Joyful Womanhood

The Happiest Place on Earth

A few days ago we took our fam to Disneyland. It was our third visit to the Magic Kingdom since we’ve had children. In a way that is odd since I grew up going to Disneyland every year. We could. We lived 60 miles from the Matterhorn. On my first visit back after a decade+ [...]

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Maintain Your Personal Space & Your Clothes Closet (Zone Defense)

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While your home may be in utter chaos around you, we’re going to take a non-traditional approach to tackling it. We’re going on Zone Defense this year. This week our zone is your closet. This month we’re tackling our first zone out of twelve. But, I’m kinda faking you out a bit. We’re gonna get [...]

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18 Years Ago Today

Today is my husband’s birthday. We got engaged on this day eighteen years ago. Look! I think we were teenagers!* I find it amazing that my skin once looked so good. Thankfully, I’ve had much better hair days…. and hair decades since then, though. January 29, 1994 was a Saturday. Unbeknownst to me “Fish” had [...]

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Embracing a New Season of Motherhood

It would seem that this month we’re all reevaluating how we spend the daze. I’m working on an extreme home(school) makeover while contributor Lauren examines how to embrace a new season of motherhood. January is always a time of fresh starts. I can’t wait to crack open my newly purchased calendar each year and plan [...]

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If You’re Not Making Any Mistakes…

“If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.” My husband learned that phrase in his years of working in the construction trades. He ends up repeating the phrase to me that — a lot. His consolation applies to so much of life. My life. We are apt to make mistakes. That is part of [...]

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To Enjoy My Life More

Life is hard, especially “life as Mom.” But, there are things we can do to enjoy our lives more. I randomly stumbled across this picture yesterday. It’s from 2009, one of the earliest and “best” photos of all six kids together. Which is saying SOMETHING. Some obviously have that deer in the headlights look about [...]

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Booking It (January Update: One Bite at a Time)

Booking It is an online book club where we discuss what we’ve read over the past month as well as review a monthly assigned book. January’s book was One Bite at a Time by Tsh Oxenreider. I love to read. I always have. I was an early reader, starting at about age 4. I don’t [...]

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Good Habits

Feeling like you want to get traction in your life, but not sure where to start? This list of seven good habits may offer some inspiration. This past weekend I was this close to a meltdown. {holds fingers about an inch apart} It wasn’t like things were crazy or bad. In fact, things are very, [...]

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