What I’ve Learned in 2008 and a Contest!

I’ve gathered together my 12 favorite posts, one from each month over the last year and would like to start the new year off with a contest. And since I’m competitve, so will this challenge be! It’s a simple “whoever comments the most” will win. Of course, since there are only 12 posts there can…

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Never Give Up!

The moving boxes are almost packed and put away. We’re just about settled into our new home and are making good use of it. In fact, over the holidays we had a total of four big “gatherings” in three days with miscellaneous friends popping in and out! It’s been a blast and exhausting, and I…

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Packing My Bags

and leaving… For a writing weekend! It’s been too long and I rarely have time to write out home, but the words to my new opening have been flowing and then stopping and flowing and stopping. I’m just gonna open up the flood gates for the weekend and hope I get carried away! Hope your…

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Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo

What I say: This is book three for the thrill seeking young adults and adults out there.  I haven’t been able to read this series yet, but a well read 16 year old friend of mine couldn’t put the first two down even though she described them as “different” and “creepy.” She can’t wait to…

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Routine Amnesia? I’ve Lost Track of the Days!

Sure, I know it’s New Year’s Day, but this morning when I woke and well into the late morning hours, I couldn’t tell you what day of the week it was. I thought it was Friday. Then I thought, well, maybe today is Thursday, but I wasn’t sure. Oh, come on. Admit it! You did…

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Restoration

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12 NIV   With the holidays over, I find myself in need of rest. Gifts have found new homes on shelves.  Wreaths have returned to storage.  Holiday dinnerware has been neatly stacked in out-of-the-way cabinets.  Ornaments are…

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On Transparency With Others

Lately, I’ve been convicted about the need to be honest with each other. Let me throw a few questions out there for us to think about. Do we put on our happy Christian mask when we go to church or gather with other people, regardless of how we really feel? Do we give the same…

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Hibernating

Thought I’d join those hibernating bloggers for the Christmas break. If you see a post, it’s already been scheduled. If you wonder what I’ll be doing while hibernating, well it won’t be sleeping. Here’s a short list. Working on my WIP Unpacking boxes Organizing my school room…again. Unpacking boxes Watching movies Figuring out some blog…

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Christmas Ponderings

Christmas Eve should be relaxing–spent with family near a crackling fire with games and hot chocolate, or perhaps, attending a Christmas Eve service at church… These thoughts went through my mind last night as I swept and mopped the kitchen floor, cleaning up after a never ending day of baking projects and the children’s card-making…

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