Friday. Edition 19. It's Friday! Hallelujah, it's Friday! Yesterday I shared some of my favorite beaches. And by tomorrow afternoon I'll be putting my toes in the sand at one. Carolina Beach Bound. That's right! Carolina Beach, here we come! So as I wade through the laundry, try to remember what size sheets need [...]
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Friday Faves – Edition 18
Friday. Edition 18. It's hard for me to believe that I've already been home for a week! The girlie went to her first sleep-away camp last Sunday... 3 nights! So there was the hustle and bustle of preparing for that. Which included rounding up some summertime clothes. You'd think she was a growing teenager [...]
What Is Your Mantra?
What is your mantra? Mantra: /ˈmantrə/ (noun) - a statement or slogan repeated frequently. The origin of the word mantra is Sanskrit and its literal meaning is "a thought behind speech or action". Recently I read quite a few posts about having a personal mantra and then I skimmed read through quite a bit more. The concept [...]
What A Trip To Oude Kerk In Amsterdam Taught Me About Experientialism
Visiting Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. And A Lesson Learned. Experientialism. First things first. What in the heck do I mean by experientialism? This is not a lesson on apologetics or whatever else may come to mind when hearing this word. Experience vs. Materialism. This is about experience vs. materialism. Experientialism is the term used [...]
In Search of Simplicity
Simplicity Lately, I've been thinking a lot about simplicity. Actually, I've been thinking about it steadily for over a year. KonMari. I heard about the KonMari method around that time, even talked about it here. I'm a KonMari dropout... I made it through books and clothes, maybe even dabbled into the next section...and then nothing. [...]
This Merry-Go-Round Called Life
Any of you who have been following me for a while know that I do a lot of pondering on the meaning of my life and the meaning of life in general. Recently, I have been feeling like this existence is just a merry-go-round.... get up, make the donuts... you know how it goes (if [...]
Distracted Organization
Do you have a variety of collections? Do you need to organize them? Are you easily distracted? If you answered yes to any or all of these, then we have something in common! 🙂 Our house has been a continual work in progress. I don't like to buy new pieces of furniture very often [...]
No school….again
This photo is my most recent Instagram post. We are on our third snow day. That's 5 days of kids being at home, people!! Sometimes it's just been my own three, which is daunting enough, but other times we have had a load of others. And yes, sometimes mine have gone off. Although it has [...]