I wasn’t scheduled to blog about my experience with the Tummy Team Core Rehab Program until next week, but ya’ll–I can’t wait to tell you what’s happened! As of this week, I’m pain free!!! It seems to good to be true, but just over a month into the program, the pain in my back is…
Continue ReadingDispatch from the Doldrums
This week my inner energizer bunny ground to a halt. I’m typically a very driven, high-energy person. I have brainstorms like Alabama has thunderstorms–often several in one day. I go from one thing to the next, my passion keeping me from pausing for very long between each task, my mind nearly always excited about something….
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Lifestyle Discipleship {for the children}
I wrote this post over a year ago, then somehow forgot it in drafts. I needed to read it today, and hope it encourages you, too! It’s never too early to introduce children to the God who wants to know them personally… Discipling my children has been a passion of mine since before I even…
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Growing Garlic (In which I confess my love of gourmet garlic)
I started growing garlic in my teens and quickly found it to be my favorite crop. You plant it in a slow time of the garden year (October) and if you mulch it well, you didn’t have to give it the time of day until the next summer, when you pulled up big, ripe bulbs…
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Extreme Thrifting: Birthday Edition
Some of us have the thrifting bug worse then others. I definitely have an advanced case. Which is why, when Lydia’s first birthday approached, I left her napping with her daddy and hauled the rest of my crew to the local thrift store to birthday shop. I wanted to get her a doll–I guess that’s…
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From Guilt to Strength {Tummy Team, Week 2 Recap}
Here’s a report on how I’m doing, two weeks into the 8 week online core rehab course from The Tummy Team. You can read why and how I started in this post. I’m super pumped this week because I’ve had some ups and downs but things are a changin’ for the better! Here’s a recap……
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Lydia’s Birth Story
She turned one this week. One whole year of the incredible joy her tiny self has brought into our home. 2:30am is her favorite time of day. My other babies were sleeping through the night more often than not at this age. My only explanation for the bonding time that we have once or twice…
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Redneck Deck Reveal
It’s time to show you our finished deck! If you follow me on instagram you’ve seen some glimpses of our deck project, which we fondly called our #redneckdeck because it really did have very rustic beginnings. Today I’m gonna give you the whole story… Last November we moved from Upstate New York to my in-laws…
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Hope For My Backache {In which I meet the Tummy Team}
Pssst! I think I’ve found the solution to my constant backache! I’ve just started the Tummy Team’s Core Rehab Program and it’s amazing! But here–let me tell start at the beginning, because I don’t think you even knew my back’s been aching for months… Discovering Mommy-Friendly Fitness My personal fitness journey started 3 years ago…
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Real Food Burnout Is Real
Have you ever suffered from Real Food Burnout? It’s an actual condition, people! Symptoms include an aversion to the kitchen, phobia regarding shopping or menu planning, and surprisingly strong cravings for junk food. Sufferers often experience amnesia in regards to meal ideas, paralysis when it comes to trying something new, and general depression on the…
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For Those With No Natural Talent for Rest
We have friends who own some acreage with a small house and barn which they use for family retreats and hunting. We got a chance to stay overnight there this week–ostensibly as part of our eldest’s birthday celebration, but especially just to get some rest and relaxation as a family. Jeremy took Jesse fishing, the…
Continue ReadingIn Which I Finally Understand That All Is Truly Grace {All Is Grace, Part Seven}
We all have days where worry gets the best of us, we let our concern over circumstances consume us–but often something will shift, and the problem we were worried about will dissolve into thin air. But sometimes it’s our very soul that is anxious, and the ups and downs of daily life can’t touch a…
Continue ReadingThriving in Survival Mode
I’ve been in survival mode lately. Those who know me in person have seen the dark circles under my eyes and they are kind enough to ask me how I’m doing when it’s obvious the answer will be dark and depressing. I’ve been crying in public places and probably shouldn’t be driving. Don’t freak out–I’m…
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Celebrating With Food, or, How to Grill Pizza
We forgot the bacon-wrapped dates. She’d come 1000 miles and brought Shauna Niequest’s book with the famed recipe. We’d made a special trip to Aldi’s just for the goat cheese for that recipe. (In our swimming clothes, fresh off of cliff jumping and still giddy that we get to have this much fun as adults.)…
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Your Real Food Journey: a gentle guide to steady progress
I was racing around my kitchen the night before a road trip, scrambling to collect and create enough nourishing snacks so we wouldn’t have to rely on road food the whole trip, when I realized I was in “chicken with my head cut off mode”. Knowing that that’s not a healthy state of mind to…
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Books I Read While Writing a Book
My friend, Kristina, taught me that words are like water. Like a well that goes unused for too long, neglecting to use your words can dry them up. Often the way to get yourself out of writer’s block is to just write—anything—to unclog and let the words flow again. Her words two years ago at…
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