Archive for February, 2009

Happy 21st Birthday to my sweet Amanda! May your next year be even happier than the last!
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September 23, 2008 This morning I sat at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green and dabbing my eyes with a McDonald’s napkin. After a minute or so I realized the stop sign was born red and it intended to stay red. And to the relief of the driver behind me, I...
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Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. ——— Link courtesy of Sophie
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Part of the ‘economic stimulus’ plan?
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“Please don’t wash the chair by licking it!”  (Spoken to my 6 year old who had been given a washcloth and assigned chair-washing.) When asked why she’d chosen to use her tongue for this task, she replied: “Because I thought I saw a lump on it.” Your turn:  what was the craziest sentence to...
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Here are a few links that interested me during some of the brief moments I spent on the ‘net today. Bill Gates, ever inventive Chocolate goodness from Pioneer Woman Silhouette Photography Tips BrideoRama Wedding Videos If you’re looking to find a common theme….nope.   Totally random.  But, you know, if you’re feeling creative, you can...
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I’m riffing off this post at Cheap Eats this busy morning. One of my favorite affordable meals has got to be potato soup, topped with a dab of crumbled bacon and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.  Yum.  What’s your favorite cheap meal at home? Technorati Tags: frugal cooking
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In 1988 when I was 21, my dad died in a car accident.  I had been married two years.   John and I had a baby, 6 month old Amanda.  My mom still had 7 children at home. It was a desolating, devastating shock. Three years later in 1991 when my mom started dating her...
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Today my two sweet sisters-in-law along with my mother-in-law threw a lovely wedding shower for our Amanda. There was punch in lovely glasses, and cake topped with roses, and Lindor chocolate, and red roses and white tulips in crystal vases, and a lovely sweet devotion and prayer. Every detail showed the touch of love....
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