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How the Size of Your House has Nothing to Do with The Size of Your Life {A Post Especially for those Tired of Being Renters}

How the Size of Your House has Nothing to Do with The Size of Your Life {A Post Especially for those Tired of Being Renters}

by Lisa-Jo | May 19, 2015 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Our crazy little rental house, Our First House

Oh you guys, I can’t even begin to tell you how much your reactions to our story of buying our first ever house meant to me this week. I cherish each of your beautiful comments and emails and I’m still working my way through all of them because I want to...
The Story of How We Just Bought Our First House After 15 Years of Marriage, 3 Kids and 9 Rentals

The Story of How We Just Bought Our First House After 15 Years of Marriage, 3 Kids and 9 Rentals

by Lisa-Jo | May 18, 2015 | Our crazy little rental house, Our First House

On Friday last week Peter and I signed our names approximately 5 million times and became first time home owners. We’re both 40. We have three kids and have lived in 9 rental homes in 3 different countries. And two years ago I’d officially given up the...
There’s No Such Thing as Perfect People or Perfect Hospitality

There’s No Such Thing as Perfect People or Perfect Hospitality

by Lisa-Jo | Dec 15, 2014 | Cheering for you, Family, Ordinary Glory, Our crazy little rental house

Sunday afternoons are messy at our house. And I like them that way. (If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably noticed). We’ve usually let the weekend play around us with all its Legos and dolls and light sabers and blanket forts and left over pizza. We’ve...
When the Size of Your House is Cramping the Size of Your Hospitality

When the Size of Your House is Cramping the Size of Your Hospitality

by Lisa-Jo | Nov 26, 2014 | Cheering for you, Christmas, Our crazy little rental house

I am a reluctant renter. Have been for years. Our last rental house was small, it had faux bricks that constantly fell off the kitchen walls and carpets that, well, let’s just say back then we had three kids under the age of six and leave the rest up to your...
How to feel at home in your house and your skin

How to feel at home in your house and your skin

by Lisa-Jo | Oct 21, 2013 | Family, Girlfriends, Our crazy little rental house

Sunday afternoons in South Africa — there were always watermelons bopping in the swimming pool. It was to keep them cool till they could be split for dessert. But to us kids they were just a challenge to ride, to raft, to water polo between ourselves until a grown up...
When you’re tired of waiting

When you’re tired of waiting

by Lisa-Jo | Aug 14, 2013 | Our crazy little rental house, The ordinary extraordinary

It’s that time of year where all I want to do is open the windows wide, wide. And catch light in stray corners of the house, under the kitchen table, in my son’s eyes. He smells of sunscreen, permanently. These wooden floors creak and I love that they have their own...
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