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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living - Red Wine Sippin' - Wife - 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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Giving Back This Holiday Season

Tis the season for fa la la la’s and ho ho ho’s. But what are you doing this year to share the true meaning of the season? The birth of Jesus Christ. So far this holiday season I have had…

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SWITCH FROM GOOGLE READER TO BLOGLOVIN’ TODAY

SWITCH FROM GOOGLE READER TO BLOGLOVIN’ TODAY As you probably already know, Google Reader will be no more come July 1st. That’s less than three weeks away! There’s still time to transfer the blogs you read over to Bloglovin’. Here’s…

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Secret Senders Summer Exchange

When I first heard about the Summer Senders Exchange blogger program created by Jo from Jo, My Gosh! and Ashley from Love From Home I thought it would be really fun to participate!  For my secret sender, I put together a little summer manicure kit, including…

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