This video knocked my socks off. This post on the Advent Conspiracy Blog is great as well. Fewer gifts. Relational gifts. Having some left for those in need. A radical concept this Christmas indeed. ———— Worthy Causes: Compassion International Living Water International
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Yesterday morning I hit the craft store in hopes of finding a fun craft. I got some ideas from pre-made kits, but ended up buying 4 bags of beads and a spool of wire rather than a kit. The craft was fun for everyone. We had fun coming up with a variety of crazy...
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This morning my 14 year old son and I got up at 4:30 and hit the stores. We shopped Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Office Depot, Kings, the craft store, and the grocery store. We got done around 9 AM. My son discovered an interesting way to ‘part the waters’ in a store full of people. He’d...
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good food eyes to see warm home great friends joyful holidays precious children wonderful husband happy hopes for the future God’s grace giving new power for every day
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Awhile back someone gave me a recipe for a really easy dessert that you just dump into a pan in layers. Canned pineapple, canned cherries, a cake mix, and 2 sticks of butter were the main ingredients. Oh, it was good! Problem was, I never had cake mixes or canned cherries just sitting around....
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As many of you know, two of our kids were born in Korea. Ever since they were teeny, we’ve been planning to take them for a ‘homeland’ visit to Korea when they are old enough. Well, now they’re 10 years old and John and I have decided that 2009 is the year of The...
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1. The book winner is commenter #6, Dana of Havenstorch. Congrats, Dana! Email me and let me know which 2 books you prefer. 2. This week I am finishing 3 chapters of my frugal cooking book so I can deliver them to my editor by the end of the day Wednesday. Am feeling a...
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This evening we’re having friends over for a game night. We’re going to include our Taiwan friends via skype. We’ll be playing ‘talking’ games like Gibberish and Balderdash, stuff that can be done over the internet. We’re having easy stuff for dinner: veggies and fruit and cold cuts and teriyaki meatballs, along with cookies,...
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For years our family has done small bits of Bible memory on a sporadic basis.   But last summer when a pastor visited our church and spoke ALL of Ephesians from memory, we decided to raise the bar. We began with Ephesians 6:10-20.  I printed out the words on cards for each person and laminated...
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She found this sticker on the newspaper and was sure it belonged on her shirt.
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