life is beautiful

10 on 10: September 2011

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It’s that time again! I’m linking up with everyone at A Bit of Sunshine and capturing a few glimpses of the beauty of everyday life. {a big sister and a big yawn} {a morning surprise} {a delicious breakfast: Croque Madams and Blueberry Maple Oatmeal Smoothies- seriously, these smoothies are SO good– thick, nutty, creamy, fruity} [...]

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Gratitude….

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Little (and not-so-little) things I’m so thankful for right now… Our brand new stove that was delivered yesterday, replacing the 30+ year old version we had. The 5 minutes that the sun peeked out yesterday. My Friday morning Women’s Discipleship group and Friday night Jazz in the Park. All the bloggy encouragement I’ve received this [...]

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A Peek Into Our Home

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I feel super refreshed after taking the last couple of weeks off from blogging. I may not feel so refreshed once I dive back into my reader and try to catch up on everything, but I have definitely needed the time to prioritize other things and for one thing, get settled in to our new [...]

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Time For a Fall Blog Fast

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Most of my good ideas come to me when I’m in the shower. Not very convenient. It’s like a black hole for me- I leave the room and enter back into life and forget everything that I was contemplating while bathing. As usual I have a million ideas, projects, hopes, desires, commitments, etc. floating around [...]

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Friendships, Gifts of Grace

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I’ve always been part of a group of girls. Every summer of my childhood was spent with a few weeks camping at the lake with a group of girls (and a couple guys) that I’m still close to.  And since high school, I truly feel like God has gifted me with girlfriends that would lead [...]

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The Story of a Key

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Congratulations to Linnea for winning the Jimmies giveaway! I’ve had a few hard days lately. I don’t want to have a little pity party for myself, so let me instead tell you how God met me when I was feeling the most overwhelmed I’d felt in a long time. Amidst looking for a place to [...]

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Home, Sweet Home

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Niagara Falls I’m back! We returned from our whirlwind “vacation” late last Thursday night. It was the sort of trip where you need a vacation to recover from your vacation, but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. We’re still working on updating the baseball blog with photo albums and descriptions of all the games we went [...]

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