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Sitting Pretty

September 29, 2016March 21, 2019 ~ traceyatwaterintowine ~ 14 Comments

Some pieces of furniture just seem to suit your house and life right down to the ground and this chairs one.

Simply Does It – Five Simple Refreshes For Your Home (and For Your Heart)

May 31, 2016February 20, 2019 ~ traceyatwaterintowine ~ 9 Comments

The answer doesn’t always have to be long and complicated. Sometimes (not always but more often than we think) the answer is simple and sometimes its easy. In fact they’re my favourite kind. See I’m a great one for overcomplicating and overthinking things - things like my faith, my writing, raising these two beautiful children or … Continue reading Simply Does It – Five Simple Refreshes For Your Home (and For Your Heart)

The Bench Least Likely

February 4, 2016April 23, 2017 ~ traceyatwaterintowine ~ 18 Comments

Not too long ago my sweet little girl stopped me in the middle of what I was doing with a plea along the lines of "please please please can we paint something right now, I don't want to do it another day, I want to paint something today. You MUST have something we can paint right … Continue reading The Bench Least Likely

A Quick Dip

September 3, 2015September 10, 2015 ~ traceyatwaterintowine ~ 10 Comments

Psst - if you've found your way here from Three Word Wednesday or Coffee For Your Heart (or any other fabulous link up ) you can read my link up post Chosen here.So now that my dishwasher is doing the lions share of the hard work in the kitchen I’ve had the luxury of 1. not having to … Continue reading A Quick Dip

Small Change, Big Difference

August 15, 2015July 29, 2018 ~ traceyatwaterintowine ~ 10 Comments

It never ceases to amaze me what a difference a small change can make - especially when it comes to our homes and how well a space functions and how much we enjoy it. I’m talking sheer ease and comfort and I've had a perfect example of it here at my place this week. I've … Continue reading Small Change, Big Difference

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Not the most glamorous photo but this is where it’s at this week. Back in the garden and taking the advise of @thenester and dividing my garden into “rooms” ▫️ This is side yard “room” and I have to tell you it’s been slow going. Two steps forward, one step back type of thing and it seems we’ve been working on it for years. We’ve slowly leveled it and put in some drainage and I built a fence and gate a few years ago that I still look at now and wonder how the heck I did it. We also added a tap which saved me running the gauntlet with hose in hand from front yard to back whenever I wanted to water something and I added a little garden bed along the fence - but without pavers or pebbles laid the weeds have always taken over again and it feels like we are back at step 1 ▫️ The reason I’m telling you all this is that I could be so disheartened with our slow going and the stop and start progress and for the years it’s been such a mess BUT sometimes things just take as long as they take. and each step gets you further along than you were before. Not step 1 again. Maybe it’s step 300 or step 4000 but not step 1. We can too easy minimise and disregard how far we’ve come and how much we’ve really achieved ▫️ So I say forget punishing yourself with should haves and why nots and what’s wrong with me’s and toss the time line that we think so important ▫️ Slow progress is still progress and when it’s slow and hard won the celebration is all the greater when a milestone is reached. Putting in that gate was huge. The garden tap - sheer luxury and the garden bed - so lovely to see things growing where there were only ever weeds before ▫️ Now finally FINALLY I’m doing something about that “floor” and paving the first section of this room - the foyer we can call it. A spot that catches the morning sun just the right size for a table and chair and coffee drinking. So I say keep at it friends whatever it is, forget the should haves and supposed to dos and celebrate those small wins and that incremental progress ▫️ #thenextrightthing Day 13 / Release the timeline #hopewriterlife #hopewriters

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