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  • Freaky Fast Friday

    Did you feel that???  It was the week whizzing by…and I’m not complaining because FRIDAY!!!  But man.  Fast. Joining in with Jen, the author and her 7 Quick Takes for Friday….and the fact it’s another day of my month-long blog fest here…so be sure to swing by and peruse the breakdown of the week! My

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  • One of my friends that I grew up with in NJ, has a borderline obsession/love with Bret Michaels and has been to many concerts of his, meet and greets, etc.  She is now in a contest, ending May 16, to have dinner with him.  They are currently on round 2 and this girl……..she’s in the

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  • As much as we ALL want to be supermom, superdad, super everything, we really can’t do it all.  Not on our own.  In fact we are the most productive and successful when we receive a helping hand, thought, word.  Today’s video reflection on the USSCB site was dead on.  The Hubs was up before me

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  • “How do you do it all?” A friend of mine asked that question of ME last week.  ha.  Short answer:  I don’t know.  It just gets done. Longer answer:  But by the grace of God.  By the skin of my teeth and by being in a constant state of chaos.  Controlled chaos, mind you….but chaos.

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  • Friday night we were testing out the waters of empty nesting.   Saturday we revisited the world of 2 kiddos (oddly quiet) and last night,  blessedly we had the whole family back under one roof.  Just the way I like it. With the return of the girls also came the return of the sun after

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  • Friday night we had no kids.  None.  Zilch.  Nada.  Weird. The girls had their annual Girl Scout Camp trip for the weekend (first time for one, 2nd for the other).  They were both bone with their troops by 3:30 p.m.  Sadly, it has been the rainiest weekend since I don’t remember when but I am

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  • Happy Friday and welcome to my 2nd day of blogging for the Mayhem blogging challenge (feel free to join in at anytime!).  Today I link up with Jen at Conversion Diary who has had a crazy busy week with the release of her book (link here to buy)——-> Something Other than God (#SOTG) and the start

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  • May 1st and thus begins my annual self-imposed blogging challenge of :   Join in if you will, include your blog and post in the combox! As for me…..it’s my birthday month!  Woop woop!  Double digits, baby.  Double digits. Apparently, my first birthday present is on its way (I have some very Type A friends…whom

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  • It’s almost here:  MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!   The month where I torture myself to blog daily (weekends optional) and invite YOU to join me. Generally there is no theme…just blog it up.  Photo essay.  Words.  Many.  Few.  Whatever you’re feeling, bring it on.  Sometimes it’s a little something profound-ish, sometimes it’s an essay, a story,

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  • Today we are blessed with 2 new saints to our army of intercessors, friends to pray with us, friends to pray for us and friends who were once Pope.  Jenny is hosting a little gathering of memories of Saint Pope John Paull II and there are a ton of great stories, photos and pictures,  a

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