Be Content Wherever I am is the place I am meant to be. Whatever I am doing is the thing I am meant to be doing. Whatever everyone else is doing is exactly the thing they are meant to be doing. This is contentment. If you do want to change where you are or what [...]
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How about we talk about taking a little winter getaway? I’m up for it! The snow is really piling up outside my house right now. Seven inches in almost finished falling for today and tomorrow morning another seven is set to dump! Almost unbelievable if it weren’t actually happening. Anyway, this is about the time [...]
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Definitely NOT what I had planned for today…but I am feeling the old familiar hints of mastitis setting in. I think I need to curl up under my heated throw with a stack of magazines and veg for the night. I do not want to be sick right now!!!!!!!!!!!
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We love movie night in our house. We pop some popcorn (or most recently, I make up a big batch of caramel corn…YUM!), we gather around the television, and we settle in for a good old fashioned movie. With the large variation of ages we have, it can be hard to find something that appeals [...]
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These are paperdoll bags that I just finished for Ruthie and Abby. The paperdoll pictures were copied onto fabric and then appliqued onto the front of each bag. They are quilted and lined and the insides have two pockets. They also have snaps at the top. Both girls love them and they were fun and [...]
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I love to give unusual and unexpected gifts. I absolutely treasure the look on people’s faces when they receive something that they never expected or would not have chosen for themselves. This, to me, is a successful gift. If you like to “think outside of the box” for gift-giving as well, then I have a [...]
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I recently received a super-nice award and I want to thank Lisa so much for thinking of me! The Qualifications are: 1. Display a cheerful attitude 2. Love one another 3. Make mistakes 4. Learn from others 5. Be a positive contributor to the blog world 6. Love life 7. Love kids The rules for [...]
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The other day I was dusting in the boys’ room and I couldn’t help but stop and wander down memory lane as I dusted Daniel’s dresser. His dresser is a huge scrapbook of all of his growing up years. There are awards and ribbons and medals he’s won over the years as he’s gone from [...]
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I received this in an email earlier today and couldn’t resist passing it on. Having had my share of first graders, I can easily imagine all of these responses! First graders are very smart, imaginative little people! Enjoy… A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her [...]
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Autism is one of the most devastating heartbreaks that I think a parent can know. I can’t even imagine how awful it must be to have to watch your child suffer with the difficulties of this disorder. Listen to some of these statistics. If this doesn’t strike home the realities of this disability, then I [...]
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