tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59661448310227070922012-02-16T09:26:29.216-06:00Daune (pronounced Dawn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11431658884362593697noreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966144831022707092.post-58478897458934052142008-03-29T00:26:00.003-05:002008-12-09T12:29:12.797-06:00

Well, it's time to part with you...If you should like to continue our 'friendship' via a weblog, just write me and let me know. Otherwise, I'd like to say that it's been a beautiful journey down that country road and I enjoyed your company.God bless you as you follow Him.daune

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I will forever mark this day as being a day of such freedom! For three years we've had our home on the market and it was bought last November sometime...well, it didn't close and didn't close and then circumstances were such that we weren't getting anything from the sale and actually our realtor failed to do all the math and we came up way short...with Jef losing his job, the cash wasn't

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What does your family do to remember the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? We have never done baskets with bunnies or eggs, but we have taken the kids to the park before the sun came up and watched it rise on a hill and then ate together at one of the picnic tables...We make a point to spend the week reading over again the sequence of events that led to His death and then the best

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This is how Jef looked when we moved here two years ago...can't get him to wear a beard anymore, so I have to just stare at old pix of him and drool!It's been two years since we left Buffalo on that cold, snowy day~! How time has flown and here I am, once again, living out of boxes and believing God for EVERYTHING.We are so grateful to be where we are and to know that He is in charge. I am

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We hear the weather north is cold and snowy...check out Rach's blog...My sweet granddaughter loves that white stuff...not me anymore.Here is the last sunset I saw on the ranch...haven't given much thought to the place since we left a week ago...His grace has been all over me. Goes way beyond my understanding, too.I am focused on where we are right now...in His hands.Goodnite, or morning~

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This past week has been tough...yet our Father promised that there is a reward for those who diligently seek Him. We will reap as we continue to sow to the Spirit...Yesterday we experienced something I believe most moms would rather not have to go through with their children...Caleb's favorite hen, Speckled, died in his arms. She wasn't moving much when they opened the coop and so they put her on

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Check out what Josh did for me so you can see this cute little guy!The month is ending and we're leaving . The soul sadness I am experiencing can not compare to the glory I shall experience when I see Jesus and He says, "Well done". That is what comforts me. Today as I sat at my window with my Bible and notebook journaling, I watched a gopher or some earth digger-upper greet me for a morning

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This past week has been one of the most rewarding for me. Our family stayed at our pastor's home and cared for their children while they went on a Pastor's retreat for the entire week!~...I so thoroughly enjoyed loving on all the children...I was envigorated by giving to 'the little people'. We went to the park, we laughed, we cleaned, we played, we read the Word on the bed together, we discussed

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Proverbs 25:11 (NLT) "Timely advice is as lovely as golden apples in a silver basket." (Even though they're not gold, you get the picture!) We succeed or fail by our words...Words are everything...with words, Creation was brought forth; agreement in words brings about results-good or bad...words change the course of history, they bring life or death.By our words we will be justified or

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Daune (pronounced Dawn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11431658884362593697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966144831022707092.post-2550483582860538872008-02-05T11:27:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:29:14.749-06:00

It's valentine's month around here, so I have put up hearts everywhere...some of these hearts I've carted with us from when we lived in KY, over twenty years ago!Though I may be packing, I refuse not to celebrate my love, our love together and His love for us, the reason I really enjoy this holiday.

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Danielle has gone home. This past week has been life-changing...several different areas of our life were affected this week. Danielle was one of them. Our house still not closing is another one-but the devil is a liar and our home will close by the end of this week! Recognizing another area of my heart that needed a breakthrough was one more thing. The fight for our health was another one.We all

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What love the Father has bestowed on me that I should be called a Child of God! Have I a clue-absolutely not. But will I allow that to stop me from learning and experiencing His love? Never...This past Wednesday, I was crying out to God about the dream of our baby Grace and how the vision for her was dead and only He could resurrect it if that was His plan. That was in the morning. Later on in

