(part 1 of “walls” is years ago back HERE, in case you’re interested 🙂 This sign hung above the door of the playroom in our old house: It was up there for years. And you know what? It didn’t stop any whining. We had whining going around a-plenty (I think payback for when I was…
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve always been pretty particular about what we put on our walls of our home. (THANK YOU, by the way, for all the great Christ-centered art ideas…so many options to ponder over. I really appreciate all the input.) My usual particularity on wall decor made my friend and I laugh the…
I can’t seem to figure out how to get house stuff in a different tab unless I start a new blog and shift to WordPress and all that jazz. Any amazing tech savvy people out there know how to help me with that? Once upon a time in a hot, hot, hot desert far,…
I can’t seem to get it together to post Mexico pics. so in the interim I’ve had a bunch of questions from comments and e-mails on the post called “walls” last week. So this is FYI for those who have asked…the map is a National Geographic map. I got it here at a map store,…
…we LOVED having our kitchen ones plastered with people we love through the Christmas season. Yes, it was worth all the Christmas card chaos to get to see so many faces we love for a month. This was one wall:and this was the other:After much deliberation from the judging committee (Dave and the kids) this…
A few years ago Elle got what she had been begging and begging for for Christmas: a new camera. She was delighted. And instead of going around taking pictures of her Christmas gifts or of her family, she promptly went about taking pictures of everything on our walls. A wrought iron piece of decor, each…
I want to share ten beautiful quotes from a new favorite book. It’s called Everything Sad is Untrue It is the (mostly) true story of an Iranian refugee, written from what he would remember from his perspective as an 8-year-old. I love how it’s written with humor and also so much wisdom, giving me a…
If you’ve been here long enough, you may remember some of Lucy’s piano journey with dwindling eyesight. And I’m here to talk about how a little taste of hope can sometimes be scary. Back at the tail-end of December, Lu and I had a special drive en route back to where we were staying in…
One of the most fascinating parts of our trip was exploring the ruins of Pompeii with the best guide. Yow. We weren’t going to make this stop due to time constraints. But when we found it was right en route to Rome from our hike and Amalfi coast cities, we couldn’t pass it up. So…