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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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August 3, 2012

As Promised: Details on Our First Anniversary

Well… it’s official. We have been married a year! And what a wonderful year it has been! As I promised here is the 411 on what we ended up doing to celebrate: After much thought we decided to head to…

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June 28, 2012

Haunted Hotel

Well, it’s official. I have now stayed (in a room ALONE might I add) at a haunted hotel. Wondering what crazy thought entered my head to make me do so? Don’t worry I’m not crazy. OK…so maybe I am crazy…

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June 11, 2012

It’s a Hot Boiled Peanut Sorta Day

We spent this past weekend up at the lake house that we are in the process of building marking with the builder where we needed all the outlets, fixtures, and light switches to go. Let me just say…what a task!…

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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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My Favorites List + Discount Codes

I often receive DMs and emails from you guys asking me if I have a discount link for something I have shared so I thought it would be a good idea to capture all my favorite things and the active…

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My Current Spring Pregnancy Craving + Easy Clean Up

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Wet-Nap but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #showusyourmess  http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstVFor the most part my cravings this pregnancy have come and gone however I…

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2019 Book Review + Top 3 Favorite Reads

Well friends it’s officially a new year and that means it is time for my 2019 book review and top 3 favorite reads of the year. This year I read a total of 17 books and had several that I…

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