Category: From the Heart
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Welcomed Bump in the Road
I‘ve been home from the ranch for a day and starting to decompress. I feel so blessed to have a place to leave all the renovation for a time and live in a nice put tother home. Seriously, we can really take a refrigerator for granted. Our last visit was all about finishing up all…
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Liquid Hope
There are just some mornings … When I make the coffee, and it smells WONDERFUL. The sun is peeking up and lighting little spots around the kitchen like promises of new beginnings. The aroma of warm and rich, deep roasted coffee engulfing the kitchen, my brain, my heart. I just stood here and took a…
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Inspiration Saturday 01/30/16
It’s been one week since I last returned from the ranch house. We got so much work done in the last two weeks. We finally removed all the rock, and we only have a couple more tasks to complete before we are completely done with all of the demo! I seriously can’t wait until we…
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Lucky Break Acres! The Winter Version
Get ready for an explosion of photographs! Over Christmas break, Steve, Emma, and I went to my sister, Michelle’s farm in Wisconsin. It was our first visit there and I was beyond excited to see everything. When we arrived at the airport, my older sister, Cathy surprised us with being there too! We had a fabulous…
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A Quote
I Started looking up this quote on the internet and was surprised that I couldn’t actually find a single person recorded as saying “Pain is a reminder that we are still alive.” That was the quote I was really looking for. As I was looking, I found the one I did post, because it’s a…
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Inspiration Saturday 01/02/16
Wow! I just typed 16, as in 2016! I can’t believe the new year has arrived! I have so many plans this coming year, but today I’m gonna share our next room and inspirational images. This post is all about the Den. This is the room just to the left when you enter the front…
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Happy Holidays!
Lately there is a lot of hoopla about whether to say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. I’ve even started being afraid to say Happy Holidays. As a believer, I say Merry Christmas! As a believer, I say Happy Holidays! I know there are christians that are crabby about the Happy Holidays saying but let me tell…
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Throwback Thursday- The Blasted Rolling Chair!
Yesterday Emma and I were running some errands and she reminded me of her office chair from our old house. We started laughing so hard as we were remembering this pink chair she used for home school. It has wheels on it and during the school year she spent a lot of time rolling around…
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Inspiration Saturday 12/12/15
Featured image: http://www.edinarealty.com/homes-for-sale/MN/St-Louis-Park/55424/4367-Mackey-Avenue-106380694 Over the next few months I want to use my Saturday Inspirations to show you some of the stuff we’re changing at the ranch house and the images that are inspiring me to make the changes. Hopefully, you’ll get to see the end results! Hopefully, I’LL get to see the end results too!…
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Let it Snow!
Last Month, Emma and I stayed at the ranch house in Gardnerville. Steve was able to drive up a couple of times, and Alix came up for Thanksgiving. We had a really productive visit, which I’m super excited to share with you in some upcoming posts. However, the best part of our visit was the snow! It…
Multi-ti-purpose Room 