The Hey all you beautiful people and welcome to the Glorious and the

mundane podcast I'm your host Christy Knox I hope this finds you well whatever you're

doing today and happy Christmas season to you.

I hope you're getting to slow down a little bit.

As you're listening, I cannot believe it,

but we're already at the last episode of the season.

How can we even be here already?

I knew that the last episode would lead us into Christmas

and it's just already upon us.

It's how it always goes, but I pray that you're getting some moments

to really breathe in and take in this beautiful season making room in your heart

for the Savior taking time to be present and what a present that must be to those

around you you see what I did there? Sorry I can't help it.

Anyway, well we're not diving into the interview quite yet, but I want to tell you that I'm really

excited that today's guest is Michael and Smith, otherwise known as the Nester.

The interview you're going to hear today was when she was in town back in October.

Actually, October 31st was when we sat down to chat. She was in

town promoting her new book called Cozy Minimalist Home, More Style, Less Stuff, and I was able to get her to come out to Keeper's Branch

which was really exciting I'm going to tell you I like kind of you know fluff the

pillows made sure I dusted and she sat at my farm table with me and I had so much fun

getting to know her a little bit. I've admired her from afar and I've had her first book for quite a while called The Nesting Place.

It's about her journey of moving from one rental home to another, basically,

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