Archive for October, 2009

Wednesday morning began slowly. I managed to sleep til 8, and then had 3 hours before I had to leave. I went over the high points of what I wanted to say during the taping, checked email, finished a blog post, and got ready to go. I was trying to convince myself that I...
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I decided Tuesday morning that 5 AM is a ridiculous hour to be doing anything but sleep. However, the stars were lovely, and chatting with my hubby in the quiet car on the way to the airport was nice too. We cut the time close — my seating area boarded 3 minutes after I...
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Well, my bags are packed clothes are heaped on top of my suitcase. My hubby has gotten time off to supervise at home. There’s food in the freezer. Tickets and hotel reservations are in my purse. My flight leaves at 7 AM. By late afternoon on Tuesday I should be in New York City....
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Had some major success with shopping today, thanks to the wise advice and excellent company of my stylin’ friend Shana. Details — and pictures of my CUTE shoes — later. Now I am off to cook chicken enchiladas for dinner, but here are a few links I wanted to share with you this weekend....
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7:45- Wake with the 4 year old singing a song beside me. Snuggle her for a bit. Stumble out of bed and dress. 8:10-Start breakfast while checking kids’ journals, quizzing on spelling words and trying to get my coffee poured and some of it in me. 8:30 -Breakfast/Bible time with kids. 9:20- Kids do...
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Since some of you were curious, here are the colors I picked for my kids’ bathroom paint. The paint brand is Dutch Boy. My shower curtain, which I got at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, was the inspiration for the dots I did on the wall. Here’s how I did them. I rummaged in my...
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Way back in January of 2006, my first blog ‘crush’ was Chris of The Big Yellow House, now known as Notes From the Trenches. I spent the wee hours of many evenings going through her archives, reading every word she ever posted. (Did I ever tell you this, Chris? ) I was enthralled. Her...
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What my hubby and 6 of my kids did this afternoon More details
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Since we grew quite a few beets in our garden this year, I’ve been meaning to try making borscht, a hearty Russian beet soup. Today I spotted this recipe at simplyrecipes.com, and gave it my own tweaks changed it til it was barely recognizable. (I doubled the quantities below and ended up with enough...
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