Satan and I have been in our same ole battle of fear. He tries to scare the life out of me (and succeeds way too often) and I get scared and freeze up. I mean like can barely get dressed some days I find fear so paralyzing.
I find that my power lies in […]
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because HELLO!! my boys won the World Series!!! Can you believe I missed the last game? I caught the last few minutes on the radio, so all is not lost. I was being a good wife and supporting my hubby while he roped. It was odvious that his roping […]
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DH and the boy ran off to Kentucky last night for some mule event. As happy as I was to have total control of the TV and recliner to watch the game (that we so totally WON) I am missing them.
They are about 2 hours from home. I’m trying to decide whether to […]
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yeah, I’m not sure herbalism is a word, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out during the course.
It started innocently enough. I checked bloglines because I should be picking up the LR while watching the ball game, but I felt like procrastinating.
I saw that KSMilkmaid had a post on making your own […]
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and I don’t mean one of those “well, this team is the closest to me, so I’ll root for them” kind of fans. More along the borderline creepy “feeling like they are almost family” type of fan.
Cardinals baseball is a BIG deal in my family. (Imagine my dismay when I married a man […]
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Ok, we are a Halloween family. No scary costumes, but I can’t pass up the fun. The entire trick or treating lasts about 20 minutes. Seeing the bliss on the faces of my little ones (and nieces and nephews) is worth the cold weather and the hours of preparation (usually at the […]
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I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the Bible refered to as God’s love letters to us. I still saw it as a rule book. I was saved and had a great many conversations with Jesus, but I was missing something.
When I opened my Bible to read, I was looking for “do […]
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I don’t have a perfect laundry system by any means. I think a perfect system would imply the laundry was done on a regular basis and was never allowed to pile up to unfathomable heights. What I do have, is a pretty darn good system for tackling that mountain of my own making.
My […]
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I remembered this tip when I decided to go with slip on tennies instead of flip flops. It was too hot for socks, but I didn’t want stinky toes. I just gave ‘em a good spraying of deodorant and it’s all good.
No sweaty stinky feet here!
Find more (and better) tips over at Shannons.
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In the last few weeks, I’ve seen God do amazing and incredible things for our family. So why, with a new challenge presenting itself, do I fall back into my old patterns of worry?
God has assured me that all will be OK. Yet I find myself continually going back to the problem. […]
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