This post is for ladies only. For the handful of men who I know read this blog; consider yourself warned!! The past year for economical, health and earth-related reasons, our family has been re-evaluating everything that we buy, use, dispose of. In my journeys, I came across DivaCup and was intrigued. The idea seemed a [...]
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Photo by Lif… Last week I asked about teaching little ones obedience without fussing. I was getting a little frustrated with my littles (1 1/2 and 3). We’re leaving soon, I’ve a lot to do and anything that they have learned about obedience seems to have flown out the window over the last few weeks. [...]
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View Full Album Routine at our house has flown out the window. The little ones had mild symptoms from their Typhoid and Yellow Fever shots (for Africa), then they caught bad colds and we dealt with that for a week and then last week they had a stomach bug complete with vomiting and diarrhea. This [...]
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View Full Album Dezign with a Z has an incredible selection that can help you transform your room in the blink of an eye {err…well almost!}. Have you have ever felt that a room was missing something, or that you couldn’t afford to decorate, or that you can’t be bothered to paint? I’ve felt [...]
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Source It’s only ten more sleeps until we take off. Where are we going you ask? Oh, I’m glad you asked! We’re going to Africa! We fly out of Toronto and into Paris, France where we will stay for a week. We were in Paris on our honeymoon and now, five years later, we’re heading [...]
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With summer fun ideas, product reviews, giveaways and some yummy summer recipes, we’re going to Sizzle this Summer! Do you have a great summer recipe, a summer-related tip or a favorite summer activity? I’d love to include your ideas in the series this year. You can see last year’s series here to get an idea [...]
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Photo by James Marvin Motherhood is a Beautiful Calling; trumped only by our calling to be helpmeets. Both of these are facets of our ultimate calling and by excelling and honoring these; we bring Him honor and glory! I would like to share with you an excerpt from an email I received several days ago; [...]
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Last year during the Set for a Sizzling Summer Series, I was first introduced to UV Skinz. If you have a minute, I’d invite you to read last years review. I fell in love with their products and with the company itself because they are determined to educate others about the importance of sun safety [...]
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Photo by ilmungo Unable to Meet My Commitment Today is Track & Field for Christian Schools and homeschoolers in the area. It is hosted by my church each year. I am supposed to be helping today; running tot and nursery for the T&F workers little ones. Instead, I am at home with two sick little [...]
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With no reply to email or winners call, after a week and a half, a new winner was chosen. This must be her lucky month because Winner is Rachel from Alberta, Canada not only won our ListPlanIt review but is now the new winner of the $100 Reno-cation giveaway. Be sure to subscribe to Beautiful [...]

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