Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Education I Came Here to Acquire

My friends and I studied this talk by Paul V. Johnson yesterday at General Conference Book Club.  GCBC has been such a blessing to me.  I always feel fed spiritually when we meet, and the wisdom...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Will I Be Swallowed Up or Will IT Be Swallowed Up?

Well, my blog friends, I am really struggling.  Can you tell?  This whole blankie thing has really pushed me over the edge emotionally.  Even as I knit the new blankie, it does not bring...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

The Perfect Note

One week from today is our annual neighborhood 4th of July Parade. I've been so busy that I haven't yet found anyone to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at our flag ceremony...so I guess the task falls...
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All Blankies Go to Heaven

I was beginning to think that Guy was way too mature about the loss of blankie, when out of the blue he asked me as I was tucking him in to bed last night, "Is there any way to get blankie back?  I...
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

See What God Hath Done

I went to put something away in my basement this morning before running out the door to go to church and found a lot of water, all ice-cold and perky, ready to greet me (or my feet anyway) with a big...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

So It Is With Us

I like to talk things out.  If I have something that is troubling me, I often won't go to bed until I have talked it to death to the person closest to me, and when I have resolved it in my head,...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Blankie's Terrible Fate

When Guy was about 3 months old, I knitted him this baby blanket.  That was a beautiful time in my life.  I was a new mother, experiencing the bliss of holding and loving a child that I had...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Please Climb.

This tree was just begging to be climbed. It really should have had a sign that said, "Climb me." Guy motioned to some boy he didn't know who was watching him curiously.  Guy said, "Come on up!" ...
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You Can't Always Get What You Want

Source Yes, it's true.  You can't always get what you want in this life...nope, not even me.  (Shock! ;) So, despite the fact that many of you answered the call to cast a vote for my blog...
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