MIA for a few days. … [Continue reading...]

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The Week the Laptop Broke

Mar12013

This was going to be the splendid, wonderful week where we uploaded all the fun new Lego software to the computer and also had some more fun with Little Passports, but unfortunately the kids computer went kaputz and I was too scared to let them TOUCH mine for fear it would all go downhill quickly. So instead we just had a normal week. No crazy bells and whistles. Just snuggle time and reading … [Continue reading...]

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