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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living - Red Wine Sippin' - Wife - Mom of 3 - Jesus Follower- Mompreneur

October 11, 2018

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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January 27, 2013

Garage Door Makeover

Follow my blog with Bloglovin We are slowly but surely trying to renovate our new home we purchased back in November. Weekends that we are actually in town (which is not very often) are really the only time we have…

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December 3, 2012

Holiday Tour of Our First Christmas at Our New Home

Since I have written several posts about our new home but not posted many pictures I thought it would be fun to give you a holiday tour of our new home all decorated for Christmas.  So if a picture is…

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November 9, 2012

We Are Home Owners

After almost a full year of looking for a home, placing multiple offers, and going through a saga of housing horror stories(which you can read about here and here and here and here and here…I do realize I sound like an emotional wreck in these…

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October 1, 2012

Buying a Home is NOT Fun

If you follow me on a regular basis you may have been wondering why I have not been posting very much lately. The answer? Well, I have a new job which is taking up a lot of time and brain…

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September 9, 2012

Under Contract!!!

6+ months of house hunting and 5 offers later these are the two most perfect words I have heard in a long, long time. Want a preview of our soon to be new home? Here she is in all her glory……

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July 6, 2012

The Packing Nightmare

Packing. What. A. Nightmare. With just a few short weeks left in the home we have been renting the past year we have begun the dreaded activity of packing up all our belongings. I am simply amazed by all the…

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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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Welcome to the Good Life

Hello Everyone!  Being newly married, living in a new place, and starting a new career, I thought I would start a blog about my experiences and adventures. I will begin by focusing on all the things I wish I would have known…

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Baby Shower at Work

So last week I put on a baby shower for a co-worker at work. She wanted it to be really informal and didn’t want a big shower so I hosted a drop-in baby shower for her in a conference room on our…

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Discovering Paradise: Crystal Beach Dunes in Destin, FL Tips and Tricks

Nestled along the stunning shores of Florida’s Emerald Coast lies a hidden gem waiting to be explored: Crystal Beach in Destin. We stayed in the Dunes of Crystal Beach in unit 205 and it was AMAZING! With wrap around porches…

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