Splendor in the Ordinary

I am a planner and a list-maker, working best with a routine so I know what to anticipate next. I learned it from my mother as she wrote and...

The Lenten Cleaning is going well , so far I've been able to stay on track and keep up with everything else! Breaking the cleaning down ...

It is an old custom for Spring Cleaning to occur in the days before Holy Week or even on Maundy Thursday (remembering Christ washing the dis...

I had a friend recently ask how we moved from Epiphany to Lent in our home, so I thought I'd share with pictures: As you enter our h...

It is Saturday evening and my Sabbath rest has almost begun. It was a day full of work to be able to enter into this rest. And now whether...

This was our first chilly morning--43 degrees! I know, I know, if you are from warmer climates, it sounds terrible. If you are from the wint...

"Have you ever been up at five o'clock on a fine summer morning? It is very beautiful. The sunlight is pinky and yellow, all the gr...

I posted about how I hoped to get our mudroom back in shape. This area isn't heated so in the winter it becomes a dumping ground and sin...

Yesterday I posted about maintaining the "big rocks of our daily life" during our crazy summer schedule and another element that ...

Summer is a traveling time for us. This is my husband's last week of a set schedule at work so we will be off to visit his family in Can...

Yesterday I posted on getting ready for warm weather inside the hous e. Here is my list for things to do to get ready for outside! Outdoors...

Okay, so today started as one of those bad days you wished you could just pull up the covers and stay in bed and after about an hour or so a...

Recently I've been trying to follow the seasonal planning recommendations of Dawn at By Sun and Candlelight . I am always inspired by h...