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Special Skin: When My Kids Realized
We were driving along on a back country road, on our way to a friend's house, when it finally came.Connor piped up from a quiet back seat as we listened to the country music on the radio."Remember when...
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Change how you see, see how you change: Positive Exposure
I excitedly ripped open a thin package last Friday to reveal something I'd been waiting to see since June - our beautiful photos taken by renowned photographer Rick Guidotti at the FIRST family...
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Friday Favorites: September 26
Is next week really October? The fall is flying by, and after a couple of busy weekends coming up, I plan to savor the rest of this beautiful season with relaxation, football, soups, and pumpkins.I've...
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How Our Son Pushes Us, In the Best Possible Way
Grabbing our towels to head to the pool.Throwing on our shoes for a trip to the park.Jumping into the lake after a boat ride.Sitting outside in the summertime.Sledding in the snow.Waterparks.Things...
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31 Days to Less Noise: Day 1
Ever since following along in some of the series last year, I've been wanting to participate in The Nester's 31 Days challenge.I racked my brain on and off for the whole year trying to decide what to...
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What is "Noise"?
A couple of a weeks ago, I was in a place of anxiety, feeling frozen when I sat down to do something in front of the computer, and almost too overwhelmed by everything that I wanted to do and...
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Day 3: Starting my day with God instead of Noise
From the minute my alarm goes off, Noise is taunting me - there are emails to be read, social media sites to be checked…all before even getting out of bed. By the time I reach the shower door, my head...
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Less Noise When It Comes To My Kids
As we prepared to move from our first home, I naturally began to pack everything up in boxes…including the kids's toys and books.Eventually, during the week that we moved, there was nothing left in the...
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First day of Rest
During this month of Less Noise, I'll be taking Sundays off for a day of rest.I'll be using Sundays to unwind, clear my head, prepare for the week, and spend uninterrupted time with family.And I am...
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31 Days to Less Noise: Clearing the Clutter
I think fighting clutter is sometimes just a part of life.However, there are some particular areas that just bug me more than usual. Areas that yell at me every time I walk into the room: "Hey we're...
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(Day 7) Clearing the clutter: picture frames
Yesterday, I tackled De-Clutter Task #2 (start with the easiest one, right?): the pile of picture frames strewn about our master bedroom... and they are now proudly hanging on our wall! And I love it...
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(Day 8) Clearing Clutter: Command Center and Coat Closet
I took on Task #4 and Task #5 yesterday morning, and I did a quick organization of our "Command Center" and back coat closet.I went through all of my files from the last couple of years and pitched...
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(Day 9) Clearing the Clutter: Laundry Room
I have my countertop back!I spend a lot of time in the laundry room. This process means that the laundry room and I are good friends. Which I really don't mind, because I actually like laundry.So it is...
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(Day 10) Clearing the Clutter: the garage
My 5 areas chosen to de-clutter are officially de-cluttered…and it feels so good.This week, in an effort to cultivate less "noise" in my daily home life, I chose 5 different places to de-clutter: the...
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Making time for taking a break
At first, it almost seemed like just another item to try to fit on the already fairly packed calendar.But after thinking about it, we decided that despite a full week, we should try to step away for a...
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Second Day of Rest
During this month of Less Noise, I'll be taking Sundays off for a day of rest.I'll be using Sundays to unwind, clear my head, prepare for the week, and spend uninterrupted time with family.And I am...
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31 Days to Less Noise: Emails
Emailing is the greatest thing ever…and one of the biggest noise-makers in my life.I can barely remember a time when checking email was a once or twice a day occurrence. Done from the computer. And...
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Less Noise: Mindless TV watching
I really don't watch much TV.I would much rather read, and I don't become engaged in shows very easily.However, in recent months, I've been noticing that Evan and I have fallen into the habit of...
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The Noise of Social Media
Social media. So wonderful and so horrible all at the same time.I've had ups and downs with social media, but I've fortunately never felt like I've needed to totally remove it from my daily ritual. I...
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31 Days to Less Noise: Staying Current with the News
While at the She Speaks conference this past summer, I met a fellow attendee that I shared a cab with who was from Texas. While in conversation, she brought up the Texas Border Crisis…and I'm so...
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Laughter over lectures: In This House, We Will Giggle - Giving Away 3 Copies!!
I selected this date to write about my friend Courtney's new book long before I chose my topic of this 31 Days Series of Less Noise, but it fits so perfectly with the focus of Courtney's book -...
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Trading the "noise" in my head for the noise in the car
So, that phenomenon where, no matter how prepared you try to be or how early you get up, you all still end up frantically searching for things and running out the door 5 minutes late - well, we...
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Third Day of Rest
During this month of Less Noise, I'll be taking Sundays off for a day of rest.I'll be using Sundays to unwind, clear my head, prepare for the week, and spend uninterrupted time with family.As we're...
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31 Days to Less Noise: Unpreparedness
This week, I can feel life start to slow down. The darker evenings feel cozier and quieter, and the cold weather is sweeping in, pushing us in front of the fireplace.And I am so grateful for this 31...
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31 Days to Less Noise: Preparing Food
Providing my family with good food is becoming more and more of a priority to me, but I absolutely detest the food prep that goes along with that. (I must be in the majority with that mindset based off...
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