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2018: A year in review
Every January, when many are looking forward to the next year, I like to take a few moments to look back. I dig into what the previous year meant for me personally and what it meant for me and Nicholas in the context our our family and community....
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An early Christmas in Indiana
Merry Christmas Eve, friends!
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Slow advent-ing
We're in the midst of some preparation for a trip up north to visit Nicholas' family, but I wanted to stop by and talk about life lately. I've settled fully into pre-Christmas rest. This past week was filled with the last-minute busyness of mailing...
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A snowy November visit to Minnesota
On Tuesday, we came home after an always-too-short visit up north to see my family in Minnesota. It was a lovely visit: cold and a bit snowy and very low-key.
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Life looks like (late October edition)
The weather in Austin is still very much flirting the line of summer/fall, but it's most definitely an improvement to just summry weather! Some leaves are golden-hued, and the wind today blustered around so many brown and red leaves, as well.
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Breathe in, breathe out
I'm just breathing in, breathing out, over here. I don't write that in a melancholy way. In all the moments and things that occupy our time, there is so much that we forget to notice our breathing. There is a lot of beauty in all those in-between...
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Twenty-eight (a birthday post)
On Sunday, I turned twenty-eight.
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The season ahead & a Summer of Basics recap
We woke up to pouring rain this Sunday morning and temps in the low seventies, with a high in the upper seventies. Perfect for wearing my sweater, and I did just that. I can't tell you how much more comfortable I feel in my skin in layered clothes,...
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Better (summer) habits + our weekending
One way or another, I've come to believe that I don't enjoy summer all that much. I think it's one tiny part that I'm Minnesotan-born, living in Texas, and multiple parts my attitude about that. I do truly enjoy all that summer is, with it's long...
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Long weekend love
I've had the last three days (and today) off from work. I didn't have any specific plans, but each day became a "fun" day, rather organically. It's been delightful to have a bit of a staycation.
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Grace upon grace upon wildflowers
A few days ago, I wrote a draft of a post with this basic premise: "I'm stupid." I have this tendency where if I'm worried something won't happen at all if it doesn't work immediately, then I'll dive in headfirst, completely uninformed. Determined...
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Little victories
I've never considered myself a "spring person." And yet, every year, when the weather warms and the green comes back in waves (truly earlier here than pretty much anywhere else), I find it fills me up and surprises me far more than expected. So...
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It might be a Sunday at our house if you...
We both had the day off today, and it was a lovely balance of rest and preparation for the rest of week. These are my favorite kinds of days, filled with little things. If you were over at our home on this particular Sunday, you might:
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A season of little things
Life is made up of different types of seasons, and regardless of my general feelings about the current season I'm in, I'm here, living in the midst of it. At any given point, I can look at my life and think, "Why is nothing happening?" when in...
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2017: A year in review
For the last few years*, at the very beginning of the new year, I write a post summarizing the previous. And this year, while many people are writing out their resolutions for the next year, I want to look back and remember all the details of this...
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Christmasing 2017
This was the first Christmas season ever that we spent at home, just the two of us. It's true that that was hard for us to be away from family this year, and there were moments when we felt sad about it all, we did still manage to have a really...
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Sewing clothes + slow as a good thing + weekending
I hadn't planned on writing a post today, but there's a lot I want to say this weekend.
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Minnesota, in the fall
Uff da this is a bit of a long post, but it's to be expected, since it's about my home and something I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about.
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Beachy keen
Nicholas and I just returned from a little weekend getaway to the beach, as an early anniversary treat. We drove south, him driving, me knitting, and 4 hours later, arrived at our Airbnb, just a 5 minute walk from the beach.
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Tuesday love, lately
I don't have a lot of words for today, but it's a still a good day! Rather than in paragraph form, I wrote a list of what I've been up to:
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Austin adventuring & family visits
Whenever we have family time, we cherish it. So this past week, when Nicholas' parents and his sister (and their two pups!) came to visit, we were thrilled. We stayed in and around Austin for the most part, visiting local restaurants and parks and...
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Fullness
This past weekend was shortened for me. I worked all day Saturday, which left just Sunday free for rest/activities. And yet, it was one of those magical days that even though every bit was enjoyable, it seemed to stretch on and on.
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Easter scenes & sights & sounds
We had a quiet Easter this year—slowly ushering in the day that gives us so much hope—the day when death was defeated, once and for all. Jesus cannot be held down in the grave. And what hope springs from that truth!
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January weekending
Weekends in January (so far) look like:
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Countdown to Christmas
Today, I was scheduled to be at work, but I'm at home on-call, so our day looks like:
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