It’s 7 days until our Family Pumpkin Carving Smack-down! That can only mean 1 thing… My List It’s work day at our house!!! I’m jazzed. I was up at 6:00 making a list. Mike grunted and rolled out of bed only when the coffee was ready. I was giddy with excitement at 7:00 and ready [...]
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(This is not my stylist, this is my husband, Mike, I love him too!) I went for a haircut yesterday. I’m in the last quarter of a “very bad hair year”. But my hair, like everything in Autumn, seems better. I sat in the salon with my stylist, Chris, looking down at my head.( I’m going to call [...]
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So, I’m dashing through Tuesday in my familiar state of oblivion when I stopped to check out my favorite blog. (http://withoutwax.tv/) Today, Pastor Pete (I don’t know if he likes to be called “Pastor” but that’s what I call him in my head) talked about words and how powerful they are. And there was a [...]
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Mike and I have been puppy-sitting for Sadie Sue. Sadie is Bethany and Darren’s puppy. They have been in Chicago for Bethany’s marathon. I love Sadie. I love dogs period. Bethany and Darren might not let me keep her any more though… I have a house full of dogs…Boo, Bella, and Bindi are my little [...]
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Bethany & David about 1984 My oldest daughter, Bethany, ran the Chicago Marathon today! I’m so proud of her. She’s run it before, but today she ran it injured. She has injuries on one leg that kept her from her last 4 weeks of training. But Bethany was so determined. She was running on behalf [...]
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My sister-in-law died last week. And as you do when you lose someone, I’ve been thinking a lot about her. For the past few days, I’ve been wondering: what would she have done differently if she’d known she didn’t have much time left? For Sharon the last two years had been really hard. I won’t [...]
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It’s not too early to start planning a budget Christmas…
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It’s raining here. And it’s cool outside. I heard the rain at 4:30 this morning and got up so I could have coffee and listen to the storm. I also skipped out on my cycle class and opted to snuggle in today. It doesn’t rain much in metro Atlanta these days, so when it does, [...]
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On Friday we found out that my husband’s sister, Sharon, died suddenly . She was only 60 years old. It’s been an emotional weekend for Mike. We’ve talked about Sharon, reliving memories and reminding each other of her strong faith in God. My most special memories of Sharon were our conversations over the phone right [...]
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