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It's becoming more and more clear why THE only foundation any believer can have that will stand the tests of life is Truth, the Words of our God and the revelation of Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone. (This should be a no-brainer, ya know?) We HAVE TO HAVE Truth define us, not experience, talents, abilities, passion, house, job, children, career, anything that would exalt itself above the

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For those of you who thought I'd dropped off the bloggyville planet, it's just not so! But I have to say that things are not the same anymore for me...you see, I've been wearing a mask. Sunday afternoon, the mask came off. The thing about blind spots is how can one know there is a blind spot unless someone loves you enough to expose it and I didn't know I had this mask on, really I didn't

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Well, after sleeping thirteen hours as a result of taking Night Time cold medicine from H E B, I actually feel like a living, breathing human today! My dear love brought a bottle home for me after work and then he and the boys headed out for our cell group and I thought I'd rest in bed and read the Word as well as my digital camera book! Well, that lasted maybe ten minutes and I was out for the

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The fragrance of Amish bread is wafting through our home right now and it smells wonderful...my dear sister, Sandy, from church, gave two sisters and myself a bag with the 'makings' of the future bread and daily we've been 'mashing the bag'! I've even called these sisters a couple of times to ask if they've 'mashed their bags!' On the tenth day, it's time to actually receive the reward of the '

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I forgot to mention this, but Ray Comfort is having dinner tomorrow with some atheists and has asked for our prayers...knew you'd intercede! Thanks.

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Notice the dried leaves around the sac? She was a good mommy and gave thought to the protection of her babies...

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For those of you that have a boy at home, is it not a gift to raise a boy? I mean, the reality that he will care for his own family as well as carry the torch of the faith of his father! For example, Jesus...He was a carpenter, just like his earthly father. Yet, He only served in that 'field' until His time came to fulfill the purpose for which he was created~to die for you and me and then

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Well, since I'm writing this on Friday early...like 12:55 am, I guess I'll only recap what happened over an hour ago, yesterday...We had company tonite...it was going to be a campfire, but it got way too cold for the ladies to go out, so we all sat around and looked at all the millions of pix I've taken of church and my other stuff...it was fun particularly for me to have others enjoy my work!

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I have been thinking about what exactly to write tonite...Perhaps I could elaborate on what I've gathered from the few blogs that I have visited lately...nah, you can read them yourself by going to my fav's and reading their entries...I could write about a few of my favorite things, but then I was thinking about how I only seem to talk about 'me' and who really cares about what I think anyway?

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A new year and with it come fresh ideas, plans, goals and visions that I have for our family and my life.I lay in bed this morning dreaming of what I am asking the Father to work out in my life this coming year.But before I go on to the new year, I want to recap all the wonderful things Jesus Christ did for us and me this past year.I am so grateful that I have my camera because I can actually

Daune (pronounced Dawn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11431658884362593697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966144831022707092.post-9371694707838151302007-12-31T18:23:00.007-06:002007-12-31T18:43:05.530-06:00

This year has finally come to an end and I am so glad. This coming year is going to be one of change, excellence, new careers, new life! That's one reason I changed my template and picture! Do you have your new calendar for the new year? I have a small one.I spent today thinking, planning and cleaning so I'm ready for 2008. I need more than one day to be ready, but I'm on my way! There was

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Well, the day has come to a close and what a full holiday it has been...We didn't leave church on Sunday until 7:45 pm! There was the service, which, as usual was extremely anointed and convicting, there was a little girl's dance recital and then dinner followed by Cleto Rodriguez toasting everyone and we even had a 'snow ball' fight with white confetti and what a blast that was! Once we

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I am looking forward to this holiday with such anticipation.The birthday of my Savior. Being with my church family enjoying each other and Him together. Being with my children on Christmas day and opening gifts to each other...I do regret and I'm sure will cry on that day because Rachael and Peter and Hailey won't be here to enjoy it with us...(did you hear the sigh?...)We took the boys to the

