I saw this idea on Instagram where you list five things on your fall bucket list. For me, it is going to be a few more than 5 (not sure exactly how many, you will see in a moment, LOL). This isn't so much a bucket list as an intentions list. And, for the purpose of this list, fall is October/November.
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Thursday Encouragement 10/2/25

I went to the doctor on Friday and I had some wheezing in my bronchial tube. She did an xray, and thankfully I did not have pneumonia. I was still pretty sick on Monday, so my boss gave me another day off. I am thankful for all the days of rest because this virus has kicked my butt. I finally feel like I have turned the corner and am healing.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
My Year in Pictures-September 2025
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Saturday, September 27, 2025
Share Four Somethings September 2025
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Thursday, September 25, 2025
Thursday encouragement-sick edition 9/25/25
This week has been something else. We left for TN last Friday for my family reunion. It has been over a decade since all my siblings and mom have been together. It was important for us all to be there. Before we left the kids I was working were sick and I just kept praying I didn't get sick. Saturday was the reunion and I praise God I was not sick, and to my knowledge, neither was anyone else. It was a fantastic day. Sunday morning I woke up feeling like I had the flu. Thankfully, I didn't, just a nasty virus, but it knocked me out all day on Sunday, I slept most of the day. We got back from TN yesterday evening and this morning I woke up with a fever and my cough is worse.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Thursday encouragement 9/18/25
I used to do Thursday encouragement posts weekly, but I got derailed. I need all the encouragement I can get. So, I am going to try to resurrect this practice in the hopes that I can offer you some encouragement, or if no one reads it, a place to put things that have encouraged me, or that I am thankful for, or that made me laugh. So, it's probably going to be more of a catchall post.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
CVNP-the Ledges Trail
Welcome back to hiking the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, edition 3 😂. Today we explored the Ledges Trail. We saved this particular hike for a time that Elijah could join us. He has ALWAYS loved anything to do with rocks and this hike has so much to see.
Friday, September 12, 2025
Thursday Encouragement-on a Friday
I used to do Thursday encouragement posts weekly...but my last one was in 2021! I am not sure what got me derailed, but I need all the encouragement I can get. So, I am going to try to resurrect this practice in the hopes that I can offer you some encouragement, or if no one reads it, a place to put things that have encouraged me, or that I am thankful for, or that made me laugh. So, it's probably going to be more of a catchall post.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Elijah's newest adventure
For the last 3ish years since he graduated, Elijah has been working. He worked at the Chick-fil-A in Monroe, then when we moved here, he got a job at the local Chick-fil-A.
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Plum Creek Greenway
September 6, 2025
Today we decided we didn't feel like driving all the way to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to hike, we wanted to be closer to home. We were tired and didn't want to be out all day. So, we decided to stick closer to home and start the Trekking Through Autumn program. We heard about this program last year and it was a fun way to get out and hike, learning new trails in the area. We missed getting the beginner's backpack by one hike! This year, we are starting earlier, so hopefully we will have the right weather, and the time to complete it. If not, we will still have gotten out and exercised, so still winning!
Saturday, September 6, 2025
My Year in Pictures-August 2025
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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Share Four Somethings August 2025
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
CVNP-Blue Hen Falls


We hiked another trail at Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Sunday. We hiked the Blue Hen Falls, which is supposed to be a 3-mile hike, round trip. According to my watch, it is less than that. According to my body, it was way more than that 😂.
Monday, August 25, 2025
I Made It
I heard the song, "I Made It" by Cain when it first came out...I think in May. I have been meaning to do this post ever since, but we all know how quickly time goes. So, here's the thing. We have ALL been through hard things. I wish this song had come out YEARS ago. But, when I heard this song, I praised God for the opportunity to thank Him in worship for the hard things that I HAVE made it through.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Cuyahoga Valley National Park-Brandywine Falls

I did not know until recently that we had National Parks here in Ohio. It might be dumb, but I didn't. Does every state have them, or just certain ones?
Monday, August 4, 2025
My Year in Pictures-July 2025
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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Share Four Somethings July 2025
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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Kayla's new chapter: Adulting in Columbus
Yesterday, Kayla took a big leap and moved to Columbus! She will be an hour and 40 minutes from us. I've had multiple questions and I will do my best to answer them in this post. (the black marks on the house are me marking out the address)
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Tourist for a day-Wallace Lake

