Author: Paula
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Kitchen Inspiration: Gray Cabinets, Open Shelves, and a Desk
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Our kitchen is meh. When we first looked at the house, I loved the light that streams in to the kitchen, I liked that it was pretty large, and I liked that the cabinets had potential. I didn’t like the builder basic color of the cabinets, or the brown walls,…
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Day Two: Whales on the Northern California Coast
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We took a little family trip up the coast last week. On our second day, Zoom and I went to “Shell Beach” after visiting a little playground on the coast. He picked up shells, but spent most of his time throwing rocks in a small tidepool. And having snacks. As…
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A Trip Up the Coast: Zoom at the Ocean
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Little Zoom turns two today, and his Granny and Doris are in town for a visit. They are from Ohio, and have not seen much of the gorgeous Northern California coast. It’s one of my favorite places on Earth, and so we took a few days to go explore. Each…
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House Update: Kitchen Painting and Decorating Plans
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Moving home is one of the most stressful things you will ever have to experience in your life, and without having a sufficient plan in place, it can be hard to keep this stress at a minimum. Although, we were lucky. Not so long ago, our friends had made the…
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Thoughts on ‘The ‘Busy’ Trap: Why We Feel we Need to Appear Busy
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A couple of weeks ago a friend on Facebook posted this link… The ‘Busy’ Trap by Tim Kreider. It’s an article about today’s society and how “busy” we all are. I can’t help but think we get trained to think we need to be busy, how to be busy. In college,…
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Kitchen Curtains: Billows of White, Teal, Gray and Yellow
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Welcoming Spirit is not usually a “home decorating” blog. But now that I have a house to decorate, well, it seems like a natural addition to the mix. I have to hand it to the bloggers that manage to move and keep up with regular posts. Our kitchen is begging…
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Home Buying: Philosophies and Simplifying your Budget
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I’ve had this post rattling around in my head for weeks. As many of you know, we bought a house. We started looking in February, right around the time I was posting about Finance month. It became perfectly clear when I started looking at our budget that we would SAVE…
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Weekend Photos and We’re off for a Home Inspection!
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We had a great weekend, celebrating Mother’s Day and picnicking with friends 🙂 Zoom found a new love of kites. My best friend Tammy got to be the one to introduce him to kite flying, which had me reflecting on our days as kiddos flying kites together. It was very sweet!…
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Beach Scenes from Northern California
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I went back through some of our photos from our visit to the coast. It’s easy to forget how quickly the place sets my soul at ease, how it lets me see things with new eyes. A long view of the coast, looking south: Looking across the meadow to…