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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Puppy Pastimes
Well, we have five pups left out of the “Magnificent Seven” litter. Two sold by word of mouth (no advertisement!) before we even had them fully weaned, which helped bunches to keep the dog food flowing and also to cover … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties
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Christmas Traditions: Secret Elves
I love our children’s library! We bustled into it last night, deposited our customary 30-odd books from last week, and checked out the Christmas book displays. Momentary guilt hounds me if I take more than two or three of the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recommendations and Family Ties
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Apple Pie
Doesn’t this just make you itch to bake? Mmm! Welcome to my blue and white kitchen by the way! The best apple pie I ever ate was in my Aunt Claire’s home on the West Coast. It was the summer … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food
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More Thoughts on Infant Scheduling
In response to some questions at my other Infant Scheduling post, I’ve been emailing a mother of an almost three week old baby girl this week. Here’s a slightly edited version of my letters to her. Wanted to make this … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
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To Make Life Better…
Don’t we adore, more than anything, to cause the light of appreciation and happiness on the faces of those we love the most? Holidays really bring that out in a woman, I think. Every little girl remembers the magic of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Ties, Homemaking and Life
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Pumpkin Pie Cake and a Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s a blustery one in my corner of the midwest USA…but we’ve got logs blazing in the fireplace, pies and desserts lined up in a row, and pretty soon my three girls will stumble out of bed, get … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food and Life
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Homemaking: Re”purpose”ing Things
This post is all about ruts. Home decor ruts. I like to mix things up from time to time, you know, rearrange the furniture…walk through the rooms of my house thinking creatively about what items might be better placed or … Continue reading
Posted in Homemaking
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Anything Short of Hell is a Privilege
Some of my greatest epiphanies occur behind the wheel. Thankfully these flashes of insight usually occur when I’m alone, because they’re almost always accompanied by tears. (You guys are going to think I cry all the time. Actually, I never! … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Life and Paterology
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8 Random Things
Jen tagged me so here goes! Currently reading Sixth Covenant by Brock and Bodie Thoene, sixth in their awesome A.D. Chronicles series! Loving our Professor B Math…getting into long multiplication and division with oldest, and “vocabulary and symbolism of numeration” … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recommendations, Christianity, Cooking and Food, Home Schooling and Life
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Friendship and Pumpkin Soup
This week at Weekend Kindness I wrote about the contents of a letter that warmed me from the heart out, from a dear childhood friend. Be sure to go over there and read, Across the Miles. While you’re there, you … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and Food and Weekend Kindness
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