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We’re a little over the half-way mark for the month, finishing up an amazing year of “FIRSTS” and looking forward to seeing what 2012 has in store for us. With my recent blog posts of December mayhem and “busy-ness” it’s been a one-foot-in-front-of-the-other kind of month, and I’m not alone. commiserating with friends the other
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We are half-way there, baby! Should that strike fear into your heart if you haven’t begun your Christmas shopping, fear not…..there are still 12 11 shopping days left!! This gives me GREAT pleasure as currently we have only purchased ONE gift for 3 children with the 4th child’s gift to be procured today. Which means at
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And so it begins…..the merry, crazy, chaotic, overscheduled month of December. Thanksgiving and Christmas are positively my favorite holidays of the year. Thanksgiving because the focus is on family, food, friends and taking a few seconds to appreciate how much we have to be grateful for. And blessed we are. (Ok, this picture is actually
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‘Twas a busy weekend with our little family and with today following a 5 day Thanksgiving break for the kiddos the morning is set to be a lovely cacophony of tired wails, whines and sluggish morning movement… But it’s all good. We put up the outside Christmas lights (after hubby finished painting the FRONT
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My favorite elementary school field trip: St. Augustine, Florida. Fourth graders, charter bus, and as much history (and a little shopping) as you can shove down their sweet little throats in five hours! And I absolutely LOVE it and so do they. Fortunately, we live close enough (kind of) that we’ve also been able
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I love this hutch. It’s not super fancy, but it holds some of my favorite things: my cookbooks. Of course, if you look closely, you’ll see my apron (which I don’t always remember to wear, but I absolutely ADORE…thanks Brite!), our nod to our beloved FSU ‘Noles, a jar of lifesavers for the “I’m
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Edwin Bliss has said, “The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.” This past few days I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote. In a busy world, with four active children, a husband and full-time jobs for both of us, we
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Just in case you don’t follow the headlines, the Duggar family just announced they are expecting baby #20. This is a show we enjoy watching as a family. I think we are truly fascinated and inspired at how this family lives their lives with such a large brood. Of course, I’m certain plenty of editing takes
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After a particularly stressful beginning to our Mass this morning, it occurred to me during Mass (as I prayed diligently for my head to NOT spin off) that it’s quite possible that children are our refining fire. They are our opportunity to test our faith as we question “Why in the WORLD,Lord, did you ever
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I’ve finally made some headway into writing the story of our family’s Faith walk through our years of incarceration. For some reason, (I’m going with the Holy Spirit’s leading on this one), I haven’t been able to write. Perhaps it’s nerves. Either way it’s begun and to say it’s mind-blowing to look back on how
making the trek
Trekking through life: Faith, family, friends and a whole lot of coffee!
making the trek 