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Beyond Magnolia: The Carrots Guide to Waco

November 5, 2019 By Haley 8 Comments

My family has lived in Waco a total of 9 years (5 in the college years and then 4 years since our return to Texas!). Since we first moved here in 2004, so much has changed. Waco has recovered from decades of struggle and grown by leaps and bounds during our time here. It has become a destination town! I get asked all the time for recommendations of what to do during a trip to Waco and now with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Our Home, Travel Tagged With: Baylor, drinks, Magnolia Silos, restaurants, shopping, sights, Texas travel, travel, Waco

The Molly Weasley Method of Home Decorating

October 16, 2019 By Haley 28 Comments

After my recent house freakout (We need to move! Wait! Nevermind, I love this house!), I’ve spent a good bit of time rearranging and tweaking our home. I’ve thought about what we need in each room, what improvement would make it what we need to be able to fit a six-person homeschooling family into this 3/br 1/bath 1250 sq ft house for the next few years. I’ve been reading about the concept of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Family & Homesteading, Our Home Tagged With: molly weasley, slow decorating

When Enough Is Found Through Your Own Front Door

September 11, 2019 By Haley 25 Comments

I’m not moving. "Um, okay. I didn't think you were," you might say. The funny thing is, as of a week ago this statement would have been a huge surprise to me. Because I had this idea, see.  Two weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night and decided we needed to buy a new house. One bathroom for six people is too hard. Three bedrooms and no where to host guests? Impossible. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Our Home Tagged With: contentment, enough, gratitude, home, st. joseph, The Grace of Enough

My New Year’s Goal: Peace in Our Home

January 3, 2019 By Haley 17 Comments

2018, you were quite a year. (Don't believe me? Read the recap--book, baby, and so much more crammed into 12 months). I don't have big plans for 2019, but I'm thrilled it's beginning. I have book ideas simmering but no proposals or contracts in the works for a new book deal. We're not moving, changing jobs (God willing), or doing anything more crazy than homeschooling 4 kids on our little urban … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Food, Our Home Tagged With: family life, food, homemaking, meal planning, peace in the home

Our Chalk Paint Kitchen Cabinet Reno (And Free Stuff for You!)

July 11, 2018 By Haley 4 Comments

Kitchen Cabinet Reno with Chalk Paint

We JUST put the finishing touches on our cabinet painting project! When we moved into our house in Waco two years ago the one thing I knew I HAD to change was the cabinets. They were an awful cherry stain that clashed horribly with the backsplash and floor tile. Ready for the before pic? See?! The bizarre combination of kitchen components made me wonder if the people who flipped the house … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, Family & Homesteading, Our Home Tagged With: annie sloan, cabinet renovation, chalk paint, diy cabinet painting

The Great Carrots Backyard Farm Tour!

April 30, 2018 By Haley 32 Comments

Carrots Backyard Farm Tour

As my husband Daniel and I have been sharing photos of the bounty from our urban garden, I've gotten lots of requests for a backyard farm tour. Your wish is my command! One of the biggest selling points of the house we bought two years ago was the giant backyard. After a great experience doing an agricultural internship for a year on a working farm (yes, that farm where we lived with no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Farm Life, Food, Green Living, Homeschooling, Husband, Our Home Tagged With: backyard chickens, homeschooling, urban farm, urban homestead

How We Share the “Mental Load” of Homemaking

July 9, 2017 By Haley 30 Comments

How We Share the "Mental Load" of Homemaking

I was recently intrigued by this visual depiction of women's workload and this related article that describes the "mental load" that is carried by most women who are homemakers. While I'm not crazy about the underlying tones in these pieces of that infer mothering and maintaining the home are insignificant drudgery or that all men are clueless when it comes to homemaking, I think there are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Marriage, Our Home, Work-at-Home Life Tagged With: family, home, homemaking, marriage, the mental load

My Word of the Year for 2017

January 10, 2017 By Haley 36 Comments

My One Word for 2017

I really love the practice of picking a "one word" for each year. Some prefer choosing a word to making new year's resolutions. I like to do both because I usually lose steam with my resolutions (around March) and having a "one word" helps me re-focus on my goals. In 2015 when Daniel left his job in Florida and we were selling our house there to live at the farm in Texas for his livestock … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Green Living, Health, Our Home Tagged With: cleaning, goals, grove, home, order, prayer, resolutions, routine, schedule, work

Five Favorites: Household Supplies (and a Gift for You!)

May 27, 2015 By Haley 12 Comments

I'm linking up with Rachel today for #5Faves on this fine Wednesday. I almost never am on top of things enough to do link ups on the right day but here I am sharing my five favorite household products that I order from ePantry every month! Last fall as we were getting the house ready to put on the market, I was trying to figure out how to make my life easier and part of that meant not having to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Green Living, Our Home Tagged With: epantry, housekeeping

Goals for the New Year

January 16, 2013 By Haley 38 Comments

So, we're halfway through January and I'm just now solidifying my goals for the new year. Clearly we should begin with with "stop being such a procrastinator, Haley!"  Anyhow, I've never spent much effort on resolutions at the start of a year, but I've really been reflecting on what I want 2013 to look like. I've been very inspired by all the great posts about goal-making, particularly Mandi's of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bookishness, Family & Homesteading, Farm Life, Homeschooling, Our Home Tagged With: 2013, goal-making, goals, new year, resolutions

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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