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GOD’S GIFTS ~ and birthday gifts!

The crock pot is heating up and the smells are filling my house with sweet apples and barbecue sauce. YUMMY! There is also the smell of birthday cupcakes baking in the oven. It’s been a busy morning here in my house. I’m trying a new crock pot recipe. I’m new at this slow cooking stuff. […]

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COOKIN’ WITH THE CROCK POT ~ trying new recipes

In my house, the busiest times are early morning when all the kids are getting ready for school and when they come home from school ~ snacks, homework, excitement of sharing the stories of the day. Source The quiet times for me are when no one is home. After all the crazy is over and […]

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HANGING PHOTOS ~ displaying memories

If you don’t already know… I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PICTURES!!! I love creating photo albums, photo books, photo galleries. I love black & white, colored, framed, canvased, I LOVE ALL PICTURES! So, today I wanted to share some of my photo galleries that I have around my house. I use the word “gallery” very loosely because […]

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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS ~ happy birthday to me!

I saw a cool idea on Pinterest ~ one of many cool ideas. You can read about it at Mix Mingle Glow. The story is about a girl named Robyn who was turning 38 years young. To celebrate her birthday, she and her family did 38 random acts of kindness to unsuspecting people. I cried reading […]

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THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD ~ and the hardest!

On this day, nineteen years ago my second son was born. It seems like yesterday when, at 3:00 am (I don’t know why all my children thought I didn’t need sleep before pushing them into the world!!), I woke up the LOML and told him, “It’s time!” My first son didn’t want to enter this […]

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LITTLE PROJECTS ~ trim, towels, and tableau

I don’t know about you but I had no idea what the word ‘tableau’ meant until I had to make an alliteration with the letter ‘t’. Today was a day of little projects which I think adds up to a BIG deal!! PROJECT #1  THE TRIM   We finished the pantry except for a couple […]