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Psalm 107: 23-24
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” Morris Lighthouse/Folly Beach/November 2011
{The after is still a work in progress!} We have a rather large bonus room in our house that has doubled as my office/craft space and the guest room and off of that room is a cozy walk in closet with floor to ceiling shelves along one wall. I wanted to share my closet before [...]
“If I had a camera,’ I said, ‘I’d take a picture of you every day. That way I’d remember how you looked every single day of your life.” “Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.” “…An average of seventy-four species become extinct every day, which [...]
Mennonite Manners is a really fun dice game for a large group of people. Supplies needed: – one sheet of paper per player – one pencil – one die Point of the game: To be the first person to write out numbers 1-100 To Play: Choose one player to start with the pencil and give [...]
“Excellence is a habit.” Motivational Quotes by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, from For the Children’s Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School.
A timely reminder for this coming season of busy-ness. “Better a dry crust with peace & quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.” – Proverbs 17:1
Rundown, abandoned building. Two dirty toilets. Somehow they make me thankful for the {much smaller} messes I have to deal with in my daily life.
I love pretty packages, but also love simplicity. White paper lunch bags, scraps of ribbon, lace and trim and simple stickers make for easy, last minute gift wrapping that doesn’t look last minute. It is the perfect solution for holding soap, baked goods, little ornaments and any other smaller object you might be gifting. [...]
Do you have plans for the Christmas afternoon blahs? Growing up my parents always gave each of us four kids one movie each and so every Christmas afternoon we happily spent watching our new movies. This year for the boys I am trying something similar, but with a twist; I am going to wrap a [...]
