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Come, Follow Along
Every year we like to do something special to celebrate our anniversary. Whenever possible, we try to go away for at least the weekend. That doesn’t always work out, due to time constraints or finances. One year, when our children were small, our anniversary celebration consisted of going to McDonald’s. The kids played on the playground while we ate and…
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November Daybook
Outside my window the sun is filtering through the trees. While I don’t enjoy it getting dark earlier in the evening, having it get light earlier in the morning is nice. I am thinking about our Thanksgiving menu. My parents are coming for Thanksgiving this year. For the first time ever. Dad offered to bring a smoked turkey, and I told him…
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Our 30th Anniversary
On this day 30 years ago I married my best friend. How could 30 years possibly go by so fast? It seems like it’s been just about as fast as the time it took you to glance at the pictures taken every 10 years! As I was trying to decide what to say about our anniversary today, I thought I…
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Write 31 Days Wrap-up
Today wraps up the Write 31 Days challenge. And while I didn’t actually write something new every day, I did manage to post every day throughout the month of October. That was challenge enough for this year. Maybe next year I’ll have more of a theme for October’s challenge. It’s been a lot of fun. I’ve enjoyed coming up with…
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Trunk or Treat
Have you ever participated in or attended a “Trunk or Treat” in lieu of trick-or-treat on Halloween? Our church sponsored one last year and it was a ton of fun! Participants line their cars up in the church parking lot, open their trunks, and give out candy to trick-or-treaters. The fun part comes in decorating your car with a theme…
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Horsecapades
On Saturday evening, after the quilt show, our family and a friend went to the Horsecapades show at the National Western Stock Show Arena. This was the one thing Rebecca wanted for her birthday a few weeks ago. She had heard of the Westernaires and was so very interested to see their show. We promised to take her as a gift for her…
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Fall Fun Quiz
Today I’m playing along with this month’s “old school blogging” prompts provided by the The Miss Elaine-ous Life. What is your favorite Halloween candy? Candy corn. I only want it in the fall. I like nibbling the layers of colors off one-by-one. I’ve always liked the original flavor, but it’s fun that they’ve come out with other flavors in recent…
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Quilt Show
This past Saturday I had the privilege of attending and participating in the Johnstown Historical Society’s annual quilt/craft/demo show by invitation of my friend, Janet. No, I didn’t have a quilt in the display… though I’m seriously considering it for next year. The lovely Dresden Plate quilt pictured above was made by Janet. One thing I especially enjoyed at this…
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Library Blessing
Being the book hound I am, I couldn’t resist this quaint framed Library Blessing when I came across it at a garage sale the summer of 2008. I just love the verbose pompous wording. Library Blessing O God, the Lord of all knowledge, mercifully bestow thy blessing upon this library that it may be protected from fire and all other…
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Counting 1000 Gifts – Part 2
Continuing with the Joy Dare I started earlier this month… and picking up with Gift #25… October 9. 3 gifts of praised for Turns out Lyle is not sodium-sensitive. Laura got a new job a few weeks ago and it is going well. God’s daily provision. October 10. 3 gifts hard eucharisteo unwelcome changes financial struggles migraine headaches October 11.…
