As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the sons. I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song of Solomon 2:3
Maybe you can’t tell from reading my blog, but I think most people who know me in real [...]
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Observed in a Certain Father by Seven Young Ladies.
Affectionate
Built our house
Christian
Diligent
Encourages us
Forgiving and Forgetful
Generous
Hard-working (This kind of goes with B)
Intelligent
Just
Kind and Kingly
Loves his kids
Muscular (Masculine was also discussed; Maniacal was suggested but voted down)
Noble
Observant (Kaitlyn observed that this is not always good: for example, when Dad looks into the bedroom and observes [...]
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Well, this isn’t something I was excited about sharing, but it’s certainly a noteworthy event in my life right now. On Tuesday night, I bumped my tailbone really hard. I didn’t quite go into shock like I did the last time this happened, but I couldn’t help wondering: Is twice in 10 years excessive? It [...]
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Guess what: my family is beginning a new blog! I think it’s going to be called The Green Note Pad it’s for school. Just a moment I have to turn the AC down so I’m not sitting in such a cold room…there that’s better. I will write about it when it really happens. Well [...]
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most of the men I am blessed to serve with
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The baby is Natalie Rose, she is about 12 hours old in the picture to the left. The lady is Betty Stipe she is about 76. The date is January 1, 2000.
We lived next to Miss Betty for about 4 years,until she passed away in ‘01. She was quite a character:) I’ll be [...]
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I have been astonished and delighted by the way Deanna and Kaitlyn (my two eldest) have taken to writing.
In order to encourage them in their creative writing pursuits I have decided to give them a few creative writing assignments. I plan on randomly picking several things that are unrelated and have the girls each write [...]
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The night was humid (well, it was) when I found out that I was going to do my first mudstomping job. This wasn’t just any mudstomping job. This was the mudstomping job that would change my room forever.Mine was a cold room, the coldest room in the house. I suspected that Mom [...]
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One of the things I am deeply grateful to God for is having parents who were not afraid to ask for forgiveness.
My parents were very self-conscious about asking each other for forgiveness in front of the kids AND asking the kids to forgive them, when relationships went a bit awry (as they are apt to [...]
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Observed in a Certain Father by Seven Young Ladies.
AffectionateBuilt our houseChristianDiligentEncourages usForgiving and ForgetfulGenerousHard-workingIntelligentJustKind and KinglyLoves his kidsMuscular (Masculine was also discussed; Maniacal was suggested but voted down)NobleObservant (Kaitlyn observed that this is not always good: for example, when Dad looks into the bedroom and observes a mess)Poetic (Dearest Father, Apple of our Eye and [...]
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The dog is back. Again.Did I forget to mention that she had left us…again?Barely 24 hours after we bailed her out of doggie jail, she took off again, this time trailing a 20 foot leash. The leash proves that we tried, right?My Hardworkin’ Man went traipsing through the woods later that day yelling, “Lady!” I [...]
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Our Becca will be so happy!At her last dental checkup, 4 year old Becca announced that she wanted to live at the dentist, because “the dentist has green walls, but we just have a [dry]wall house.”If you read my husband’s blog, you know that My Hardworkin’ Man stayed up until midnight texturing one of the [...]
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So I finally get ambitious on the house ….. Trying to get 2 little rooms textured ….Do you know how hard it is to estimate how much mud you need when you actually texture every oooooh
3 years or so?
There we are 11 pm rolling up on us …the kids are getting emotionally incontinent over in [...]
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Let me start by saying I’m very neat when I cook. If I spill a little baking powder, I wipe up before moving on. I wash bowls and utensils as I use them. I put things away as soon as I’ve used them.My house is not perfect, but if I am simultaneously happy and cooking, [...]
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