I’ve been frustrated lately with my picture-taking skills, especially outdoors in changing light. I deleted 3/4 of the 800+ pictures I took on vacation because frankly, they stunk. Granted, I’m stubbornly insisting on shooting in manual and that is not easy. But still, I feel like I should be better after a year of...
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Mouse over the pictures for descriptions. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. For more pictures and the story I promised you about the kitchen fire, check out John’s blog.
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My mom has 8 kids born to her, and 3 more that she welcomed as adults when she married Ron after my first dad died. We don’t all end up in the same place at the same time too often. But on holidays when all her kids manage to come home, my mother has...
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Awhile back I posted the youtube video of that hilarious Old Spice commercial. Apparently the commercial is effective, because the next time John asked me to buy him aftershave, I decided to grab him a bottle of Old Spice. John has used a different aftershave for years, and we’ve both been quite happy with...
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I have SUCH good links to share with you this week! Let them come home –encouragement for anyone loving wayward kids Effects of Obamacare - sober words for anyone with (or without) health insurance In light of a tragic loss at my house this week –a craft for frugal shutter bugs Virtue begins with...
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I’m being a chicken. On Thursday I was interviewed by Mary Byers on Tricia Goyer’s show Living Inspired. I talked — no, I ran at the mouth– for 54 minutes!– about adoption, food, and family. Friday they put up the link to my show — it’s at the top of her right-hand sidebar, the March...
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I sit on the edge of my bed, tears squeezing past closed eyelids. I’m rehashing a conversation that went badly, replaying my words in my head, wondering where I goofed, how my gently-intended words were so misunderstood, how an evening went from peace to a snarl of unhappiness that I can’t shake hours later....
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Four of the older kids and my husband just got back from a weekend snow retreat. Much fun was had– sledding, games, fellowship– but I’m glad to have them home. Funny how quiet it can feel in the house with ‘only’ 5 kids. While they were gone we watched movies, did yard work, and...
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This boy of mine. Humorist. Thinker. Artist. Cheerful soul. Drummer. Of all my ten children he is perhaps the mellowest. He enjoys life to the hilt. Has a lightning wit and a quick laugh. Gets along well with both the older and the younger ones. Takes bumps in stride. Is content– no, is...
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