When you chew out your father for feeding your daughter dinner . . . you know you're not ok. I am struggling and stressing and messing up as I try to figure out arrangements for child care while I work from home. Fortunately, my dad is a very patient, gracious person, and when I apologized to him later he acknowledged that I'm just...

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Well, I was on a blogging roll for awhile there. Maybe it will return.  Sometime. For now, I continue working and wife-ing and mom-ing.  Lots of learning and adjusting Josh was off all last week for Fall Break.  He had a birthday.  We enjoyed free "hot donuts now" at Krispy Kreme "late" one night.  Because we could. We went to Indianapolis for a...

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mothering is hard. fathering is hard. life is hard. i'm just shaking my head at my not quite four year old daughter's behavior tonight... um, like a teenager's behavior. this is payback for how i treated my mom as a child.  right?  it must be. ugh. this day also included our washing machine quitting.  while full of laundry and water. and it was...

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We no longer have a guest room. Instead, this is now my office. In addition to needing to spend focused time working on Women's Ministry and my Mamas' Group (have I mentioned I'm on the leadership team for that?), as well as wanting to spend focused time on writing, I now have a part-time, work-from-home job. And I know in order to actually...

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Awhile ago I did these lists of "Things I Like Right Now".  I thought I'd post another. home decor "You're a Good, Good Father" re-thinking home decor peace baskets/containers re-arranging things from room to room crazy artwork rest space date night getting stuff out of our house Zillow pad thai watching football with Catherine small town Wakarusa, IN getting deals at yard sales...

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I watched a you tube video about painting a door that said the prep work was the most important step. Apparently my prep work includes watching you tube instructional videos and reading articles via Pinterest on how to paint a front door. Today's steps also included putting on my paint clothes and taking the "before" pictures. Not sure when I'll do the actual...

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Within just a couple of months I have gone from mocking desks to wanting my own. What?  Who mocks desks?? ...sheepishly raising hand... It was not that long ago that I said, "Who needs a desk?!?  Anything you'd do at a desk you can just do at a kitchen table."  I basically felt like desks were pointless. And now I'm actually contemplating turning...

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There were professional photographers taking fabulous pictures at Saturday's lovely co-ed bridal shower.  But who knows when/if I'll ever have those photos in my possession.  So, I'm sharing the few pictures that I took in the midst of the craziness of last minute details. My sister-in-law Jen's sister Charissa is getting married in Indy next month, and lots of her friends around here...

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