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Happy Labor Day Weekend!

2 September 2011

I hope you have a great weekend chilling and grilling! I’ll be back next week with a great salsa recipe and pictures from our first couple weeks homeschooling. Love, Jess

The dog days of summer are almost over. In Minnesota, I am heading into the weird transitional mini-season that holds the State Fair and Halloween decor, beach swimming and school supplies. So before, the boat, the marshmallows, and the sunscreen are all a distant memory, I want to show you what is in the “lost [...]

FOCUS – the question words

13 August 2011

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Finding Opportunities for Concentration to Understand Something -Jess @ Just aBlink I don’t often have time to think. Sounds dumb, but it’s true. Spending time in a good ‘think’ to remember where I’ve been and where I am going is a wonderful blessing. Much of my attention while raising little ones is focused on the who, [...]

Afternoons with Molly

11 August 2011

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The day has come, drum roll please, Molly developed an attention span! {Applause inserted here.} She can play without a companion for about 20-30 minutes. Mid-afternoon has become a time for dolls, littlest pet shop, and other rainbow-colored shenanigans. I am often right next to her as she plays. For real, I could play next [...]

My Nest – the center of my domestic affections

4 August 2011

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The word HOME is defined, as the place in which one’s domestic affections are centered (online dictionary). The blaring difference between a house and home, it seems, must be affection. I can clean, cook and entertain all-the-live-long day but if I do them without love, I do them in vain. I have a long list of domestic affairs. Yet, do I have a centered view [...]

Nesting – beyond housewares and diapers

31 July 2011

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“Nesting” brings to mind a period of preparation before a time of need or expectancy. Envision a typical nester. A newlywed filling a new wedding-gift vase with flowers from her first garden. A pregnant lady folding and refolding tiny, freshly washed baby tee-shirts and stacks of cloth diapers. A business woman saving her precious funds [...]

Small Town Stroll – solo

29 July 2011

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A stone’s throw away from my new house lie acres of farms and one small town. The town has art, rusty cars and a tiny library. The farms have cows and cow smells, oh, and lots of rows of corn. The kids think we moved to the country when really it’s just farms being swallowed [...]

Irresistible Fleeting Moments – thoughts on being a SAHM

28 July 2011

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I hear a common reaction about my stay-at-home gig. “How can you do it? You’re so brave!” Brave, really? I think I’ll keep bravery to describe soldiers or missionaries. Although, tackling diaper changes needs bravery now and then. I’d classify my characteristic as “willing”. As far as, “How can I do it?” My gut response is, [...]

The Twins Cooling Off in the Heat-Wave

23 July 2011

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Having fun, Jess

Light – a poem and photo

22 July 2011

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When the house is still, Morning light greets my kitchen window sill. It passes by the cupboard door, Pressing a glare onto the floor. Coffee brews with a whooshing-tink, While I posture my thoughts at the sink. When the house is alive, I work hard just to survive. Endless clean socks to fold, Four children [...]

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Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Lost and Found

FOCUS – the question words

Afternoons with Molly

My Nest – the center of my domestic affections

Nesting – beyond housewares and diapers

Small Town Stroll – solo

Irresistible Fleeting Moments – thoughts on being a SAHM

The Twins Cooling Off in the Heat-Wave

Light – a poem and photo

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