by Shannon Popkin | May 8, 2013 | Anxiety, Decor, Family, God, Growth, Heidi, Housekeeping, Prayer
By: Heidi Vriesman The first time I walked into our current house, I almost cried. It wasn’t the house I was dreaming of at all. It had flowered wallpaper boarders and ugly countertops. The bedroom that would work best for the boys had had pink carpet and flowers on...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 31, 2013 | Decor, Hospitality, Leadership, Marriage, Sin
ddiSpoiler alert: You might want to read part 1 and part 2 before you read on… I was a bit like Cinderella before the ball, humming little songs and dancing dreamily about my kitchen–the same kitchen that would soon be expanding by the magic wand of extra...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 1, 2012 | Decor, Hospitality, Money
I can’t remember what I used as a centerpiece for my table last Christmas. Nor can I remember what I put on the coffee table. I looked through my boxes of Christmas decorations and nothing jogged my memory.This would ordinarily be where I ran to Pinterest for an...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 27, 2012 | Anxiety, Decor, Growth, Holidays, Kids' Perspective, Mistakes
I decided to have my boys help me with the Christmas decorating this year. But maybe I should have started with something like the stockings or the tree skirt. Clearly, setting up my village was more than they… or I… could handle.After giving some light...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 20, 2012 | Decor, Faith, Holidays, Parenting, Salvation, seasons, Witness
When we moved into our house two years ago, the previous owners were kind enough to give us their big basket of Christmas lights. They even went so far as to give us a diagram, showing which strand of lights went on which roof peak.I was delighted! Now, at long last,...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 26, 2012 | Decor, Family
In our new house (new to me two years ago, that is…) we had a big empty wall in the hallway. I also had a big bulging envelope of pictures taken by photographers of my babies. Plus, I had a big sagging box of old photo frames.Put it all together, and I...