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Well, I have some awesome news...during our Wed. nite service, Pastor Todd was speaking of the sin in our lives and if anyone wanted to get rid of it, to come forward and Caleb got up and walked to the front and repented. Later he confessed that he only wanted to be baptized (that was back a couple of years ago) because he saw someone a little older him at the time that had gotten baptized and so

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Hello...It's taken all day to actually just get to this page to write...but that's ok, since the boys and I have been working on Christmas gifts for the family...fun stuff, too. I can't say too much so that no family member figures out what we're doing!Let's see...the homeless that slept outside the shelter (because they couldn't get in) were an interesting bunch. When we pulled up to the area

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There is so much going on around here!Now that I have my camera back, I am ready for all the stuff that's going on around me...like new calves...aren't they adorable?It's December 17Th and the boys still insist on playing outside barefoot! It did get to 59 today, so I really can't say too much...they're on 'vacation' until the beginning of January and so now is when the real learning will happen.

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Here are their faces on the table. Cool, huh?

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My daughter, Rachael, our only daughter as of now, has her own blog...I am so proud of her! Check it out! It's very fresh...like minutes old as of 11:48 on Sat. nite, the 15th of December, 2007.Well, I've been working on gifts, talking to our son, Josh, who's been here working on a table he and his roommate are making with their faces stained into it...(they didn't literally stain their own faces

Daune (pronounced Dawn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11431658884362593697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966144831022707092.post-56520260200298165372007-12-15T18:07:00.001-06:002008-12-09T12:29:25.467-06:00

Last night was Jef's school Christmas performance. He wrote a play for the children (with Jesus as the central theme!-mind you, although it's run by Christians and is a charter school, that doesn't really mean anything because most of the families are not believers in Jesus)!I got the privilege of videoing it and his camera takes still pix, so I'm including some...these kids were so cute and

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Can you believe it? So much to do, so little time...But I am so excited to be celebrating the birth of my Savior. The 'baby' Jesus that is bigger, stronger, more powerful than any other little baby I've ever met! Because He never was just a baby and He isn't a baby anymore...He is Lord, Master, King of all Kings, ruler of the Universe, my friend, lover, director, instructor, inspirer (is that a

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Yesterday, I ran down the road like I always do, to take the sunset pictures, and I dropped my camera and it jammed. The lens wouldn't close, or turn on and stay on! I immediately called Josh, who bought a four-year warranty just for me because he knows how hard I am on things. "Help, Josh"!..He also came and picked me up and we went to Best Buy to find out about getting it fixed and they took

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Caleb wanted to pretend he had a mustache after I put this cap on his head. It goes well with the cap, and for a while he kept it on, but the eyeliner started to itch his face and daddy was in Austin so he wasn't going to be home soon and so we washed it off...but not before I got a pix of him!

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My dear Jef is going to be on television...on "Friday Night Lights" or something like that...not sure of the name of the show, but it's on NBC on Friday nights!!! He's He's an extra playing the opposing coach. Cool, huh? He had to go to Austin to do it, but it was worth it for him...I'm so excited for him. I'm not sure when it airs, but I will post, for sure! It's been long in comin'! He's

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Today has been beautiful. The sun shone through the windows, creating shadows on the table. I felt warmed as I sat and read the Word in my rocker early this morning and prepared to watch my friend's two wonderful children along with caring for my own treasures. What kind of character is formed when one home educates three children and cares for a baby, as well! I have so much compassion for all

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My dearest granddaughter~How I love you and wish I could kiss your face over and over...you are my jewel, my joy, my treasure.I do hope you have a great third birthday and remember that gramma is praying for you every day and believing God's best for you!I love you!

