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Done before the sun @early.morning.habit 🌞 This Done before the sun @early.morning.habit 🌞 This is your friendly midweek reminder to take it one imperfect day at a time.  Whatever your goal right now is - imperfect progress is better than no progress at all.  Let's go 💪

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Ever feel like it when it rains it pours? From par Ever feel like it when it rains it pours? From partial blindness to breast cancer, Deanna Schultz @onestepwoman shares how she transformed obstacles into a life-changing opportunity that will inspire you to reevaluate what your next chapter holds.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
- Deanna's journey through blindness and breast cancer
- The power of accepting and conquering your life’s circumstances
- Why you should approach life with a sense of gratitude
- Great benefits of being debt-free
- Why they moved across the country and bought a home sight unseen
- How to overcome life’s obstacles through faith and perseverance

Click the link in bio to listen to the show!

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Ever feel like it when it rains it pours? From pa Ever feel like it when it rains it pours?  From partial blindness to breast cancer, Deanna Schultz @onestepwoman shares how she transformed obstacles into a life-changing opportunity that will inspire you to reevaluate what your next chapter holds.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:
- Deanna's journey through blindness and breast cancer
- The power of accepting and conquering your life’s circumstances
- Why you should approach life with a sense of gratitude
- Great benefits of being debt-free
- Why they moved across the country and bought a home sight unseen
- How to overcome life’s obstacles through faith and perseverance

Click here to listen to the show: https://hammersnhugs.com/turning-obstacles-opportunities-deanna-schultz/

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With sauteed onions, cheese, and meat of choice - With sauteed onions, cheese, and meat of choice - this traditional breakfast egg casserole with artisan bread is a favorite among family and friends. 
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3 Hacks to Help You Drink More Water! Where is you 3 Hacks to Help You Drink More Water! Where is your favorite water bottle from? 

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Last week 3 members of the family got hit with the Last week 3 members of the family got hit with the GI bug while Caleb and I got an upper respiratory infection which was then doubly unkind and hit Lily only days after she got over the GI bug. 

Although her appetite hadn't fully returned from the GI bug, she stopped eating completely accompanied by a low-grade fever and worsening lower abdominal pain. 

Long story short my spunky, sassy, spirited girl was lethargic by the time she ended up in the ER after the pediatrician's office.

Well, almost lethargic. 

Lily with a fever has more stubbornness and stamina than most healthy adults without a fever and her commentary for the 4-hour ER stay left me torn between laughing and crying the entire time.

She was already super offended when we left the pediatrician's office because she had to pee in a cup and then when we got to the ER she was furious that she had to spend another second with "more doctors." Every time someone walked into the room,  medical or not (the poor registration guy), Lily would glare at them and exclaim, "Seriously?!"

When asked where her belly pain was (which of course happened a lot), she would point to every part of the body but her belly - a knee, an elbow, her nose. 

I knew she wasn't critical due to the fact she could maintain such a level of orneriness. 

When we left the ER I was carrying her past the vending machines when she pointed and said, "This place was not fun, but they do have Cheetos." 

What?  This child. 

The next day I realized I left my Kindle in the ER and was bemoaning the fact that I had to go back in to pick it up.  Lily looked at me in consolation and said, "I know you are sad, Mommy, but it is your fault." 

I died.  She wasn't wrong.

All that to say, we praise the Lord that a couple of days later she finally was able to eat without pain and although she needs a follow-up ultrasound to confirm the resolution of the intussusception we are so thankful for her recovery and the many prayers.  We do not take any of it for granted. 

Grab a cup of coffee and join me today on the blog for our weekly round-up of features for your home and family 

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