It’s Friday, family movie night. I’m snuggled into the loveseat next to my husband, with my head on his chest and his arm curved around me. The living room looks like a mosh pit, with kids everywhere on chairs and beanbags and sprawled out on the floor. The closing credits are rolling for tonight’s...
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The Random Integer Generator has spoken: “Here are your random numbers: 49 257 41 Timestamp: 2008-10-31 06:22:43 UTC” The winners are: –Melissa of One Day at A Time –Katrina of Callapidder Days – Leona P. If the three winners will email your names and street addresses to owlhaven at aol dot com , I...
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Part 1 | Part 2 |Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 ————- August 23, 1986. I spent the morning with my family and my best friend Nicole. I was thrilled she’d been able to fly from Florida to be in my wedding. We...
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See that countdown in the sidebar? Subtract about 16 hours from that, and you have my actual departure time. Holy cow— I leave Saturday morning. Eek. Today I looked at the one can of ravioli in the pantry and it finally hit me. I’m leaving really soon. And among many other things I’ve got...
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Awhile back on Pioneer Woman I read about a dishwasher detergent called Lemi-Shine. I emailed the company to ask for a trial size to see if it might be the answer in our battle against hard water spotting on our glasses. This was back when we were having all our dishwasher woes, and by...
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(Scroll down to enter the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival) ———– Part 1 | Part 2 |Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 The problem with waiting 22-1/2 years to tell a story is that….ummm…some of the details get a little fuzzy.  So here is what I know for...
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This week is the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, and I am excited to say that THREE lucky people will win: a Chex Mix Bars Basket of Indulgence with a box of tasty Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials including a loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel. The new...
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James 1:23-25
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… I am scheduled to be on a plane bound for the Dominican Republic. There’s a suitcase in the corner of my bedroom, which so far holds only a few things.  One of those things is a soccer ball for a little boy who I’ll get to meet next week for maybe an hour...
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I want to always see the love notes all around me. And perhaps here is why we’ve been so much enjoying reading each other’s love stories. Thanks, Ann, for the wonderful reminders.
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