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View ArticleProject 333 at 33. My first attempt at a capsule wardrobe.
Welcome back to Going On Growing. It’s been a while. I have been taking some time to focus on family but am coming back because I have a new project brewing and I wanted to share it with you. In honor...
View ArticleFamily Vacation At The Lake
We went to a Lake Cascade for the 4th of July. This four day trip felt like we truly were getting away. Just under a two hour drive north of Boise you encounter the small town of Cascade. Don’t blink...
View ArticleThis Business of Being Siblings
As I was walking out from a coffee shop with my brother, he commented on my children, He copies everything she is doing. A glance behind and I could see my daughter was twirling around, hiding behind a...
View ArticleThe Carrot
From time to time, when I am grocery shopping I will drop my kids off at the PlayLand housed within the store. I used to be skeptical of these rooms but once I was familiar with the childcare providers...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution
At a past book club meeting I was conversing with my fellow girlfriends about this-and-that and at one point someone said, “I don’t get why people take notes in their books. What are they writing? I...
View ArticleI’m saying no.
A few weeks ago I was in Banana Republic purchasing a shirt. I’m on my third rotation of using Project 333 and, I will admit, this time around it hasn’t been very fun. After the first two rotations I...
View ArticleReplacing “Too Busy”
When with my children, I have always made an effort to sparingly use the words we’re too busy or we don’t have time for that. A hurry, we’re late never helps when waiting for them to put their jacket...
View ArticleSnakes and Baby Bottles
We are almost in our new house. I hope we don’t have to move again for a long time. While we wait for our new home to be finished we have gone from sleeping at our old house in beds to sleeping at our...
View ArticleComing Back Into Focus
A conversation with my daughter two nights ago is causing me to take a pause and come back into focus. It went a little something like this: Mom, let’s make play dough. We make play dough at school. We...
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