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Goals that aren’t goals.

I’ve always been a big goal setter. There’s a whole section here where I used to publish them publicly. I set yearly goals, monthly goals, goals for work, goals for play. I set a goal to set goals!

The last several years have been a bit of a struggle though. From floods and divorce to moving a ton and remarrying and being pregnant/having a newborn and building a house and caring for my mom and losing my mom……

My goal has often been to just make it to the next day. To not crumble under the pressure of it all.

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Your Mess is Your Message

Family of 5!

Your mess is your message.

I heard this on a podcast and quickly wrote it in the notes on my phone. I’ve often felt like I’m unqualified to lead this tribe of inspired folks because I don’t have enough of life figured out.

My coach told me a story of a girl traveling with her mentor to lead a seminar. On the plane, the mentor is reading the book that they’re headed to speak on. She asked him how many times he’d read the book and he said this was his first time. Shocked, she asked how they’d be able to present on it if he hadn’t even read the full book yet. He said, “You only have to be one chapter ahead.”

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Buying the Baby Shoes

tiny baby shoes

The first item I bought for this baby was a pair of gray velcro sneakers. The tag read 3-6 months and they had been discarded near the checkout at a discount store. They were a mere $5.99 so it didn’t take much to convince me.

When making this first baby purchase, I didn’t browse multiple aisles. I didn’t look at all the tiny onesies, pondering which was the best look for our little guy. I saw some shoes discarded by someone at checkout and I bought them.

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WHEN YOU WEAR A LOT OF HATS

I could feel the burn of hot tears lingering in my eyes, waiting to spill out onto my cheeks. Waiting to flow as soon as the gates were opened and they were free from where they’ve been trapped for months, waiting for the time to fall.

My husband had just gone to the ER again, this time while I was in another state. It was the third time in 45 days. I’d just worked nonstop for several days, doing a job that I didn’t even know I’d taken.

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Heartbreak and Hurricanes

Two weekends ago, we had the best weekend full of memorable family moments. From Friday-Sunday, the weekend was packed with great things like the first time to climb a tree and going back to church for the first time since Corona. We’d had special desserts and sat outside in the cooler temps. It was simply lovely. 

The weekend was rocking and rolling right along, and then it stopped rolling and mainly rocked. We woke up Monday morning and found one of our pups dead and rushed another to the vet. All bets were off for the productive Monday we had planned.

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The Book that Changed How I See My Home

This post is for all of you who want a nice, pretty home but you feel like you can never get there and the idea consumes you. It’s for those of you who buy too many figurines and throw pillows from the Target sale aisle and then cuss them when you get home because your house still isn’t quite right.

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Regroup and Reimagine

Pamela at Rise

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the routines and good habits I’d formed pre-pandemic and just how many of those have fallen to the wayside. I’ve been thinking about which ones I need to get back to so that I feel like my old self again. Some of them, no matter how bad I want them, seem impossible. Some of them feel pretentious in times like these, like launching my podcast. Some things, like building a cool cabin on our new property, seem rather daunting when I’m still not organized here at #magnoliaridgeLA.

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Heroes & Heart Attacks

Nashville

I had ideas about what I might share here on the blog this week. As a matter of fact, I have a backlog of so many posts that I’ve not pushed live out into the world yet. There’s no shortage of words saved safely on my computer right now. 

Then, the week blows right past us and it’s Thursday and I’ve not set anything in motion for the week. Not to mention, it’s been one of those weeks that truly blows your mind. 

It all started with a spontaneous trip to Nashville this past weekend. This alone was exciting enough. I thought I might write about our fun, impromptu trip and post our seflies and food pics. Because most of our trips revolve around cool restaurants, to be honest. 

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A New Remodel Project

Hwy 557 Remodel

We bought a new house to remodel! If I’m counting correctly, this makes house No. 9 for me. I’ve done all sorts of projects — a small house (less than 1,000 sqft), a 100 year old house, a house that had the worst smelling carpet ever, and 3 flooded houses. Some of them I kept as rentals. Some of them I sold for someone else to enjoy. Some of them were for myself, even when I didn’t expect them to be. Each home has had its own unique story and each of them has meant something to me for a different reason.  

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