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Babies don’t keep
I was sitting here wondering why I am uninspired today. Both kids are asleep, the fireplace is roaring, I have on make-up, and then I realized…my house is messy. When my house is clean, and I’m talking...
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On the Front Porch With You
Please tell me you have seen the Hayley Mills movie Summer Magic? Sweet and wholesome, it stole my heart the first time I saw it. Especially when Burl Ives pulled out his guitar and started singing “On...
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My Sweet Home (Prequel #1)
I’ve wanted to do something here at my blog for the longest time, but until now, I didn’t really feel free to do so… mostly because of the state of my heart. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have...
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My Sweet Home (Prequel #2)
Our family loves the song “Ho Hey” by the Lumineers. We sing it at the top of our lungs in our old gold minivan, and even Baby Betsie shouts out the “ho!” and “hey!” parts like a champ. But watching...
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My Sweet Home: Junk Be Gone! (Part 1)
It is incontestable. The #1 problem facing housekeepers today has to be (drumroll, please!)…clutter. Overconsumption. Excess. In an unprecedented age of convenience and innovation, the American...
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My Sweet Home: Junk Be Gone! (Part 2)
Last week, I made the case that the #1 problem housekeepers face today is the excessive amounts of “stuff” we have in our houses. Today, I want to share with you some things that are helping me tackle...
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My Sweet Home: Junk Be Gone! (Part 3)
After an entire week of procrastination, I’m finally posting the next installment in this “decluttering” series, and I’m going to hop right to it! In my last post, I shared some principles that are...
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How to Iron Without Having to Iron
How many of you have little girls? How many of you love to buy precious clothes for your little girls? How many of you have been sad to realize that the most precious clothes usually need to be...
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The Dollhouse Effect
I was tidying up the playroom at my mom’s house and had sat down for a minute in front of her giant three-story-plus-an-attic dollhouse to put the furniture back where it belonged and straighten up...
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The Upstairs and Downstairs of Modern Housewifery
Every Sunday night when the season is right, you will find Mr. Gore and me, after banishing…er, tucking in…the children upstairs, settling down into our favorite living room chairs to catch up on the...
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