The other night we had Life Group with some people from our church (basically it’s a mix between social hour and discussing that week’s sermon / Bible Study). I was in charge of the snack and brought Swedish Brownies. It’s a recipe my mom made when I was growing up and it’s delicious. I’m in love with almond extract which…
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For any goal to be accomplished there needs to be regular check ins to make sure you are able to accomplish them, right? When I set my 2018 goal to live COMPACTLY I knew it was going to take some really intentional work. I figured I’d try to do my quarterly check ins here on the blog in an effort…
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We’ve been talking about our spring and summer to-do list and what projects we will tackle around our house. The number one project is to finish painting it (yes, we are “those” neighbors with a half painted house…. so embarrassing). One item on our list is to renovate our master bath. I’ve outlined everything I want for the space below…
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We are taking Drew and Elle on a surprise trip to Naples, Florida over April vacation so I’ve been doing my research for a few fun summer items. Here some of my favorite things that I’ve purchased within the last year, or items very similar to them… or some that are on my wish list now. One of the things…
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Remember how we had someone living in our master suite for about a year and a half after we moved in? I have never really shown you that part of the house because it wasn’t inhabited but us until late this past summer.  AJ and I are starting to think that maybe we should finally move into the master suite….
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I’d always been turned off by those French Toast recipes that had to sit overnight, and so when I discovered this recipe, that was an overnight recipe but worked sitting in the French Toast mixture for only three hours I was sold. It’s delicious and doesn’t require quite as much forethought. You can make it at 6am and be eating…
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