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Attempts at Homemaking {And a Giveaway!}

In: 30 day give|attempts at homemaking|giveaway|home|homemaking

4 Nov 2010

Homemaking is NOT the art of having a perfect household. If it was, this new series would be entitled “My Failures at Homemaking.” To me, homemaking is the art of doing whatever you do to make your living space {house, apartment, etc.} a HOME. The definition of a homemaker: n. One who manages a household, [...]

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Home Challenges: Week 3

In: declutter beautify create|home|homemaking|making your home a haven|maximize your mornings

18 Oct 2010

Before I talk about home, we have a winner from our first Boys in Motion giveaway! If you have boys, make sure you link up with us on Fridays with an action shot of your boy! This week’s random winner of a $10 Starbucks gift card from The Boy’s Store is… Kristina from 3 Under [...]

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Home Challenges: Week 2

10 Oct 2010

I am SO glad I joined in these two home challenges: Making Your Home a Haven at Women Living Well and ~ Declutter ~ Beautify ~ Create ~ at Sunflower Schoolhouse. To be perfectly honest, I desperately NEED both of these challenges. But one of them has gone much better than the other so far. [...]

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Monday, Monday: Home, Bible and Morning Edition

3 Oct 2010

After a weekend of reflection, I am ready to jump into this week with new focus and determination! I feel so peppy! Don’t you just hate people who are this peppy on Monday mornings?! Too bad! So what do I have to share with you today? Oh, lots of good stuff, my friends! #1 – [...]

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Reflecting and Revamping…

In: home|prayer|priorities|word of the year

2 Oct 2010

WELCOME to those of you visiting from Tuckers Take Tennessee! And thank you to Meghan for featuring me over there today! This is a note to all readers – returning and new… This blog is called Home with the Boys, but in all reality, HOME has not been a high enough priority for me lately [...]

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Making Your Home a Haven Challenge

In: home|homemaking|making your home a haven

1 Oct 2010

Women Living Well is one of my all-time favorite blogs – so encouraging and challenging in the just areas I need to be encouraged and challenged. I couldn’t pass up participating in Courtney’s latest challenge – Making Your Home a Haven. This is JUST where my heart and mind need to be RIGHT NOW! You [...]

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WFMW: Learning to Love It

In: home|homemaking|works for me wednesday

29 Sep 2010

I posted a while back about my lack of homemaking skills – not dogging on myself, just being honest. God has been working on my heart since then and I’ve been putting my heart into my home more. Including my formerly least desired task. Ironing. For some reason, I just DREADED ironing. But when you’re [...]

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WFMW: The Hubby Has His Reasons – They are Three-Fold

In: guest post|home|the hubby|works for me wednesday

31 Aug 2010

The hubby is guest posting again today! Does anyone remember the Friends episode “The One where Chandler is in a box?” Well if so, I hope you enjoyed today’s title. If not, forget it. The beautiful writer of this blog, my wife, got me addicted to Friends when we started dating, and this is one [...]

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12 New Things

In: 12 Things|home|homemaking

15 Aug 2010

The lovely Sarah Mae over at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee is hosting a 12 New Things challenge. The idea is to learn a new skill every month for the next year and I love it! So here is my list. August: Learn how to stick to a home schedule September: Learn how to [...]

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The Gift of Home

13 Jul 2010

Conversations with my husband, with dear friends. Reading the Word of God, perusing thought-provoking blog posts. Planning for our upcoming MOPS year, examining the relationships of women in the church. Lately, everything seems to point to one thing for me: I am beyond blessed to be at home. I have not, however, truly appreciated that [...]