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Well, I've been playing around today and working on making the blog more 'season-friendly'! I'm sure my friends in Buffalo will send me 'real' pix of snow...I do miss it, but just to look at it, not live in it!We got to 66 today...that was a gift.We thought the chickens had gotten eaten; well, atleast two of them...one was making a sound we'd never heard in the field where they occasionally, no,

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I thought I'd catch my dear husband doing what he so faithfully does every nite...reading the boys the Word before they fall off to sleep. He's going through the Old Testament and the New and now they're on Ezra and Luke 1...it makes my heart feel safe when he does this.Well, now we head toward the celebration of our Savior's birth. I am planning on being prepared in my heart and working with

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I wish all my loved ones and friends near and far a wonderfully blessed, warm, delicious, and safe Thanksgiving day tomorrow. I have so much to be thankful for. Just to name a few...:The cross that my Saviour hung on for me before I even knew Him.The gift of eternal Life that began the moment Jesus forgave me of all of my sins and made me a fellow heir with Him.For Jef, my best friend on the

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Hello everyone, particularly my mother-in-law...It's been a crazy weekend and today was no easier. I got picked up by a friend to go help a pregnant sister in our church with my other sisters from the body and when I got to the house, I began to feel so ill...so, so ill that I needed to leave and God sent my husband over to say hi cuz he was in the area and so he was able to take me back home!

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A Texas flower to wish you the happiest birthday and wishing we were there to celebrate with you!We love you and miss you very much. We love you very much.

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This is the first picture of all of them together since Christmas two years ago!The sun is shining in their eyes...or else you'd think they were all angry at us for making them stand in the sun!

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How time flies when you're living it.I've so missed writing and keeping everyone current, but there's been little to no time available to sit down and jot my thoughts, struggles, challenges, etc.On Sat., Rachael and Hailey left to go back home and Josh moved out the same nite. As you can imagine, I was an emotional mess. I couldn't stop weeping. Then Sunday I lost it again at church on our

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What am I thankful for this first day of November? That in two days our home will be filled with the sound of our granddaughter's laughter, smiles and lots of hugs for everyone. For sunshine and no clouds in the sky, and for our chickens believing they are our friends...enjoy.

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This is for you, dad... Even though we're not there with you today, you are in our hearts forever and remember, this life is just a blink of an eye and we have eternity together, right??? Enjoy this day and every one from now on with such a passion...we all only get one life to live. Live it full, not empty!I love you, dad.

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I had to post a picture of the gifts my friend sent me from Georgia...I was so tickled to recieve a copy of Corrie Ten Boom's book, "Each New Day" two bookmarks, and a beautiful hand towel with a pumpkin embroidered on it...too nice to use!...And how could I possibly forget the seven page hand-written letter that I will treasure the rest of my life! Hand-written letters are a true sign of

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My man got a teaching job at a charter school!!! Talk about excited...he went for the interview yesterday and started today! It's part-time, so he can continue to pursue his other interests and now that his foot is in the door, so to say, he'll get more than his feet wet and it's the beginning of the new season I knew was coming.I have to say that we must hold on. Do not give up hope, become

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NO pictures today...it wouldn't work, but I did attempt it...sorry. I'll post some tomorrow, I promise...I have several that I think you'll enjoy.God morning to you...it will certainly be a good morning, but I want you to have a God morning...

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Sometimes I have nothing to say because the way is narrowing and I find that I just need to sit on His lap and linger a little while longer. It's for everyone's benefit.

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Thankful Thursday has rolled around again. I am thankful for the excitement of our children as they come up with ideas of things to do with cardboard while I sit here and work on renting our house in NY. They created an amazing 'guy' house that has a staircase, windows (using seran wrap), a garage, and a divider between the rooms! Then they were off to paint. I caught them, tho, before they

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I woke to the sound of the rain beating down outside my open window this morning. What a pleasant surprise that was. Last night the boys and I were reading, "Little Britches" and we happened to be on a part where the family is encountering a tornado (they're crawling across the prairie in the storm and they're all tied together so no one is blown away!)...all at once, the lights in the bedroom

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Isn't it cool how nature reflects the Creator and His handiwork and the visual way He refines us to be like Him? Take, for example, diamonds...it takes tons of pressure to make a diamond a diamond...pottery-round and round the wheel it goes...one flaw and it's round and round the wheel! Gold is refined by fire. Our faith is more valuable than that...so, why should we think we're any different

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Been such a busy week that I won't be able to catch up until tomorrow. Thought this might encourage someone...daune

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Ok, just one more thing. We have to be desperate for God like the woman that bled for twelve years and had spent everything to get well and the physicians couldn't help her. Complacency just creeps up and chokes you when you're not paying attention..any comments on that? It is very subtle...if only we could see things in slow motion sometimes...we might not get caught by surprise...ya know!

