An Exceptionally Long Winter...
and I still delight that God has given us seasons. Each one has blessings of their own. I look forward to the coming Spring with anticipation! Time for a new small post and a change of the avatar! ;)...
View ArticleCelebrating Life
and blessing!! Our Little E turned 4 today!!! Blessings - each one of my children. Hope to share a picture or two in awhile! (I'd say soon - but no guarantees there.) Some know, some don't, that in...
View ArticleApt Quote
for what I feel so many are dealing with right now. We are not meant for this world. This is not heaven; it is not hell. It's a little of both. "Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect...
View ArticleBit of This and That
I changed my avatar to a "rainbow sunset" I snapped a picture of while up north on the Great Lakes. Since I was a child I thought certain sunsets looked more like rainbows and I even painted one once....
View ArticleBit of This and That Continued...
Because I need it too, I thought I would share another heartwarming and encouraging clip that really drives home to me the beauty of love driven from an overflowing heart, instead of obligation and...
View Article16 Years Ago Today...
I said "I do". :) I've learned so much. I have so much to learn. I am blessed - and constantly humbled by how insidious ingratitude is and how dominant "self" is. I love the quote from C.S. Lewis -...
View ArticleGarden Plucking Time!
The Harvest is already in season! We are fighting early cold weather here too and I plan to start hauling in larger quantities of our bounty soon. (Along with some pictures here. You should see how...
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First Snow (That Stayed!)
Yes, it is a bit cold in these parts too! We had snow showers off and on through the night and into the day. Of course the kids were thrilled. Truth be told it was enjoyable for me to see it too. I...
View ArticleUm - Stay tuned...
So I worked on a new post for well over an hour - hit "create entry" and - it was completely wiped with the nice little red message that said it "looked like spam and was not posted". I think I pasted...
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Ta-Da!
And now the post that some of you have been waiting for! (I chose to go back at it and write again while I could still remember!) A bit of summary though: 2014 was a year with a lot of changes for our...
View ArticleToday I'm Feeling Homemaker-y
:) Making banana bread with the kids. (Marmee's recipe! With one tweak which is that I mostly melt the butter. Maybe I should post the recipe for her in another post. ;)) Also homemade chicken noodle...
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Look Who's Feeling Welcome!
Yes - so I did feed the birdies yesterday but it took them awhile to notice. (Part of their food is those GIGANTIC sunflowers we grew in the garden last year.) I AM SO EXCITED!! Look who was the first...
View ArticleReally, Really
...grappling with ISIS. The amount of evil overwhelms my senses. Can people be HUMAN and do such things?? How? HOW???? Trying really, really to hold onto the compassion that Jesus died for ALL. Even...
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For The Nature Lovers
This place has been a pleasure to observe nature up-close. Our sliding door in the back of the house is right near the woods. It provides a great view of the critters. We have birds and baby-ish...
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Quick Post
I'd like to have more time to update here - I'm in the process of working on some pictures right now. Thought I'd stop by and share a quote though. It came up in some of my recent reading. "God uses...
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Didn't Mean to Keep You Hanging!
When I began to work on a new update here, I ran into a long weekend! We were very busy visiting family and finishing up clearing out the old house, for a our expected closing in 2 weeks or so. That...
View ArticleWore Out!
For all those of you that may have thought I secretly gave up on posting or chatting with any of you anymore (not that anyone said that) let me just bring you up to date in a quick entry of the main...
View ArticleI Can Still Share!
I have not had a cold hang on like this in a loooong time. After watching some L2Survive videos I'm pretty sure I just need to sleep and eat from his garden and this might be gone. I'm on the way up,...
View ArticleTaking Time...
Taking time to update here. This past August has been full! Many wonderful visits from people in a very short period of time, Recovering from my 3 week sickness (I eventually had to go to the doctor.),...
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In a Picture
It's been a long while since I posted. Allow me to explain... I thought when my daughter handed me this mess to undo it was a perfect thought in many ways. This is motherhood. And what feels like my...
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