We celebrated my youngest daughter, Gemma’s birthday on Sunday afternoon.  It finally stopped raining here in Colorado, and we were able to enjoy the whole afternoon at the park without a single raindrop.  Lots of swinging, a game of tag, yummy lemon-poppyseed cake (with white…

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Hi!  This weekend has been one of the busiest I have had in a long time, but it has been such a great one!  I have a slew of photos to show you from my birthday yesterday, and today we celebrated my soon-to-be 4 year…

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Is it Monday already??  I feel like it was just yesterday I was talking about naps and picnics and weekend fun.  I guess if I did all of those things, it makes sense that it’s now time to go back to work, however much I…

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I realized this morning that I’ve had 2 posts already titled with some variation of my desire to be lazy…I hope this isn’t becoming a pattern.  It is seemingly always after I take a trip and get home really late the night before, which is…

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Happy Earth Day from me to you!  Since it’s earth day, take a peek at my new front porch plants… I know the rule – don’t plant flowers until after Mother’s Day – but I couldn’t help myself.  My porch was looking so bare and…

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Yeah…you know already. I have to have coffee every day – yes it is an addiction and I don’t really feel bad about it:) My first cup of coffee in the new house – yes, I’ve been taking silly “milestone” photos like these I love…

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The breakfast nook is one of my favorite places in my house.  Heck – every room in my house is my favorite.  But the sunlight in the morning that streams into the nook is incredible.  I’m still working on every aspect of my home and…

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Spring Break!  Here is my to-do list for the next few days: as little cleaning as possible, lots of coffee, working on a special project (I’ll share with you very soon!), some DIY, a little shopping, maybe the flea market…. Lots and lots of time…

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Hi-ho!  We had a really fun, busy weekend, and we are (almost) ready to get going again:)  Stormie Dae will be busy unpacking and organizing her new house this week (yay!), and I have a busy week as well since my 2 older kids are…

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Whenever I get an idea for a DIY project, I usually pick something that is way more complicated and time-consuming than my deadline allows.  I don’t know why I do that, but the good news is, sometimes it helps me to drop my overly-ambitious project…

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