Author Archives: Lauren

Prayer request

I’ve never talked about this here before, but I wanted to take a few minutes to do so, to mostly ask for prayers. My dad was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer this past summer. He found out about it after having a seizure that sent him to the hospital, where they found tumors on […]

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30 Days of Lists: a few things about yourself

catholic, wife, sister, photographer, philosopher, reader, adventurer, debater, obsessed with weather, scavenger, loves paper, homemaker, board hoarder, rare steak lover, thinker, steelers fan, artist, contradictory contrary, libertarian, loves winter, procrastinator, stinky puppy & kitty owner, musical, random, perceptive, i

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Blog Guidebook

This is cool. I just discovered it today from Chrissy. Thanks! This blog is guidebook (duh) for different types of blogs and you can add your listing for free (until June, I think!) and find other blogs by their categories. It seems like an easy and interesting way to find new blogs to read and […]

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Snail Mail Monday & 30 Days of Lists

From my friend Hollie right up on my refrigerator. 🙂 I think I’m going to start doing “incoming” and “outgoing” on Snail Mail Monday but I’ll probably forget so you should remind me. 30 Days of Lists is coming up tomorrow, check it out if you want to participate. I’ll be posting mine here. If […]

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Library Haul

This is what I have out from the library right now. 🙂 I’m about halfway through The Host and I’m finding it really interesting so far. I think the writing is better than Twilight, though I can’t say for sure if the story is better or worse or just different. And I’m loving the Vampire […]

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Thrifted finds

I went thrifting for the first time in forever a few days ago. I wish I could do it every single day though. This is a sewing machine manual, but I got it to use as an art journal. I think it’s going to be my “throw in my purse with a glue stick, pen […]

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Whoa hail!

We just had a really fast, intense thunderstorm here. Check out the hail we got here in Jessup, MD. It looks like we put down salt for snow! If you missed it, check out the snail mail goodies giveaway.

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Postcard Thursday

If you haven’t entered my snail mail goodies giveaway, go do so now! Then come back here! I’ll wait. Okay, good. You’re back. Today’s postcard is from 1942. I think it’s actually a photo that was written on the back? I’m going to do my best with the handwriting. I don’t know who the sender […]

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DIY & Mail Goodies Giveaway

If you remember, for Christmas, I got a postcard stamp from Hobby Lobby, which apparently everyone loved! Well, I used it for the first time to make my letter into a postcard. Choose your envelope and your picture (I used a magazine). Cut out the picture in two pieces to match the envelope, so that […]

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Snail Mail Monday

I think this was supposed to be a Christmas present, tee hee, but Tina didn’t send the package along until recently. 🙂 Pretty sweet ephemera. I love it. It also gives me good ideas for where I can find my own, maybe while thrifting. (p.s. and candy.. yumm. i got this package over a week […]

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