7 Quick Takes – Fishcakes and Moonlight

1. I posted up the photos from the sunshower in last week’s quick takes, and if you haven’t read it yet there is also a post about Cape Breton with pictures. 2. A little over a week ago baby had his first haircut. It was just a trim but it had been getting in his [...]

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Cape Breton (Jul 20-23)

The trip was ok. I am not a fan of a driving (with breaks) for 8 hours 2 days in a row, especially when I’m riding in the back seat of the van squished next to the baby seat. And I’m 6-7 months pregnant. Van seats offer little back or leg support. Monday was nice, [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Swimming and Paul McCartney

1. It’s now Sunday, 4 days since God came hurtling back into my life, and I am pleased to say that while the last few days have been far from wonderful, that feeling has not gone away, and I’m sort of looking forward to church today, to actually feel something again for a change. Here’s [...]

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Finding God in Twilight

Today I actually felt the force of God in my life again, more than just seeing the effects. I had been pleasantly surprised to find allusions to God and eternal souls already in the Twilight series, but they were rather few and far between. Then there was one chapter in particular (compromise) where I figured [...]

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Twilight

I have been reading twilight. Stories about vampires, and especially possibly scary ones don’t appeal to me so I was skeptical, but I remember way back when my friend was being told by all her friends that she had to read the books and was skeptical, but now she is reading and enjoying them. I [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Anniversary and Comments on Local Concerts

1. Last week DH and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary, which also marks 5 years together, a nice mini milestone. We had a nice lunch out at collectively our favorite restaurant (the lunch prices are slightly cheaper than the dinner ones so this is also being frugal!). We each had our own appetizer; [...]

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New Shoes

This week DH decided he was tired of wet feet (his sneakers were no longer waterproof) and that it was time he got new ones. So we went to Walmart. While he took a surprisingly long time deciding I browsed the baby shoes and found a cute pair of boyish sandals for the baby. In [...]

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5 Quick Goodbyes and some other things

1. Fri night we had our out inspection for the apartment. We signed a form and it was officially no longer ours! It was bitter sweet because it’s been a headache the last few months, but it was also still our first home. A Final Farewell 2. Saturday morning Mom and I had our final [...]

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