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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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July 12, 2012

Romantic Day Date

I think the most romantic ‘day date’ I’ve ever been on is a picnic in the park on a gorgeous day with my love. Picture this: gorgeous weather, a blanket, a picnic basket, and a bottle of champagne. Very affordable and…

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June 4, 2012

$10.90 And A House

Saturday morning my husband and I spent a “day date” hunting or “picking,” as my husband likes to refer to it, yard sales. Although there were not very many, the hubs and I decided to hit up those sales nearby us…

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May 13, 2012

Vacation for 2

Well we finally got to take our much needed vacation. Just the hubby and me. It was wonderful.   (I took the above picture our first night at the beach) For those of you who read my previous post we did…

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January 5, 2012

10 Dates Under $10

If you are a newly wed like me chances are you are on a budget and do not have a lot of money to spend on fancy restaurants and movies. Well…whoever said date nights have to be expensive???  I have…

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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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Fall Bucket List

I love fall. I began thinking this morning about how it is quickly approaching and decided to make a fall 2012 bucket list. This is simply a the list of things I would like to try to do during the…

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Current Favorites

I love this time of year. It is finally starting to feel like fall in Georgia (well at least in the mornings and evenings). Today I thought I would feature some of my current fall favorites. 1. This purse from TargetI…

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CoverGirl Blastflipstick Review

I was lucky enough to receive several of COVERGIRL’s new BLAST FLIPSTICKs to try. These lipsticks, created by COVERGIRL’s Global Creative Design Director, Pat McGrath, are really neat because they are two lipsticks in one! The lipsticks feature an ultra…

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