Life

What’s Saving My Life – 2023 Edition

It's half-way through winter and time to celebrate all the little things saving my life right now.
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What’s Saving My Life? – 2022 Edition

I'm halfway through winter here in Iowa and today I'm sharing things that are saving my life right now.
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What’s Saving My Life? – 2021 Edition

At the halfway point of winter, I'm sharing the little and big things bringing me joy today.
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What’s Happening Around Here….

A life and blog update and what going on around here.
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What’s Saving My Life Right Now? – 2020 Edition

A celebration of the few things saving my life this winter!
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Book Review: The Next Right Thing By Emily P. Freeman

THE NEXT RIGHT THING A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions By: Emily P. Freeman Published: April 2, 2019 Publisher: Revell Non-Fiction/Christian Three summers ago we started an addition on our home. The work started while we were on vacation and continued into the fall. It was hard because it was during the summer…
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What Saving My Life Right Now? – 2019 Edition

February 1 is the half-way point of winter and if winter has been anything in your area like it has been here in Iowa, I am quite sure you are sick of it. Celebrating that we have made it half-way through winter sounds like a good plan to me. All of us have little ways…
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What’s Saving My Life Right Now – 2018 Edition

Even in winter, we still get glorious sunsets out our back door. I just don’t always step out in the cold to take a photo. This one was from October.  Tomorrow is the half-way point of winter. I’m joining with other bloggers to knock out those winter doldrums and share what is helping me get…
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Life Here in Our Corner of the World

Patrick in Lane 1 Thanks to those of you who wished us luck and offered good wishes for Patrick’s trip to the Iowa State Track Meet. It was quite the experience and one I’m sure he will never forget. Even though he didn’t run his best race ever, he ran on that famous blue oval…
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What is Saving My Life Right Now? – 2017 Edition

Today is the halfway point of winter. If you live where it is sunny and warm….then you likely aren’t struggling through the days like the rest of us hoping for a peek at the sun and maybe a day with temperatures above 30 degrees. Here in Iowa, the last few weeks have been foggy, dreary,…
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Stacie's read-in-2022 book montage

Master Your Core: A Science-Based Guide to Achieve Peak Performance and Resilience to Injury
Hidden Figures
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living
Waiting for Tom Hanks
The Maid
The Other Black Girl
Anxious People
The Body
Great American Road Trips- National Parks: Discover insider tips, must see stops , nearby attractions  more
Apples Never Fall
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
The Vanishing Half
How to Find Your Way Home
People We Meet on Vacation
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Wave
Dear Evan Hansen
The Unsinkable Greta James
The Road We Took


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