All Things Home and Family
It's Thursday. A home day. Home days are meant for homekeeping around here. Sometimes that means cleaning and organizing or kitchen work. Most of the time that means reading or creating more messes. Today I started out with studying mostly just sitting and thinking about our Sunday School text. I am the teacher for the… Continue reading 20 Minutes
But it's still in handwriting in my journal. And I don't expect you to try to read this. You can if you want, but don't. It'll be meaningless. The page before this one is better. But it's too personal about prayer and things and nobody's business. I did have the strangest communication by text today.… Continue reading Twenty Minutes
What Am I Doing Today? It's Tuesday. There's sewing circle today. I don't work on my job today, so I could go. I could stay at home and sew up my own comforter top that's all laid out on the guest bed upstairs. I could sit here by the fire and watch the birds at… Continue reading 20 Minutes #2
I'm really not good at challenges about writing daily, but for once here's one that maybe I could meet. Thanks Shilah. House plants help me to keep hope. I like winter, but I think what I like about it is the hyggelig vibe of winter. The places of warmth, comfort and beauty that become important… Continue reading 20 Minute Scribbling
January is the month for store orders. Glossy catalogs. Shopping and planning ahead for another four seasons of gift retail in Hayward Wisconsin. Keep in mind that the gift store at Northwoods Outdoor, is not the main theme here. But that doesn't discourage us girls in the least. In fact, maybe it comforts us and… Continue reading January Things
I'd like to let go of "efficiency" and big accomplishments this year. Of multi-tasking so much. How about doing one thing well with intention? Instead of tripping along the surface of five good ideas getting them half done; why not be content with one completed task. One clean cabinet is better than a kitchen of… Continue reading One At A Time
I'm reading Waiting on a Train by James McCommons. It's about trains. Mostly about Amtrak trains. About why we should have more passenger trains like they use in other countries. Apparently Americans are too independent to enjoy trains. Trains are expensive: the building of rail and the sets. Did you know we have hundreds of… Continue reading Reading Books
We started in 2025 with snow and cold for a few days. This being the only bit of winter for us, total. We know that plenty of folks thought this an ideal way to have winter, but we felt bereft of the real deal. We are happy to report that the winter weather that came… Continue reading Christmas Letter 2025
I fluffed things today. I could not have cared less about what this house looked like on Monday. Actually it felt pretty good to stay in my chair. I spent a fair amount of time thanking God for being able to rest. Today though was different. Lance texted me from work this afternoon asking me… Continue reading Fluffing
#1 It's dark by five now. I can still see the sky through the trees a bit, but the birds have tucked in after eating half of the full feeder. Maybe that squirrel helped which makes me feel kinda helplessly rage-y, somehow. But yes, it's dark early again, like every winter does in November here.… Continue reading Five Things
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