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Spring To-Do List
Spring has finally arrived! Our weather is still very gray, damp, and chilly with many rainy days–but it’s spring! We’re seeing the sun a little more often. The temps are slightly warmer and the snow on the ground is gradually disappearing. The grass is beginning to green up a bit and I’m sure we’ll start seeing buds on the…
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America’s Car Museum
We’ve had several weekend trips to Seattle come up recently as we do business with an envelope company over there. It’s actually cheaper for us to drive back and forth to pick up product rather than having it shipped, and if you know anything about Lyle you know he’s happy for any chance to drive. The drive takes about 5…
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Coffee Optional
About a year ago Lyle bought me a t-shirt that says: Pray More. Worry Less. Drink Coffee. He said I needed it. You see I have a very active worry gene that sometimes keeps me awake nights. You didn’t know worrying is genetic? Apparently it is because one of my parents is a worrier and his mother before him was…
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Five Things Friday
Here it is Friday already and I haven’t written a blog post all week. It seems other projects have a way of creeping into my days and writing gets put on the back burner. Today is no exception, but just for fun I thought I’d join in the “Five Things Friday” theme and share a few random things that you might…
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Secrets to a Happy Marriage
My parents celebrated their anniversary this past Sunday. I decided it would be fun to interview them about marriage. They live in Arkansas, in the Central time zone, which is two hours later than it is here, so I allowed them time to have their Sunday afternoon naps before I called them. It went something like this… March 5. 2:30…
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February in Review
Weather in Rathdrum, Idaho for February 2017: Temperature High: 45 on February 9 Temperature Low: 11 on February 3 Daylight Hours: 9:35 hours on February 1 vs 11:01 hours on February 28. We’re finally beginning to pull out of the winter darkness! Breakfast Dates on Saturdays: The Breakfast Nook (twice) Corner Bakery (in Issaquah, WA on our way home from Seattle) Jack in the Box Other…
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Review: Courageous Love
My all-time favorite book series has got to be the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I was first introduced to them when my mother checked them out at the library to read to us at bedtime before I started school. The problem was, one chapter a night just wasn’t enough. I couldn’t wait to learn to read. Just…
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Winter at Home
I never have understood, if February’s the shortest month of the year, why does it seem so long? We’ve had a lot of rain the last couple of weeks, and yes, some snow, but mostly the temperature has hovered just above freezing. Warm enough to melt the snow, but cold enough to do it very slo-owly. I’m ready for this…
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Pinterest-Inspired Bible Journaling
I’m still in the process of figuring out my preferred style of artistic Bible journaling. Right now I’m in practice mode and I’ve been saving a bunch of Bible journaling images I like on Pinterest. I’ve been finding encouragement in the Psalms lately. (Actually, always. Don’t you love the Psalms?) So I’ve been practicing my lettering and graphic design skills by…
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In Which We Get Lost and Walk for Miles
It all started on a whim. “Hey, why don’t we run over to the Seattle RV show this weekend?” he suggested “Yeah, that might be fun,” I said. “Let’s do that.” To be honest, I wasn’t all that interested in going to the RV show, but I knew the weather in Seattle, gray though it likely was, would be warmer…
