Okay, so this week, I’ve been praying about and thinking over what God may want me to do going forward in my life. I looked back at my old journals (from when I was working outside my home) and it was a little scary. One entry in October 1993 said this: “I hopped on my broomstick at [...]
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“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that.” Galatians 6:4 (Message) That’s what I’m doing this week…making a careful exploration. Today I thought about some of the jobs I’ve had over the years. Jobs that actually paid me real money. I wondered if [...]
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“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you’ve been given, and then sink yourself into that…you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with you own life.” Galatians 6: 4-5 (Message Version) I’ve been thinking a lot about that. The ‘who the heck am I and what the [...]
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4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party! We had a great time on Saturday. It would have been perfect except my dad got sick and he and Brenda didn’t come, and my boy, Timothy was out of town~ I thought I’d just put some pictures up… Mike and I getting ready for the fam~We were up early and I [...]
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It’s the eve of my party and I think we’re ready! I’ve been running errands all day. It’s colder than it’s supposed to be here in the ATL and it’s been raining buckets. Both of these things are great. If you can be home, snuggling in. Just a quick note to show you the little [...]
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I had a strange feeling something like this might happen! But I shoved my “worse case scenario” thoughts aside and looked the other way. (I have a worse case scenario thought about absolutely everything. It’s a curse!) Here’s the (very unimportant) thing: I’m getting a new oven and microwave. Even though we’ve gotten a pay-cut, we [...]
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I hate being left out of Tablescape Thursdays over at Between Naps on the Porch…so I’m linking an older post that focusing on party favors BUT DOES show several little table settings I’ve done in the past…I hope that’s legal!? love to you peeps and I hope you get an idea or two! Today I’m [...]
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Up at 4 am! Thoughts and more thoughts. My to-do list jumping up and down in my head demanding attention. I took some time to read the Bible and talk to God. My question for Him this morning was: why do I put so much effort into these family things? Am I focusing too much [...]
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Okay, so if you care this morning I had 9 more things on my “to-do” list for my Pumpkin Carving party on Saturday. Today I spent 5 hours painting the front porch. This is not on my list. Shoot. I’m suspicious I have a bit of ADD. I went out to touch up the door frame, which was on my [...]
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This was the all time hardest workday ever! Mike working on his list…Item #9 I am still on #1 of my list Mike finished his 10 item list and went upstairs to watch football. I did the floors for 6 hours, I kid you not. My floors need to be refinished so I cleaned them, [...]
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