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Swadesi Review
This is my honest and unbiased review of Swadesi. They're located at 328 South Jefferson St., Suite 120 in Chicago, Illinois. Swadesi is...
Renee Diaz
Jul 22, 20245 min read
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Everything is fine
Friendships can be fickle. Sometimes you find yourself cleaning and realize there's no music playing and you've had a whole conversation...
Renee Diaz
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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Tulips, Grief and the stomach bug
Music: Kendrick Lamar - United in Grief, Radiohead - Everything in it's Right Place This weekend I went to Mansfield, Missouri, to the...
Renee Diaz
Apr 18, 20237 min read
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Sisters Thai in Alexandria, VA
Can we please just talk about Mango and sticky rice for a moment? Now, I have 100% bias with this dessert. It's a Thai dessert and if...
Renee Diaz
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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The price of motherhood and everything in between
So, if you know me at all, you know that I'm up for a road trip at any time to any place. I use my blog as a way to fund my adventures...
Renee Diaz
Apr 3, 20234 min read
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Grandpa Jim and the Barrel House Distilling Co.
Did you know that in order to call Bourbon, Bourbon, it needs to be made in the USA? Yeah, that's a thing. I took a trip over to the...
Renee Diaz
Feb 13, 20239 min read
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Homeschool in a Pandemic
I have been spending lots of time with the kids learning about everything. Any question they have, I get an answer and then build mini...
Renee Diaz
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)
This week we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as well as the Inauguration of a new President and Vice President. Like a light...
Renee Diaz
Jan 23, 20217 min read
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Curriculum review
We ( I ) recently made the decision to homeschool our children year round. I felt like it would give us adequate time to really get to...
Renee Diaz
Dec 15, 20207 min read
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Adding and Subtracting
I have now been a homeschool mom, officially, for two full months and yet somehow I'm still only on week 3. Okay, okay, I did restart the...
Renee Diaz
Oct 30, 20209 min read
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To Homeschool in a Handbasket
Alright I'm being cheeky. About a two months ago, I received 3 very large boxes filled with delightful home school materials. It became...
Renee Diaz
Sep 17, 20208 min read
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Season of Covid but season of favor
Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. ~ 1 Chronicles 16:8 Boy oh boy, has it been a...
Renee Diaz
May 25, 20202 min read
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Creating a balance
I recently took a little break to get back into the flow of regular life. The IF conference is great but being on a team with other...
Renee Diaz
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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Renee's best chicken tortilla soup in the whole world, recipe
This weekend we hosted an open IF: Local event at our church. If you have no idea what it is, I describe it as a TED talk about Jesus,...
Renee Diaz
Feb 12, 20205 min read
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Preparations
This week is the week of all weeks! We have been working hard to prepare for our IF: gathering event, which is basically a Christian TED...
Renee Diaz
Feb 5, 20203 min read
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Bible study tools are like gardening tools
It's been a few weeks since my last post. We have been in the throes of illness and judging by my husbands inability to go to work today,...
Renee Diaz
Feb 4, 20206 min read
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PSA
I've learned a lot about parenting with back to back children and even more from the one that has different needs. I call my son wild....
Renee Diaz
Jan 22, 20206 min read
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Great great grandma is an artist
I've been writing every day, except weekends, since January 1. Tonight I had no idea what to write about. I was thinking about my day and...
Renee Diaz
Jan 14, 20203 min read
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A time to reap and a time to sew - Ecclesiastes 3:7
I love my kids. I love them so much and don't have time to spend with them. I don't know how people live without sleep and parent. I've...
Renee Diaz
Jan 13, 20205 min read
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Honest and Unbiased
As I work on what this blog is supposed to be I kind of came across an issue that I didn't realize was an issue, me. Although, everything...
Renee Diaz
Jan 10, 20205 min read
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