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Lent, that is. The week started off with a bang with Pope Benedict’s announcement of retirement/abdication/stepping down (listen, call it what you will…we are all a little confused, it’s been 600/700 years since this has happened, the protocol is a little hazy); anyway Lent is among us. A time to sacrifice, pray and serve others
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Our oldest girl is 11 today. Utterly amazed at how the years just fly on by…thankful for video and photos because my grey matter fails to keep up in the memory department and these tools are helpful, to me. Before I pull out the Sudoku and crossword puzzles and purchase the Ginkgo to shore up
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We live in an older house…70’s ranch-y style. It’s truly perfect for us, not too big (because I don’t have a maid ya’ll, just 4 kids and sometimes we have to go behind them) and when we bought it, it was move-in ready–my favorite kind of house to buy. Semi-sorta updated, at least no orange/green/yellow
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10 years ago this month our life was forever changed. My dear Hubby’s drinking problem finally came to a head and he hit his “rock bottom”. This post isn’t about that moment. However, just to give you a SUPER brief overview: there was an event fueled by an alcoholic binge, the event led
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And so this weekend, I am joining Cari @ Clan Donaldson for her monthly day of snapshots. Contributors from around the world submit photos based on given hour and Cari puts them all together. She’s pretty fast so you might want to check in tomorrow or Tuesday and see the final project put together. Here’s my
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This is a repost from my former blog (no longer available…thanks to apple’s “re-do” and nixing their blog template…whatever. It is from 2 years ago and this gospel is truly one of my favorites. I’ve been blessed with tremendous friends (and family) and though distance separates me from my besties, I am fortunate to have
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Not EXACTLY hibernating, but have definitely taken a break from blogging. Not INTENTIONALLY but it has been good. Lots going on around these parts, but for now I have to get some kids up and at ’em because SOMEONE named mom set the alarm for p.m. instead of a.m. and our day is starting out
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Dwija over at House Unseen is hosting a year-end photo wrap up, aaaaaand being a sucker for link ups (as well as a penchant for family photos…..) I figured I’d join in. My friend Lea does this every year as a slideshow and music, it’s always beautiful and FAR beyond my patience level to put
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That is so wrong!! Everyone knows all new things start on Mondays. Yet, we bring in 2013 on a Tuesday this year thus causing a conundrum of when to begin new habits, etc, etc, etc….Tuesday or the following Monday? In all reality, it doesn’t really matter, does it? Today is January 1, 2013, like it
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You can blame it all on Emily and Kendra @ Fine Linen and Purple. Sunday has become the Mass Fashion show….raising the bar on how we present ourselves in Jesus’ house, how we prepare ourselves mind, body and spirit for Mass and snapping some photos along the way. Warning, soap box moment: Once upon a
making the trek
Trekking through life: Faith, family, friends and a whole lot of coffee!
making the trek 