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Pre-Fab Home Tour
Matt and I took a very concrete step toward realizing our dream of creating an intentional neighborhood (even though we only have $84 in our savings account entitled, “The Dream“): we went on a house tour offered by Ma Modular, a company that specializes in bringing affordable, modern, eco-friendly design to the masses.… Read MoreI went into the experience with limited expectations. The pictures on the website looked amazing, but I figured they were professionally stylized and were intentionally shot to create the best possible views. I couldn’t have been more wrong! The house looked exactly like it did in the pictures. It was a little more cluttered
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DIY: Summer Pajama Pants
I’ve been wanting to make some summer pajama pants for a while (and by “summer”, I mean cropped about 3/4ths length).… Read MoreI finally got around to doing it! I used the pattern in Amy Butler’s In Stitches. The first time I tried it, I trimmed too much off the sides (I didn’t want them to be so billowy), and they ended up not pulling over my hips. I had to give them to Krista, a visitor from Canada who was passing through on a road trip adventure.
The second time I tried it, I followed the pattern exactly. This time, the waist is too high. I kind of look
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Helping Children Develop a Solid Foundation
I’ve been following Monica’s journey back to full-time work away from the home over at Attachment Mama. Her post about all the separation anxiety and emotional turmoil the change is creating within her family makes my heart ache.
On the one hand, I think it’s healthy for children to experience discomfort and some uncertainty. Those emotions are most definitely part of all of our lives, and I believe that we need to cultivate the ability to be comfortable in those moments. We need to develop self-soothing mechanisms in order to cope with inevitable discomfort and uncertainty. We need to experience discomfort and uncertainty in order to practice dealing with … Read More
