by Alison on April 28, 2010
Warning- randomness ahead… There is much coughing in this house, too much, which means much medicine, much monitoring, and not much sleep. Good friends going through not-so-good times, there is heartache all around and I wish there was something I could do. Friends on the left hurting, friends on the right hurting, and the only [...]
by Alison on April 26, 2010
361. starting the tilling 362. starting the 1st seeds of this year 363. more goldfinches finding the feeders 364. pink cheeks on children full of fresh spring air 365. squeals from children on swings on the big old tree 366. washed and packed winter coats 367. sweaters on cool spring days- so much nicer than frozen days 368. [...]
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by Alison on April 24, 2010
No linky this week… A sick Baby J (respiratory/asthma crud) made for a distracted, busy, and tired mom, and by tired, I mean up too late, up repeatedly in the night, and flat out exhausted. He’s doing ok now, but I’m behind… it happens. I’m ok with that. I wanted to let both of you participants [...]
by Alison on April 22, 2010
Blessing my husband, Mr. Extraordinary, is something I wish I consciously thought about every day. Sadly, I do not. The grim reality is that, more often than not, I’m rather selfish. I know it’s human nature, the sin nature, but that doesn’t really make it okay, does it? I often go about my day thinking about [...]
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by Alison on April 20, 2010
A hearty congratulations to Holly of Neaton Chaos! I will get your book in the mail on my next “town run”, which will probably be Friday, so watch for it next week! I hope and pray that this book will be a blessing to you- I know it has done my heart some good to read [...]
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by Alison on April 19, 2010
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 1 Chronicles 16:8 When children get sick, my week seems longer. Only 3 of our 7 children fell victim to the latest bug to creep through the house, and while you’d think I ought to be an old pro [...]
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by Alison on April 17, 2010
This week in Junk Out News, a little bit of back-story… I thought I’d take this week to explain myself, to explain what it is I’m doing, and to explain why it is that I’m doing it. A few years ago, when I was just starting to get busy and a wee bit overwhelmed at the [...]
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by Alison on April 16, 2010
Some pics from last year, pulled out for inspiration… All we have to do now is- start some seeds pull out all of the old stuff that we neglected to do at the end of the season last year and toss into compost pile start new compost pile (and remember to add kitchen scraps all season!) [...]