A fireplace was not at the top of our wish list for our new home. Mainly because we knew we wouldn’t use one. In fact, at one point, when we were considering building, we removed the fireplace from the floorplan because we were certain we wouldn’t use it that much. But…
Category: Everyday Mayhem
Mayhem’s Big Kid Bedroom Makeover
This post sponsored by our partnership with Stone & Leigh Furniture. Achievement: big kid. Status: unlocked. Despite my best attempts, I cannot seem to find the pause button on life. Or Mayhem. And our recent move to Georgia has only seemed to amplify her big kid status. I’m not sure…
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Mayhem’s Big Move – Part 3
(In case you missed it, Part 1 and Part 2.) When you’ve lived in the same place for your entire life, you get comfortable. And that’s not a bad thing. Until you decide it is. Which I did, somewhere around the second month of driving around local neighborhoods, looking at…
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Mayhem’s Big Move – Part 2
In case you missed it, Part 1 is here. Yes, the walls were indeed closing in on us. The dining room had been taken over long before, as Mayhem’s desk sat on one side of the room carrying all of her homeschool work, and my desk was parked on the…
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Mayhem’s Big Move – Part 1
How could we ever make that work? It was a question we’d asked ourselves over and over and over as thoughts of moving away would pop up in conversation. It had been clear for a long enough that a move was in order. Our kid needed a yard. And now…
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Maybe Next Month
It’s 5:23am. Little feet enter the room, blanket in tow. She climbs up next to me and snuggles in. I’m physically exhausted but mentally unsettled, and I know she is too. Keith is already at his desk, editing photographs from the day before. It’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 kids….