Today my daughter told me she wants to be a fashion model. When she was four, she wanted to be a teacher. When she was six she wanted to be a veterinarian. Now, she wants to be a fashion model. When I probed further, she let me know that she wants to be a fashion [...]
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Today’s humility moment
Posted in Family Life, Spiritual Life, humility on May 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Again with the Etsy shop! (a giveaway)
Posted in Family Life, Giveaways, Spiritual Life, carnivals, etsy shop on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, Hubs has the Etsy shop open, and he’s participating in Bloggy Giveaways. Go enter.
Remember that Etsy shop?
Posted in Family Life, Spiritual Life, etsy shop on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I mentioned here, Hubs and I are working on a little Etsy venture to support Compassion International. We were inspired by the recent bloggy tour of Uganda as well as our church’s ties to the Anglican Church in Rwanda. We hope to start this venture by sponsoring Compassion Children in Rwanda; and we’ll see [...]
Things I may have possibly bought too many of
Posted in Family Life, Frugality, tagged Thursday Thirteen on March 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
dish soap - 3
maxi pads (there should be a better word for these) - 8
shampoo - 3
conditioner -3
toothpaste - 4
deodorant - 5
bar soap - 11
contact lens solution - 5
razors - 7
pain relievers - 4
body wash - 1
paper towels - 7
mouthwash - 3
Oh, it doesn’t look too extravagant here in such a tidy little list. [...]
More “Spring” Bre@k pictures
Posted in Family Life, Purty Pictures, tagged st louis canyon, starved rock winter photos on March 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The start of our hike through the canyons at Starved Rock.
Cheese!
The sandstone bluffs at Starved Rock are really beautiful in texture and color.
My sweet baboo on a pretty rock.
My goofy self
Oops. Poor forgotten sandal.
I just had this eerie sense that at any moment God was gonna press the pause button again, and I was gonna [...]
This one’s just cryin’ for a caption
Posted in Caption this, Family Life, Fun, Purty Pictures on February 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »
To my daughter on Valentine’s Day
Posted in Contests, Family Life on February 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You are a great daughter, a good big sister, and a wonderful friend. You are beautiful. You are a joy. You are kind and thoughtful. I am so glad that God sent you to our family.
You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God. ~Isaiah [...]
Valentine’s craft
Posted in Family Life, tagged kid craft, valentine's craft on February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My daughter and I are working on these for Valentine’s Day. Anyone have any ideas for the message inside? The sample says U R GR8, which I like; but I’d like to mix it up a little bit since we’ve gotta make at least 24. So far I’ve come up with:
U R A QT
U R [...]
Today’s humility moment
Posted in Family Life, Fun, humility on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[television drones in the background while ice skaters move to music I vaguely recognize as being from a cartoon]
me : Listen, S., it’s Bugs Bunny music!
3 y.o.: No, Mom, it’s Tom and Jerry music.
His father is so proud.
The 12 prayers of Christmas
Posted in About me, Family Life, Spiritual Life on February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As my pretend BFF Beth Moore likes to say, “You got to deal with your stuff.”
And, oh, isn’t there something about having children that bubbles up all that stuff that needs to be dealt with? My pBFF pointed this out in Believing God (I think) when she noted that Enoch first begat Methuselah, then he [...]
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