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Hello blog friends and family and all you bloggers that secretly view my blog but never leave any comments. ;) It's ok, I do the same thing myself.What a busy weekend it was. Saturday was a nice and productive day...I did some mowing in the evening...that lovely 'lawn' just won't stay at the same height...can't figure it out!Jef worked on his 'area' outside to clean and the boys played with their

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This was much harder than I thought it would be. Thought I'd just drop the dog off and leave and feel this sense of relief...nope. I felt remorse that we didn't do all we could to train her, despite the fact that I'm not a sheep herder, have no sheep or cattle, and the rooster and hens don't need to be herded cuz they follow the boys wherever! Caleb and I walked back to the kennels with this kind

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So much to share...first, the changes of my template...that's for my dear mother-in-law who said it was too difficult to read! Is this better, mom?Plus, I love so many colors, it was too hard to decide. For this season, we'll try this. Please leave a comment as to whether this is better, the same, or worse.Secondly...another interesting thing Isaac said today...we were talking about indenting in

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Since we don't have this kind of thing here...i.e.-fall leaves, I thought I'd just find some stuff from my computer to put on... I actually have been trying all afternoon to upload a picture and for some reason this one worked...yippee!!!

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I am reminded of how important it is to our freedom to be able to read. And especially to read the Word of God. That's where true liberty comes from.I bring all this up because the boys and I have been working on reading and how the Bible speaks of reading, particularly the passages about having the Scripture read out loud to the people and the effect it had on the people...Well, today we were

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...and a chipper Tuesday to you! It was anything but chip and crisp here! Close to 90 again, but the breeze for some reason seemed cool and so I kept the a.c. off to save money! I even hung laundry for a change of pace. I have good news about Lucy...we found her a place to go...We take her Sat. and I couldn't be happier for her or the boys...but I tell you what...we're not getting another dog for

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I saw another pix of a clothespin and thought it would be cool to practice taking some myself...but it does remind me of the gift of hanging laundry out to dry in the sunshine.Idn't he cute??? Always closing the blinds to keep the sun and heat out!She was chasing her tail on this!!! It was hilarious.We got rain and the boys thought it would be a blast to play in the sandy mud! Mud leap frog!

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Beautiful day...God is on His throne and answers prayers faster than we pray them...due to sensitive matters, I'm not at liberty to share right now, but suffice to say that the answer came, the power of God changed a situation that was potentially dangerous, and to God Be the Glory, great things He has done...We are so looking forward to being with the brothers and sisters tomorrow and

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This has been a beautiful day. I sent Caleb for the mail and watched him as he walked down the road. The sun was just setting so i caught it and him as he walked home.My dear Jef has gone to a film festival tonite in downtown and is rubbing shoulders with movie makers. It's his dream come true to make movies and God has his hand on my best friend's life and heart. I am honored to be his wife

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This is my neighbor, Gladys. She don't care much about hygiene nor manners, but I love her anyway! So gross, it's cool! Nature at its best! When I took this, I wasn't sure what kind of an insect it was...bugs are so strange around here. But after I downloaded it, I was able to see that it had been eaten on...I have more, but I won't nauseate you with them!A beautiful fishing lake nearby A cool

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Let God be praised...Great things He has done. My mom is home. Actually she called me last nite from home saying that the MRI showed nothing and that the reason for the dizziness was too much insulin. She's actually needing to take much less of her dosage! And she was seriously anemic, which can cause dizziness, as well. So, the spot they found on the lung has to do with my dad's smoking long ago

