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Author: Diane

  • weekly menu

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    The older I get, the harder it is to get back to life and back to reality after what felt like an otherworld experience. I’m still processing the wedding weekend and the countless blessings. My niece put so much care into every.single.detail. What a gift to each guest. From the opening music at the church…

  • morning homeschool haikus

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    Windows are open. Our green tea, steaming and sweet is waiting for us. ____________________________________ Come back from a walk. Books and windows still open. Smile about today. ~Diane & DJ Wako

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    It’s a big week in our family! My niece (who is like a daughter to me) is getting married Saturday to the love of her life. I can’t wait to see her walk down the aisle, witness their exchange of vows, catch up with family and friends under the stars, and eat all the delicious…

  • weekly menu

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    It’s been a long week and it’s only Monday. The busier the week, the more reason to menu plan, in my opinion. We feel better when we eat better. And the potential to eat out when busy is high which is no bueno because 1) it’s not in the budget 2) it leads to waste…

  • dare to be a Daniel

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    It was just election week in the United States. I bring this up only because the Bible study my family is a part of was in the book of Daniel focused on the Kingdom of God. So all week we were reading and talking about specific kings and the choices they made while in power,…

  • weekly menu

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    It’s time I shared something with you. I don’t like doing the same thing over and over. But planning a weekly menu is something I have done for years and once I got past the “this is boring ” phase I found the rhythm very rewarding. Last week we ended up eating out several times…

  • weekly menu

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    Better late than never. Today is my mom’s birthday and my sister is visiting during the week, so this plan might get a little topsy turvy. That is always more than okay with me. I still like to keep my weekly rhythm of planning meals that can carry over to some other time, if necessary.…

  • happy 1 month!

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    Well, we can’t believe our blog is a month old today. It’s been fun, but, unfortunately, it’s time to close this chapter. Thank you to all who have read, commented, or reached out to us to say you were inspired. I’m just kidding! My darling boy and I are just getting started and we can’t…

  • curls rock

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    I haven’t always had curly hair. My hair was board straight brown in all my elementary school pictures. I can’t recall exactly when this changed, but suddenly my hair took off in different directions. I didn’t mind and thought this matched my personality which had gone from super shy to more outgoing. But for reasons…

  • the hard thing first

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    It’s taken me an embarassingly long time to learn this, but here it is: if I wait too long during the day to do what’s hard, it doesn’t get done. We all have tasks we enjoy more than others, right? Thank goodness. That’s what makes us teachers and caregivers and visionaries… joy is a strong…