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I discovered a new app mentioned in several blogs I read. Waterlogue takes any photo and transforms it into a watercolor print. The Thompson casa vintage summer 2013-So very fun!

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These all walk into the bar of my head when I have unexpected time off work. I recently read Looking for Alaska by John Green. I watched American Hustle after one too many days at home with the kids. Those two coupled with the most recent Sherlock episode have my head spinning. Artsy and irreverent, all three were delicious. But they all three are chattering at the same time and it’s all a bit loud. Still waiting for the punch line- me too.

Maybe it’s related to having time to read and time to get past the rush of work, kids, dinner, work, kids, dinner. Whatever it is, I need more of that.

I suggest you invite the con artists, adolescents, and tall sociopath over for tea sometime soon.

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out of school early today for snow

so I played with my spring mantle, painted sticks from the back yard

bulbs in milkglass

Ava knows how to make the most of a snow day….
fingers crossed for tomorrow at home

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it’s funny how grace sometimes sneaks up around the edges
I was cleaning up shards of glass and sticky milk this morning
when Joe started strumming the guitar, Graham was playing legos, and Ava giggled at her newest book
nothing special, everyday life, and I was so overwhelmed by the grace in the moment

someone this week spoke encouragement to one of my kids, I swear these few words of affirmation made this child walk with confidence

someone else owned a mistake and righted a wrong

a stomach bug brought us down but in the midst, we had warmth, and food, and Sherlock on Netflix, oh my Sherlock, how did I miss his quirky goodness before?

all kinds of grace the swirl around the edges if we will just notice

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as I was walking through the kitchen with my coffee, the pineapple caught my eye

several of the blogs I follow pick a word for the year, a theme or focus

I’m following suit with the word Peace for 2014. I want to feel at home in my own skin. I want deep peace despite the chaos of daily life. I want the peace that comes from chasing beauty- even if it’s the pineapple in the fruit bowl. I want peace that is so deep that death and despair have little room in my life. I know I’ll fall short but by making peace my word for 2014, I hope to pursue it relentlessly

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Due to the arctic vortex (that’s just fun to say), we’ve had an extra two days at home. Snow fort in dining room with nook and Reading Rainbow.

These kids get an A for effort. They tried so hard to sled in less than an inch of snow.

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no, it’s not a postmodern commentary on the consumerism that plaques the western world

it’s not a veiled reference to the Target security debacle

it’s a bag of dog poo, in a high in a tree, outside my kitchen widow

I do not jest, in the Pinterest, Southern Living, Facebook edited version of our lives, sometimes we feel that we are less than

so here is some dog poo that my lovely daughter flung in a tree, um yeah- thanks sweetie, just what the outdoor decor needed

add that with an emergency appendectomy for Joe’s dad, followed by a second surgery due to complications

throw in fighting kids, colds, and general holiday drama-
well, Southern Living isn’t calling

I share this not to be Debbie Downer but to say:
crazy is ok, normal even
into everyone’s life a little dog doo will fly
embrace the dysfunction, laugh when you can and know that you are not alone….and merry christmas!!!

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