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Live the Life You’ve Always Imagined
I loved reading Kelsey’s recent post at Rising*Shining (Kelsey, let’s please plan another visit when you are in Austin!). She and Chris have decided to save like crazy for five years in order to pay off their mortgage. Once their mortgage is paid off, Chris will continue working his job, but Kelsey will be freed up to work for herself.
I love examples of people deciding what kind of life they want to create for themselves and then building a plan to make it happen. [As a side note, our world is set up in very unfair ways that advantage certain people to be able to live this way (based… Read More -
I Need More Friends
Traveling to my grandparents’ 65th wedding anniversary party was a really profound experience on so many different levels. I’ll probably write more blog posts reflecting on various aspects of the experience, but for now I want to talk about building more friendships.
For the anniversary party, my mom and aunt put together an awesome video of excerpts of my grandparents’ home movies. It’s amazing how powerful video is. I want to be sure to capture as much as I can, since this time with my young family is fleeting. For example, I want to forever be able to hear the way Tate says “Henny” instead of Henry.
Watching videos of … Read More
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Travel Games for a 4 Year-Old
Henry and I took a quick trip to Florida to attend my grandparents’ 65th wedding anniversary. I decided that I wanted to get some travel games for the plane. Here’s what we got:- Magnetic tic-tac-toe
- USA map with cling stickers
- BINGO
- Construction setting with cling stickers
- Travel modeling system
- Spirograph
And although it’s not a great game for the airplane, I also bought Hungry, Hungry Hippo because I loved playing that game as a child.It would be so easy to pacify Henry with a screen. He could literally watch some kind of show or movie for several hours in a nearly-comatose state. But I am so worried about all… Read More
