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Reading Challenge Updates
Time to post my reading list for 2010. (Well, past time, really!) I enjoyed keeping track of my reading this past year. Here are the Reading Challenges I’ve signed up for in 2011, since they can overlap, anyway! I think the different categories help keep things interesting! 100+ Reading Challenge Support Your Local Library Challenge What’s in a Name? Challenge…
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Wits and Wagers Game – review
My family is somewhat picky when it comes to table games we enjoy. More accurately, Lyle and I are picky. The kids enjoy a wide variety of games, but especially ones they can get us to play with them. Which, admittedly, aren’t that many. We are more apt to play games around the picnic table when we’re camping, but we…
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Things I Think About on the Night Shift…
[Written in the wee hours after tending to my sick husband:] When my sisters and I were in high school we thought we’d like to become nurses. We were avid fans of nurse novels. Our favorites were the Cherry Ames books and Avalon romances with nurse heroines. The stories made nursing seem so noble and glamorous. As it turns…
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Purity and Holiness
The girls and I have been reading When God Writes Your Love Story together. It is an excellent book on preparing for marriage. I especially appreciated this insight: “Several generations back, Christianity in this country began to swing in an unhealthy direction, focusing on the holiness and righteous standard of God while excluding the crucial elements of love and grace.…
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November Monday
The weather in my neck of the woods: Gray and damp, and dark very early. Typical November weather. Things that make me happy: Hanging out with my husband. Book I’m reading: Too Much Stuff by Kathryn Porter, and When God Writes Your Love Story by Eric and Leslie Ludy. What’s on my TV today: No idea. Whatever Lyle is in…
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Anniversary Trip Wrap-Up
We are home from our 25th anniversary trip. It was truly a “second honeymoon” in that we didn’t do a thing we didn’t feel like doing… just relaxing, sight-seeing, and enjoying being together. It was so wonderful to be able to get away for a few days. Above is a picture of the lane leading to the bed-and-breakfast where we…
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A Day in the Big City
We have been enjoying perfect fall weather in the northwest this week. Yesterday was our day to take in the “big city.” Seattle has a reputation of being gray and damp most of the time, so we were thrilled when it turned out to be another clear, sunny day. Great walking-around weather! We spent the day browsing shops and…
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Cape Flattery Trail
We hiked to the “most northwest corner of the continental United States” today. (Does that count as an “uttermost part” of the earth? If not, what is an uttermost part?) The hike was about 3 miles round trip, and the views were spectacular. It was an absolutely beautiful day for November. I fully expected the coast to be fogged in,…
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Anniversary Getaway
In celebration of our 25th anniversary, Lyle and I are enjoying a few days away from our normal responsibilities. My mother kindly offered to come “keep the girls company” at home. We are staying at a lovely bed and breakfast out in the country on Bainbridge Island, just west of Seattle. We plan to ride the ferry into the city…
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Fort Walla Walla field trip
Yesterday we drove down to visit the Fort Walla Walla museum. My “neighbor” blogger, Katey @ Crazy Homeschool Mama, posted about their visit to the museum a few days. It looked so interesting, and since Walla Walla is only about 3 hours away we thought it would be a fun day trip for the family before Lyle and I take…
