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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living -Wife - Homeschool Mom of 3 - Jesus Follower- Mompreneur

January 23, 2013

Mountain Weekend

I love long weekends! And as much as I love my job I really love days off of work! This past weekend we took advantage of the fact that I had Monday off for MLK day and took a long weekend…

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October 29, 2012

Peoria, IL: The City of Beauty in October

I had to visit Peoria, IL for business in October and thankfully got to bring my sweet husband with me. Although there isn’t much in Peoria (it is about a 3.5 hour drive from Chicago) I did learn that: 1)…

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September 6, 2012

Mountain Weekend

A few weekends ago Josh and I got to go visit some of our best friends who recently got married (whohoo Lee + Nikki). They live in the mountains on the top of an apple orchard. Seriously, yall’…this is their backyard:…

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March 26, 2012

Vacation Rental Scams/Reality

The husband and I decided a couple weeks ago that we were ready to book a condo at the beach for a much needed relaxing getaway…we decided we wanted a condo rather than a hotel so we could save some…

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Hello! I am Chelsea. I am the homeschooling mom of 3 and lover of adventures!

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Small Shop Gift Ideas / Deals and Steals

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. There are so many great deals and steals going on right now. Below I am sharing a few of my…

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An Hour Worth of Yard Sale Finds: $17.20

This past Saturday was one of the days I look forward to all year…our neighborhood’s semi-annual neighborhood yard sale. Every spring and every fall our neighborhood has a huge sale where many houses participate in a community yard sale simply…

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We bought a house

Remember that time I posted about how we had spent a lot of time, energy, and money to work with an architect to draw plans for our dream home? Well God has certainly been teaching me the past two years that…

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First Ever Giveaway: Coach Checkbook Cover

Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of the day of love I am giving away my first ever giveaway. I love Coach! So I will be giving away the black Coach checkbook cover below. The giveaway will end February 29th so…

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