The winner of the Lego book giveaway is commenter #1 Heartchild.  Seems like the first commenter never wins, so I decided that now is the time to change that.  Congrats, Heartchild!
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Today was a writing day for me.  I headed off to the coffee shop at 9 or so, and came home at 5.  When I got home, my wonderful hubby had run all the kids through their school, made tomato soup for lunch, got everyone to do their chores and them took them all...
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Recently I was sent a sample of a new building set just released by K’Nex. (I would have saved this review for next month, except they requested that I mention it now.  If you’re doing 30 Days of Nothing this month, please don’t let this post throw off your groove, OK? )  The sets...
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I’ve been trying to think of something fun to write about now that the 30 Days of Nothing is almost done. I’ve decided to tell you John’s and my love story on the installment plan. Awhile back Megan from Fried Okra did a cool series that she called: How I Met Your Father, and...
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Friday night at 10 pm I had a minor crisis when I realized that I needed to pack a picnic lunch for 7 people from a not-too-full fridge. John was planning on taking 6 kids with him to the mountains for a load of firewood. They were planning on leaving early, and being gone...
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1 Thessalonians 5:14-18 ————- A new favorite song of mine
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….as soon as this month is done. (Here’s where I am very bad influence on anyone intending to continue not spending on a long term basis. So go away quickly, if that is you, so that I lead you not into temptation.) A big metal kitchen garbage can with a lid. If I can...
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I was almost flummoxed at lunch time today. We have almost no pasta. The eggs are gone again. The bread is nearly gone. Peanut butter is gone. Potatoes are gone. Forget about fish sticks or burritos or any other quick food. Actually if it weren’t for the apples off our tree, and a few...
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Today I got a bunch more jelly made. I think I am almost done with the jelly, finally, so that is good. But before I even got the grape juice stains bleached out of the counter, I was silly and asked the kids to check the garden for tomatoes. They came in with 3/4...
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At lunch time today I told one of the kids to put cookies on a plate. She came back to me saying were were almost out of cookies. There were only 8, and there were 9 of us for that meal. “That’s okay,” I said, with only the tiniest hesitation. “I don’t really need...
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