From the monthly archives:
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 thing I [...]
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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. bouquets of lovely prairie weeds
369. more green [...]
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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 in [...]
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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 me, [...]
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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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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 at it [...]
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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 prospect of [...]
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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!)
till, till, and till some [...]
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“Whoa, I almost fell!” gasped the energetic Hopie.
“Well, maybe you should stop racing around like a maniac…” I replied.
“Do you know how fast that is?!” she asked.
“How fast?” I wondered aloud.
“Tons of fast!”
-Yep, that’s fast…
Mercy came down the stairs one recent morning, smiled a big smile, and informed me “Hey, Mom, I woke the sky up!”
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She moved us with The Mission of Motherhood: Touching Your Child’s Heart for Eternity and The Ministry of Motherhood: Following Christ’s Example in Reaching the Hearts of Our Children, among others, and she has done it again. Moved me, that is.
Her latest book, Dancing with My Father: How God Leads Us into a Life of [...]
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