Category Archives: home

Where you be?

Would you mind doing me a(nother) wee favor?  I’m doing some planning (Me?  Planning?  I know, right.) for the coming year, and I wondered if you could just take a sec to let me know where you live.  I’m not … Continue reading

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Messy/Beautiful

I’ve fallen into that trap we’ve all fallen into, of trawling the internet, clicking links from blog to blog to blog, seeing all these lives – these beautiful women in beautiful clothes living in beautiful houses somehow un-ruined by their … Continue reading

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Buy something beautiful, do something good.

Last weekend, several tornadoes touched down in North Carolina, killing 24 people and causing millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and businesses.  I’ve spent the last few days looking at footage and photos of familiar places, but with … Continue reading

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Turns out I’m a Mama’s girl, too.

I’ve never really been a Mama’s girl, that I can remember. Growing up, I spent countless hours sitting on my Daddy’s lap, riding on the back of my grandpa’s three-wheeler with my Daddy at the wheel, and riding horses with … Continue reading

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It all becomes clear.

As I write this, I’m sleepy and nervous. First, I have to apologize.  My posts have been a bit less than riveting lately.  But there’s a reason, I promise, and hopefully it’ll all make sense soon.  Ready for it?  Here … Continue reading

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Filed under a change will do you good, home, marriage, the joys of moving

{Baby Kearns}

We’ve been living with our friends Steve and Sarah since the end of July.  I love eating dinner with them and watching The Biggest Loser with them and having their support while we go through good stuff and bad stuff. … Continue reading

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Filed under home, women

What a girl wants

I only chose the title of this blog because I was watching a promo for the Rachael Ray show and the girl who plays Rachel Berry on Glee is going to be on tomorrow, and she was singing the Christina … Continue reading

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Filed under a change will do you good, cooking, home, seasons

Bake us, this day, our daily bread…

Want to know what I’m doing right now? No? Well, I’ll tell you anyway: I’m eating my breakfast, which consists of coffee and sourdough bread made by none other than…ME. Yesterday was my day off from teaching, and my friend … Continue reading

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I’ll be doing my best…

I’m taking a few days off from blogging/twittering/general internet-ing in favor of some more inward pursuits. I’ll be writing/praying/reading, and hopefully being refreshed and renewed. While I’m gone, if you’d like to have a wee look through some old entries, … Continue reading

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Filed under a change will do you good, forgiveness, home, learning, marriage, spirituality

“You’re ruining moving day!”

On our anniversary this year, my husband made a list of all the things he loves about me.  One of my favorites?  He said he loves the way I have a special outfit for every occasion, kind of like Barbie. … Continue reading

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