In June, I did a google search looking for the beach closest to our house. Imagine my surprise when it is only 15 minutes away!!! It's called Wallace Lake-so obviously not a beach with an ocean, but a beach with a lake, no matter, I will take it! It is in Berea.
Sunday, July 13, 2025
The Columbus Book Festival
I was pretty excited about being able to go to the Columbus Book Festival this year. Granted, there were only seven authors I was familiar with, but I planned to try and meet a few of them, and attend the Summer Big Book Sale that was going on at the same time, in the same place! (I only realized they were in the same location the day before, LOL!) We (me and Matt) had planned to leave our house at 7:30 so we would hopefully be there in plenty of time to park at the library. We got started a little later than planned because we had a showing scheduled for that afternoon, so had to leave the house show worthy.
Monday, July 7, 2025
Cain Concert May 2025
In May Matt and I went to another Cain concert. We were celebrating our anniversary, and I love Cain's music. The concert was at the Akron Civic center, which is a beautiful venue. However, I think the acoustics were not as good there as other venues. The openers were John and Caleb, Ben Fuller, Joseph O'Brien, and Katy Nicole. My favorites were Cain and Katy Nicole.
Saturday, July 5, 2025
My Year in Pictures-June 2025
June went by in such a blur I can't really tell you what all happened! July completely snuck up on me, and I am still struggling to remember it is already July, LOL! June was a blur of house hunting, house showings, job hunting, and lots of cleaning.
Friday, July 4, 2025
Share Four Somethings June 2025
I have no idea how we are already in June! I completely missed the transition from June to July, which means I missed doing this post on the right weekend. Our prompts for the Share Four Somethings link-up are some things we loved, somethings we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of. While the prompts may be new, our host is not, we are still linking up with Jennifer!
Saturday, June 14, 2025
My Year in Pictures - May 2025
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Friday, May 30, 2025
Share Four Somethings May 2025
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
My Year in Pictures-April 2025
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Sunday, April 27, 2025
Share Four Somethings April 2025
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things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of. While the prompts may be new, our host is not, we are still linking up with Jennifer!
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Book Blanket Update (crochet)
As I mentioned in February I am doing a book blanket with classic granny squares. Instead of doing a classic granny square with five or six rounds, I am choosing to do mine with four rounds. In the post I shared last month, I had pictures from seven squares that I had completed.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
What plans?
I figured if I planned out what blog posts I wanted to write in April, that I would be more consistent with publishing them.
Friday, April 18, 2025
Bookshelf Quilt and Ohio quilt
I have been wanting to do a bookshelf quilt for a year and a half (ever since I saw the idea in a quilting magazine!). But, with running our own sewing business I always had things to prep for that and didn't have time to start it. As we have gotten better organized (and decided not to do camps this summer), I have had more free time. Once I finished my Ohio Quilt, I couldn't wait to dive into my bookshelf quilt. It's been up a few weeks, so I am glad to finally get around to finishing this post!
Monday, March 31, 2025
My Year in Pictures-March 2025
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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Share Four Somethings-March 2025
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Friday, March 21, 2025
Engage

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Toby Mac Hits Deep Tour-Columbus
I bought tickets back in September for the Toby Mac Hits Deep tour as one of our Christmas presents. Matt has always enjoyed Toby Mac (back when he was with Third Day), and Elijah has kept up with his music as well. I had the opportunity to see Cain in concert in the fall of 2023 while on a ladies retreat. I LOVED it and have been wanting to see them in concert again. So, they were the band I was most excited to see. Ryan Stevenson, Crowder (another of Elijah's favorite's), and Terrian also performed. We had a blast enjoying our final Christmas present
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Saturday, March 8, 2025
My year in pictures-February 2025
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(someone keep me accountable, LOL). I did post January here, and now, even though I am a few days late, here is February.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Share Four Somethings-February 2025
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Frozen Lake Erie
Today, 2/22/25, we went out to Edgewater Park in Cleveland to see the frozen Lake Erie! It was partially frozen earlier in the year, but we were not able to make it out there. This is the first time since we've moved here that it has been frozen. We went to the part of the park where there is a sandy beach and a swim area. It was 19, sunny, with a brisk wind when we got there. Most of the sand is covered with snow, and the lake is as well. In case you are wondering what frozen sand feels like, it feels like frozen dirt (Elijah made that observation 😂). We went a decent way out onto the lake, but not as far as other people had gone. The snow was pretty deep on the lake, and it was hard to walk in, plus super cold! I would love to go again and see it when it is frozen without snow, which I think would be even cooler than it was today. I will make comments on some photos, but basically all the uneven terrains are frozen waves.
Monday, February 17, 2025
When you're at the end of your rope...

Thursday, February 13, 2025
Winter Wonderland

Winter seems to be here to stay. We had snow the entire month of January (which made for a lot of great pictures!). We've had a wintery mix several times recently, which left our sidewalk and driveway covered in ice for quite a few days (even with salt having been thrown down ahead of the storm!).
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Book blanket
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Saturday, February 1, 2025
My year in pictures-January 2025
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Fitness App
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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Share Four Somethings January 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
Junk Journal
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Monday, January 20, 2025
Dreaming of a Sabbatical
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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Reusable Paper Towels
Before Christmas, I was talking to Matt and I told him that I had come across a blog talking about reusable paper towels. I LOVED the idea and couldn't believe I had never thought of it before. Essentially, you use old towels, washcloths, or flannels to make the paper towels. Who doesn't have old towels laying around? But, you can pretty them up with other fabric. To see how it is done, you can click here. I love how the blogger lists all the reasons you should switch to reusable paper towels, it is a great article and they are so easy to make.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Tourist for a day-Brunswick Lake Nature Preserve
Brunswick Lake Nature Preserve-one of the first places Matt and I hiked/walked after moving to Ohio, but I never got the post posted. So, here are pictures from September 2023 (gah, how has it been that long?!)

Saturday, January 11, 2025
December 2024 Share Four Somethings
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