How to feel at home in your house and your skin

by Lisa-Jo | Jun 5, 2013 | Cheering for you, Our crazy little rental house

If you’re visiting from Ann Voskamp’s place today – welcome. I’m a mom of three kids and me and my good man make our home under the cherry blossoms just outside of Washington, D.C. But my heart is buried under a Jacaranda tree in Pretoria, South Africa. I...

Giveaway: On being content with where you’re at

by Lisa-Jo | Mar 25, 2013 | Giveaways, Our crazy little rental house

This is the longest we’ve ever lived in one place. Its been five years. After moving every two it was hard to get used to the idea of being settled-ish. And I’ve had a complicated relationship with our rental house. I’ve talked about it quite a bit...

How the size of your house has nothing to do with the size of your life

by Lisa-Jo | Jul 3, 2012 | Faith, Our crazy little rental house

If you’re visiting from Ann’s place today – welcome. I think that trying to survive motherhood while under the impression that other mothers somehow have it all together is dreadfully discouraging. So on this blog I do my best not to dress up...

Top 20 chores I’d rather not do {how about you?}

by Lisa-Jo | May 31, 2012 | Family, Motherhood, Our crazy little rental house

We all have them, right? Those things around the house – those chores, those foibles, those weird little nooks and crannies that we would really rather avoid. Would rather put our feet up on the furniture, lick the brownie bowl and pretend we don’t see. Or...

How to work from home without losing your mind {what a fulltime job, 3 kids, 1 dog and a hamster have taught me}

by Lisa-Jo | May 15, 2012 | Blogging, Our crazy little rental house, Social media, The hard good stuff

I work from a desk in the corner of our kids’ small playroom. Full time. Usually more. For two years now. Managing social media {and the website (in)courage} for DaySpring, the Christian subsidiary of Hallmark. It’s the most rewarding job I’ve ever...

A super vacuum giveaway for all the super women! {Contest now closed}

by Lisa-Jo | Apr 16, 2012 | Blogging, Giveaways, Motherhood, Our crazy little rental house

UPDATED: This contest is now closed. The randomly selected winner of the might Oreck and his sidekick hand held vac is commenter number 366 – Michelle Small! Congrats, Michelle and thanks everyone else who entered. We have a Cheerios problem at our house. Also a...