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Month: September 2009

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This Makes Me Laugh

Bymichelle September 29, 2009

1. The idea that someone is still opening emails from Nigeria 2. Facebook IQ tests that have misspelled words. 3. IQ tests 4. Emails with “non-spam” in the subject heading….

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family | homemaking | my home | thinking out loud

Togetherness

Bymichelle September 28, 2009July 27, 2022

Having lived away from my family for several years, I try to make the most of being back at my hometown. What a blessing to be able to sit on…

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homemaking | thinking out loud

There is a Person Under That Basket

Bymichelle September 25, 2009July 27, 2022

On my list of favorite things about being a mom is that I’ve got at least 18 good years of hide and seek before me. And I am the master….

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Christianity | family | homemaking | parenting | thinking out loud

Through My Daughter’s Eyes

Bymichelle September 20, 2009July 27, 2022

When my daughter was born everything about my life came into focus. If ever I had trouble sensing the choice and the value of each of my actions, if ever…

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cheap stuff | homemaking | my home

Our Home: Before and After

Bymichelle September 11, 2009July 27, 2022

I am a homemaker, and the home I make is in a small, sometimes cluttered, old house that we love.  I found these photos of it before we moved in….

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droids | homemaking | my home | photography | thinking out loud

Making House a Home

Bymichelle September 11, 2009July 27, 2022

This was my favorite summer cottage in Maine. Like the ultimate playhouse, it has so many of the surface elements that I love packed into one camp house: cedar shingles,…

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beekeeping | food | garden | homemaking | new to me | photography | soap | thinking out loud | yoga

Things I Learned Over the Summer

Bymichelle September 10, 2009

A reminder for those days when I feel like everything I do is undone in a moment after school, nothings seems accomplished, and I’m going to bed in a messy…

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cheap stuff | family | garden | new to me

Hand-Me-Down Seeds

Bymichelle September 8, 2009July 27, 2022

It’s my first time to save seeds from my little garden. The little garden that could. I ordered heirloom seeds and a book on growing and harvesting seeds. When they…

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garden | thinking out loud

Accidental Cantaloupe

Bymichelle September 3, 2009July 27, 2022

This is Garden Magic. I didn’t choose to go the melon route, but it chose me. I’m poking around in the last little bits of summer garden and find something…

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family | parenting | photography | thinking out loud

Happy Birthday, Dad

Bymichelle September 2, 2009July 27, 2022

He grew up in a poor family of 11 on what was literally the wrong side of the tracks- the country side. The country kids swam in the city’s reservoir…

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