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Fall In Love…Choose To Stay

by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 12, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

You complete me. Oh, Jerry McGuire. When we are looking for love, isn’t that what we want? Someone to make us whole. To fill the gaps and make us feel like we are not alone in this big, crazy, scary world. So we look for the one to complete us and then at our...

Life Hack: Spending Cleanse

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 29, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

The shopping that was Christmas and the hustle of starting the new year leads me to more drive-through coffee and the purchasing of complete randomness seems to spill over from the holidays. I am so used to looking for things that people would like that I can get...

Life Hack: Timers

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 15, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Does your home turn into a madhouse between the hours of 4 and 6 pm? When my kids were little, I heard some people refer to it as the witching hour, but for those of you who have small kids, I’m just saying this has not improved for us as the kids have gotten...

Follow Him Home

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 10, 2020 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

My grandfather had a way with animals, especially birds. My grandparents lived on an island in Southern Florida and my grandfather loved to fish. When we would return home in the afternoon with a catch, he would clean the fish on the dock. I can still smell the...

Tips For Taking Down Holiday Decor

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 3, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

While I tend to be a take it down in January gal, my mother takes Christmas down when Christmas is over…on December 26th. Here are a few tips that may make next year just that much easier as you take down the Christmas decor. Take pictures of where you placed...

‘Tis The Season For Generous Assumptions

by Kirstin Ricketts | Dec 20, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Christmas is the season for twinkle lights, gifts, and the celebration of the Newborn King. How could it be anything but magical? ’Tis also the season for extended togetherness, exhaustion, gift wrapping, anticipated magic, high expectations, too much caffeine, not...