Summer Goals: Wins and Losses

I love goal-setting, always have.  If it weren’t for setting goals, there are many things in my life that would have never happened.  One reason for this is that I have a terrible memory, unless things are written down, I can’t remember them.  However, when things are written down, I stay more focused and accomplish [...]

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How to Box Braid ~ for Adoptive Moms

Serenity Saturday: Release Your Creativity

Creativity.  The word itself sparks fear in me. Oh sure, I read the crafty blogs and I am nothing short of totally impressed with the things they do.  Even more impressive to me are the bloggers who take old, ‘road-kill’ furniture, refinish/refurbish it and make something beautiful.  Amazing. Still others create in the kitchen.  Some [...]

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Extreme Girl's Night Make-Over

Ohio State played Oregon today. So, what does that have to do with anything? Well, it has everything to do with our last minute idea to have a ‘Girl’s Make-Over Night”. Mark decided to load the boys up and go to Grandpa’s to watch the game. Cool. That never happens, but it sounded like a [...]

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Hair Days

Every two weeks or so I have to re-do Rahel’s hair, it tends to look ratty if I don’t, and I can’t stand for my kids to have ‘bad hair’. This time, Rahel and I tried some new beads, which I like very much with her hair and skin tone. I am finding that my [...]

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Girl Stuff

After a particularly difficult day of mental gymnastics with the children, I called my hubs and asked if he might be in the mood for ‘Family Night’ at the local buffet. You just can’t beat the kids under 12 eating for $1.99! I had laid out chicken for dinner, but my mood was just completely [...]

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Adoptive Mom Masters Corn Rows

This is my third attempt to do Rahel’s hair. You saw the first picture, then we repeated that style a second time. But I had about 10 hair-dos in my mind that I wanted to try on her. Problem is that I lack the skill to do them all. This style required Rahel’s help with [...]

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Adoptive Mom Learns How to Do African Hair

One of the most challenging things I have dealt with since the adoption of our three children from Ethiopia is what/how to do their hair.   I happen to be very Caucasian and have frankly felt rather intimidated by this task of mothering African children. Exposing my vanity a bit here, but I like for [...]

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