Links I Loved: Monday Morning Edition
Happy Monday morning! I hope you had a fantastic weekend — I know we did!
We got to spend time in Kansas City with Ruth from Living Well Spending Less and her family (that’s both of us pictured above). She’s a dear friend of mine, so it was such a blessing to get to hang out together — even if our hours together seemed all too short.
Our children had a blast together at the Deanna Rose Farmstead. They got to bottle-feed goats, ride ponies, go fishing, ride on a hayride, and mine for gems. It was so much fun!
Links I Loved
I read a few great posts this morning that I had to pass along if you have a little extra time to read today. Enjoy!
Much About Doing Nothing — “When did summer vacation become so complicated? When did summer begin to feel rushed, frantic, hurried, exhausting? When did we make summer about squeezing in as much entertainment, fun, and activities as the schedule could manage?”
The First Thing You Must Do on Monday Morning — “If there is only one thing you do this Monday morning before beginning your week, it’s this: Do Nothing. Yup, you heard me. It’s not fancy advice, and it doesn’t require a set of instructions, a coach or an app on hand. Instead, it’s just a few simple words.”
She Says I’m Honest — “Can we all just exhale and be honest with each other? This is real life. This is my life, and quite frankly, it’s not always ‘pinnable’…”
How was your weekend? Have you read any great posts recently? If so, share the link in the comments!
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I love the farmstead! It’s my favorite place to take the kids when it’s nice out. An added bonus is that it is free during the week and very affordable on the weekends!
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Great pictures! And great links–I’m sensing a theme of slowing down! 🙂 I think most of us need to hear that reminder again and AGAIN!
I shared my 3 “links to think” this morning, though this week’s are not extremely profound or life-changing. http://www.kerenthrelfall.com/2013/07/22/links-to-think-07-22-13/ (1. Western Cultures vs. Asian Cultures infographic, 2. “Blessed Are the Buff” [look at the tension between idolizing food and fitness within the church culture] 3. The “July Effect” in the Medical Arena)
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It really doesn’t surprised me that you and Ruth are good friends….funnily enough, her blog and yours are 2 of the 5 that I read regularly. Haha!!
What a blessing to have great friends to share life with! 🙂
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Looks like you had an amazing weekend! I got a lot of writing done this weekend and also spent sometime playing in the pool with my hubby and our daughter one night and then the following night my daughter and I had a squirt gun fight . So it was a great mix of work and relaxation.
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Marie says:
So glad you got to have some down time with friends and your family!
I’ve really purposed to have a slower summer and at times it’s still felt busy. But the last two weeks we went on a family vacation and it provided a lot of down time and just fun!!! We were in Door County, WI. and took the kids to a place called The Farm. They too got to feed baby animals w/ baby bottles. it was a riot! My two year old was yelling, “One a time, One a time!” as the animals were bombarding her for the milk! We also did a lot of swimming. And we taught our 6 year olds how to play UNO.
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So glad that you had a relaxing family vacation.
And yes, the animals sure know how to bombard the little kids for those milk bottles don’t they?! Silas got caught in a goat stampede when he first went into the pen with his milk bottle. I ran over and had to stand right with him the rest of the time lest he be completely run down by anxious and excited (and apparently very hungry!) goats!
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Looks like a great weekend!
This weekend was my annual decluttering extravaganza! I feel so much more at peace with less and with it more organized.
I really enjoyed this post here: http://www.sarahannrogers.com/2013/07/16/less-than-put-together/
It’s about being less than put together and that’s ok. She also talks about trying to just keep it together as a mom of a young one with one on the way and how despite what society and sometimes even church says doing what she’s doing right now in her home is very meaningful. However she says it way more eloquently than my description here! It was a great read, one that stuck with me.
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Lana says:
We got to spend time with all four of our grandchildren this weekend! That is always a good and sticky weekend! (they are all 5 and under)
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