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So while Kent was gone this past week, I decided it might be a good use of my ‘extra’ time (ha!) to watch the three versions of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice that we own. It would keep me from Read more…

FYI, we had a wonderful Easter staycation, had good friends over, gorged ourselves on homemade French fries and cinnamon rolls, watched much of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, sang ‘A Toi la Gloire’ at church and came home for ‘Up Read more…

Right now I’m studying the Word with a group of friends, working through the book of Daniel. The study was written specifically to women in the US with a call to be set-apart like Daniel, who refused the richer foods Read more…

I have keenly felt my lack of storytelling and family news here on the blog. There are such great things to share, and so little energy for sharing them at the end of a day. Especially a day like today. Read more…

NOTE: Now I know, I often write light-hearted fun looks at our family life or travels. Those wonderful things are still very much a part of everyday life here. But so are difficult things. It’s just not true for me Read more…

. Meet Daisy. Don’t take that personally.She’s really quite sweet once you get to know her.She always tries to make the tourists feel they are importantby continually licking and kissing them. Here’s Daisy hard at work: All her hard work Read more…

Well, I haven’t forgotten you all, I assure you. There seems to be a limit to how much ‘creative juice’ I get each day and lately I’ve been sketching the wall-paper I want to stencil on our living room wall, Read more…

For those who haven’t already checked this out on our facebook page… Over Christmas break we had the ambitious goal of tiling our kitchen floor and countertop. Sounds do-able for a week off according to HGTV, right? Well, we were Read more…