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Our oldest son was 7 years old when he was infected with the film-making bug. He recruited his younger brother and sister as actors, and asked me to shoot them making a movie. I’m sure it’s something that kids in lots of homes have done at that age. I showed him some basic editing skills…
I subscribe to lots of blogs on fashion, lifestyle and home decor in my Bloglovin’ news feed, and everyone has been writing lately about Valentine’s Day. Of course, all of the posts about this heart-filled holiday are loaded with red. Red boots. Red sweaters. Red pillows. Red flowers. I’m all for filling the world with…
Here’s a little January 2018 fun fact for you. Did you know that we started the month AND ended the month with a full moon? This doesn’t happen often, which is why it’s called a “blue moon.” The moon wasn’t blue at all this morning. But it’s only “once in a blue moon” that we…
One year ago, I radically changed my diet over night. But the transition of how to feed my family has taken much longer to figure out. It’s one thing to change my own eating habits. It’s quite another to change someone else’s diet, especially when they are teenagers and might not want to make a…
How’s your January going so far? As much as I don’t like the cold weather months, I feel like January has been going as well as a super dark, freezing month in which the sun sets way too early and I barely ever go outside can possibly go. We still have nearly two weeks left in…
I probably get annoying with all of the blog posts I write about switching out my home decor for the seasons. The truth is, I really write these posts for myself. I often use my blog as a reference when I’m trying to remember what I used for decorating this time one year ago. This is…
In the past, when I thought of people who ate a “healthy” plant-based diet, I assumed that their life consisted of lots and lots of salad. But one thing I discovered very quickly when I completely changed the way I eat one year ago is that I do not like eating salad. I don’t really…
Until last year, I have never been one of those people who came up with a word for the year. I’ve always thought it was a cool idea, but I simply was never able to think of one word that described my focus for the coming 12 months. Last year, as 2016 was coming to…
I spent most of my morning waiting. It was our first day back into a routine after 17 days of Christmas break, and I had a long mental list of things I needed to do. But I couldn’t move. I couldn’t get out of bed to tell my older kids good-bye as they rushed off…
In this episode of Life in the Middle, Emily and Alayna recount their harrowing experience of driving 17 full minutes without a phone! They had a few close calls and near-death experiences, plus they came close to finding cheese cake. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25I_E7HEESU]
