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Greta-girl goes down for a nap around 11 and I can barely get into my paint-splattered yoga pants fast enough.  There’s a whole list of things I can’t do when Greta is awake.  Clean up our bedroom.  Clean the bathrooms.  Paint.  Paint the family room.  Paint her new room’s closet doors.  Touch up the trim […]

I am a mom.  And today:  Greta looked even more beautiful.   Young boys raised the flag–for all the moms (some of them in their Christmas jammies) Chris spoiled me with 18 ft of canvas And the best burger I ever had after church. He has been marinating steak all day for my mother’s-day-request: fajitas. […]

I was browsing Pinterest  the other day and came upon this:  I immediately repinned it to my “home decor” board (I’m talking Pinterest talk….you gotta get on this bandwagon.  I’ll even send you an invite if you want.  It has changed my life.) where I stash all of my inspiration for upcoming projects I feel I […]

And they’d be Rainbow flip flops slipped onto feet with coral-painted toenails.  My friend is a rock star, I knew that much–but I learned so much more on my blink-of-an-eye trip to Tallahassee, Florida.  It’s hot there.  And humid.  I felt right at home in the climate, almost as if I had time traveled back […]

Greta and I made it all the way to Idaho.  She didn’t nap the whole drive.  (!!)  After about 2 1/2 hours of talk radio and reaching back and tickling her feet for entertainment, I realized she wasn’t even looking tired.  My heart was sinking–I guess the Benedryl I gave her for her runny nose […]

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