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Desire to Create a Haven

The Home

This series, Creating a Haven, kind of has me discouraged before I even start.  Do you want to know why?  It’s because my home doesn’t always feel like a haven.  Sometimes it feels like a messy pig sty.  To be totally transparent, it feels like that now.  My living room has toys that are out of place, my kitchen has dirty…
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Creating a Haven

The Home

Starting today and lasting through the month of October, I’ll be participating in The Nester’s 31 Days series.  Each day I’ll share a little bit about Creating a Haven.  I hope you’ll join me in this journey! P.S.  I only have 20-30 minutes to write a day so there will be no editing or even reading over it before I publish.  This…
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How to Organize a Baby’s Closet

Lifestyle· The Home

Do you see the picture above?  That top shelf?  Yes, that one.  That’s all my son’s closet came with.  It was painstakingly difficult to try and organize a baby’s closet with one shelf and a bar that was divided every so many inches.  Just thinking about it made my pregnant brain hurt.  Thankfully, after taking a few measurements my dear…
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Meringue Pumpkins – Inspiring Monday

Lifestyle

Ingredients: 4 large egg whites (120 grams) 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup (200 grams) superfine or caster sugar (if you don’t have superfine sugar simply take 1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar and process it for about 30 seconds in a food processor) 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract gel orange food coloring (If you want these to…
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Teaching Toddlers Manners

Homeschooling· Lifestyle

I spend a good part of each day thinking about how to raise the little people in my life.  I want them to be good citizens.  I want them to treat others with respect, to be kind to others, to have empathy, and on and on the list goes.  I know that NOW is the time to teach them or…
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