I have several single-use coupons for $25 off any order of $75 or more from Vision Forum. First come, first serve; just email if you’d like to have one. (call her blest at g mail dot com)
Two ideas for using a coupon:Get the entire 5 album Jonathan Park collection for $85-$25=$60! That’s 20 [...]
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Did you see what I made? Just below my header…cool or what?!I am amazed at both how much the English language has changed over the centuries, and at finding that we can still read it. I think it also gives insight into the changing connotations and denotations of words.So far I have inserted [...]
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I finished the Pentateuch today. There were many small things that struck me throughout the book of Deuteronomy this time, and I kept notes on very few of them because I (foolishly) read out of any handy Bible rather than sticking with my own. Live and learn - I hope those things will [...]
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Our 2 sofas have just the right amount of room for 4 sick children, which works out nicely because today we have - can you guess? Four sick children.Yesterday we also had 4 sick children. The day before that we had 3, and the day before that we had one. Obviously there [...]
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I have a long list of questions that arrived via comments and email over the last several months. I intend to answer them all, eventually. Someday. I’ll start today and see how far I get.
Long ago, Heather M. asked the following questions. I wonder if she believes a person is capable [...]
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This week’s winner of The Giant of the North, chosen by Yours Truly according to my top secret and newly developed method, is:
LoniPlease note the obligatory photo. Hubby said I had to post a photo of myself since I have posted one of the child who chose each previous week’s winner. Ack! [...]
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If your toddler has never pulled down your elastic-waist skirt, don’t assume that it will never happen.Statistically, it is most likely to happen when you have both hands buried in dishwater in a crowded kitchen. Not your own kitchen, and not your own crowd.Most likely as in, One out of One. That’s 100%.
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My first Thursday Thirteen post in a good long while. It’s probably been, oh, 13 months?
It should go without saying that the Bible is the most important book for Christians of any age, starting at Day One.But having stated the obvious, here is the rest of the list. Of course our favorites are always [...]
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“The League of Grateful Sons” is a documentary that revisits Iwo Jima with surviving World War II veterans, their sons and grandsons. More than 406,000 American men died during WW II, leaving approximately 183,000 children fatherless. May this film stir our resolve to correct 60 years of slander against the moral honour of our Greatest [...]
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Not being Cajun, I have no idea how authentic this is, but Deanna requested it for her birthday. It was my first try and I pretty much winged it and the kids pretty much raved over it and ate every last scrap. So I’m calling it a success and sharing it with y’all.Lest [...]
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Meredith of Like Merchant Ships is giving daily lessons this week as part of the ongoing Online Finishing School. Meredith’s topic is one she knows well and does beautifully: Living Well on Less.Her first installment starts with definitions:
Living Well On Less: start small
By Meredith
Before we dive into budgeting and decorating, let’s [...]
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Today I remembered a story from my childhood - a new story to tell my children. That makes a total of 2 stories.Just kidding; my memory isn’t that bad, but usually when they ask for a story they get this:“A story from my childhood? I never was a child; I was born as [...]
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However, I have come to realize that I cannot prepare them for everything through exposure. But that’s ok, because I believe the Bible when it says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God* may be competent, [...]
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Shannon’s got a great new idea. Considering the success of Works-For-Me Wednesday, I say we just start calling her the Idea Lady.Her latest and greatest idea: the Dog Days of Summer Giveaway!If you have something to give away, hurry up and post about it, then link up at Shannon’s place. Your traffic stats [...]
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Here’s an awkward question that I’m going to ask, then bury under other posts.It’s about the Paypal donations button. I think it’s sometimes referred to as a tip jar. Is it weird? Does it strike anyone as…grasping? Because I’m really curious about who has them, who actually donates, and why. And [...]
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