His wife better own a chicken farm

This morning I’ve been painting (and painting and painting). My arms are noodles as I type, that’s how tired they are. Around noon my 8 year old came in and said, “You’re still painting?”
“Yes,”I said, “and I’m getting tired.” I’m a results girl, after all. Instant gratification, y’know? Tedious edge-painting [...]

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June Perfect Post Award!

I’m participating once again in the Perfect Post Awards sponsored by Petroville and Suburban Turmoil. The object of the game is to spotlight some great posts each month. You can check out the above blogs for the complete list of awards for June.

My Award this month goes to Antique Mommy: Ode To Mary Tyler Moore. [...]

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The extravagance of it….

Three brand new swimsuits for ONE little girl this summer. All bought in one day, no less. I’d feel guilty about it except, you see, I found them at the dollar store. Yup, $3 for all three!

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Sophie

*updated*
Go visit Steppin’ Heavenward to read about my sister Sophie and her work in Ethiopia. The infant in the very first picture is my daughter over a year ago. The tiny baby you see in the pictures was a very premature baby boy that she took care of while there. He weighed only 2 pounds [...]

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Think Pink

Months ago my (then) 3 year old told me she wanted her room painted pink. She has mentioned it every week or two since then. In May I promised to paint it after her birthday. That was three weeks ago.
Last night it hit me that at the rate I was (not) going, she’d outgrow the [...]

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Live Blogging Labor

Kim over at Life In a Shoe is 8 cms! Baby is almost here…..how exciting!

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Works For Me

Joining Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer playing Works For Me Wednesday today. Lately I happened across a few moms dealing with switching a toddler to a ‘big kid bed’, and I wanted to share how I’ve handled this challenge.
Usually what happens when you first switch a two year old over is the dreaded [...]

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Church camp

Our camp is up in the mountains near a lake a few hours drive from our home. One of the things that I love most about it is that it is a family camp. Sunday school classes are divided by age, and there are bunkhouses where bigger kids stay with counselors. But most times [...]

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Cooked

Viewing this photo, you might logically assume I acquired this nasty burn while camping at the lake this weekend. No. The entire weekend I was a mature adult. Not only did I use cups and cups of sunscreen liberally on my many children, I also slathered sunscreen all over myself. Over the weekend I didn’t [...]

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A Moment From Camp

I’ve been going through my photos today deciding which ones I’ll post and what to tell you about. I may get it all together tonight, maybe tomorrow. But I wanted to start by sharing one moment that was especially meaningful to me.
It is a family camp we attend. During chapel we all take turns randomly [...]

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