- 1 - Do you see this beautiful granite and marble Mr. scored!! They are oopsies and cutoffs from an installer. Mosaic projects running through my head –wood stove alcove, an outdoor table – maybe even kitchen backsplash?? Ooh, so excited! This is my favorite I think. I didn’t even know there was red granite! And…
7 Quick Takes – 12/6/2013
1 Since my phone died a few weeks before Thanksgiving, it occurred to me it was probably a good time to completely unplug anyway. Not that I was online much but the few times a day I was on was spent on Facebook and news sites. Maybe it was God’s gentle hand pushing me out…
7 Quick Takes – 11-9-2013
1 It’s official. My phone is dead. “Battery is swollen and won’t charge even when I put Mr.’s battery in my phone” kind of dead. Three days and my twitch is beginning to subside. It’s been a long time coming, bless its heart, it’s been through a lot, that phone. Moves to Texas and back…
7 Quick Takes – 10-25-2013
Up this week: Girly’s church weekend encounter, a Gift’s epiphany, finalizing bed”rooms”, non-pantry coming together, costumes and offgrid slacker moms, fall festivals and BabyGirl's new trick.1Girly had a great time at her weekend church camp getaway. So great in fact that we heard every detail, sometimes twice, for days after. Yet not one single picture. …
7 Quick Takes – 10-18-2013
Up this week: the last window, insulation good and bad, the Not Yard Sale, weekend church camp, a surprise from BabyGirl and going all old school.-1-I had intended on telling The Story of the New Window Because We Serve Such an Awesome God, but once it hit a full page I decided to publish it…
7 Quick Takes – 10-11-2013
Up this week: Issues with scheduled posts, drowning in the chaos of toys and clothes for our Downsizing Sale, children discover light drawing with DSLR, a bone to pick with all your grid people, a duel use purchase and a random photo dump.-1-You know, this whole “schedule blog post” feature is pretty awesome! When you…
7 Quick Takes – 9/20/2013
The Little House Edition-1-Yall, our house is complete Ingalls Mania! In almost all things a similarity or a contrast is found between us and them. It is quite comical at times how quickly the girls reference back to the series. They have concluded that Bou and Mr. Littlest are Royal and Almonzo, while the girls…
7 Quick Takes – 8/30/2013
- 1 -My mother-in-law decided to keep 5 of the 6 children tonight after their relentless begging the last few weeks. BabyGirl is still a nursling, much to young to be away all night. Mr. has to be at work early. And by early, I mean what I would consider bedtime pre-off grid. I decided…
7 Quick Takes – 8/23/13
Up this week: Total randomness! Back to blogging, busy week, we are the Ingalls (kinda), relationship building, a letter to loved ones, Pinterest and Happy Anniversary to us!- 1 -Blog, oh blog, how have I missed thee. It has been 12 looooong days since I have had the ability to write. I have concluded that…
7 Quick Takes – 8/2/2013
Up this week: Teething Baby, Baltic Amber Necklaces, Summer Showers, Mysterious Rashes, Dead Batteries, New Batteries, Photo Shoot and Pioneer Hippies! - 1 - I’m in love! Not just with the baby. Although I am quite smitten with her! Her big blue eyes, big squishy cheeks, how she scrunches her nose when she laughs, how she knows who…
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