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We visited the coolest town a few weeks ago...Fredricksburg. If you ever get to go, you won't be disappointed. There's a park in the center of town that has a beautiful garden in the middle. The boys went back in time... Obviously, it's a German town and the architecture is beautiful...felt like I was back where my ancestors lived!It was a wonderful drive and the scenery was gorgeous. We even

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That's an awesome title for a book, I think. Isn't that a cool picture? I took it and it looks much better when it's bigger, but uploading with dial up service makes things fail a lot! I actually did find a teeny tiny acorn...they're my favorite things to collect in the fall..atleast they were when we were in Buffalo, NY. But down here in hot Texas, the oaks on our property don't seem to grow

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Isaac stole a marshmallow, so the penalty was tickling... My head is so full of thoughts to share...I spent way too long looking at others blogs trying to figure out whether I should respond to posts on my blog, go to others blogs and respond that way, or what exactly is protocol...what I see is that it's up to me! That's good news...this new venture can be intimidating at times.Friday, once

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Well, today is our dearest friend, Donnie Gavin's 51st birthday and I wanted to honor him by publicly giving him this picture of what we believe he looks like everytime he gets on his Harley and takes a cruise with my best friend, Diane. You see, we have never seen his Harley, but we know he looks even cooler than this guy!Happy Birthday, Don, and may the next 51 years be even more exciting as

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It's Tuesday and the week is getting underway. We finished our 'table-time' segment of the day earlier than usual because I had an appointment and then we had time to hang out at the library and get all kinds of books...I found "Beowulf, A New Telling" by Robert Nye and it looks like something the boys will like.Tonite Jef discovered he can work from home on the computer, good for him, not so

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OH, one more thing...did you see the word, "pudenda" in the definition of fountain? Please look up the definition for yourselves, because it's extremely enlightening, to say the least. Ladies, we are to take the Word of God seriously. Check it out for yourself...God is very direct, don't you think! Cogitate on that one a while...then comment!

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" Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.Rejoice in the wife of your youth.She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.Let her breasts satisfy you always.May you always be captivated (intoxicated!) by her love."Proverbs 5: 19Are YOU a fountain of blessing to your husband?Fountain in the Hebrew is:maqowrproperly something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also

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...Is it me, or does time seem to be whizzing by and the seasons beginning to change? Where did the weekend go? On Saturday, I yardsaled for a little while, we took turns fighting with the lawn mower that kept dying, and we're still not finished, cleaned out the car and then we were wore out. We spent Sunday with our church family and after the boys went to bed last night, we spent time talking

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I just read this..."Grandmom's are like Mom's only with a lot more frosting." I love it...only wish my granddaughter was here to smear some frosting on her. Here's some recent pix I got...enjoy...Is she not the most beautiful child in the whole world???Wow...how the week has flown by. The temps are dropping down lower at night, but still peaking to 90 + in the day. Life has been very busy and '

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Here are some pix from yesterday as I promised. This is Olivia, sweet Olivia.

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Today was the Sabbath...the day one is to rest from his labors and enjoy the Word of God, fellowship with His body, the church, and worship Him...I had an idea that perhaps I'd like to finish the 'yard' and the mowing in the afternoon, but when the temp is 85 at 10 a.m., and I sensed the Holy Spirit speaking so softly to me that I needed to focus my heart on Him and enjoy the day, then the yard

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"Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:The faithful love of the Lord never ends!His mercies never cease.Great is his faithfulness;his mercies begin afresh each morning.I say to myself, "The Lord is my inheritance;therefore, I will hope in him!"The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him.So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.And it is good

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I believe this is a wildflower, as well.

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I finally did it. I've thought about making a blog for quite a while so family and friends far away can keep up with us and our daily goings on as well as my thoughts and cogitations...isn't that a cool word? Perhaps I should define it for those of you who wouldn't otherwise go to the dictionary to look up new words...Cogitations means: deep thought or consideration that somebody gives to a

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