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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 551- 575
Have you started counting yet? 551) yummy smelling candles 552) finally cooler weather again 553) my cozy wrap 554) Space heaters… 555) …especially when I get out of the shower! 556) crossword puzzles 557) cranberry scones 558) walks with my husband 559) today’s all-day photography lighting workshop (taught by Joe McNally) 560) doing things like…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 11
A highlight of Kathryn’s week was when I bought her a lap desk at Target. $12 later, she is a very happy girl. She has doodled “I love lapdesks” on her papers and has enumerated the many wonderful reasons for having a lap desk. I got some serious good-mom points for this purchase. Now she…
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Considering Adoption?
November is National Adoption Month, and it’s coming up soon! So I’ll be posting a few of the adoption-related posts — like this one — that have been bouncing around my head. If you have questions, this would be a great time to email them to me (although you can do that anytime!) and I’ll…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 526-550
Have you tried keeping track of your “one-thousand gifts”? More of mine… 526) Deanna is adopted! 527) her adoption was done by speakerphone so John could participate 528) everyone involved in making 526 & 527 happen 529) God showing His love & compassion through ordinary people 530) every.single.day. 531) the colors of autumn 532) fallen…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: The One Where I’m the Host!
While Kris is away, I’m playing hostess for the Weekly Wrap-Up. So this is where you link up to your post about what you did this week in your homeschool — while Kris and all those other bloggy gals party the days away at the Relevant Conference! My regular self is hosting today, but my…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 501-525
I was going to beg out of this post, promising to start back up next week — but that’s not right because I have ever-so-much to be thankful for, even on the really difficult days like yesterday when I’d like to climb back into bed and start the day all over again. Just this morning,…