7 Quick Takes – Merry-Making, Milestones and My First Crock-Pot Recipe!

Jan 6 –1– This song line has really been on my mind this week, the imagery is just beautiful: ‘how many gods have poured out their hearts to romance a world that has torn all apart?’ Only one: Jesus. As a result, this week God has felt closer somehow. Not a whole lot else going [...]

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The Real Meaning of the 12 Days of Christmas

Fascinating! One Christmas Carol that has often baffled people, is the 12 days of Christmas? Just what in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? Here’s one explanation: From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England [...]

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7 Quick Takes – 9 Months in the Making, Christmas Decor, a Frog and a Turtle

1. The heartburn has been pretty bad lately, and as a result I’m usually not that interested in food… add on how tired I’ve been feeling and I’m not eating a whole lot these days… sigh. Yogurt is the one thing that seems to help. I have a big tub of vanilla yogurt in the [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Apologizing and Counting Blessings, Waiting to start Christmas, and Pancakes

1. Faith Notes -I read a bit more of 1000 gifts. A few nights last week I read a chapter, and earlier this week the kids slept in and I got the chance to type up my notes and process my thoughts etc. “If our fall was the non-eucharisteo, the ingratitude, then salvation must be [...]

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Decorating Fun

Dec 22 10:30am I had this great idea last night, and took the photos this morning… Enjoy! Merry Christmas!

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Spruce Boughs and Ribbons and Christmas Balls, Oh My!

Dec 17 My friend had her annual Christmas craft party last night and this year we made wreaths. (This was my first year going, but I’m looking forward to more. ) I picked up various supplies from Michael’s earlier in the week, not quite sure what I was going to do, but hoping to achieve [...]

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8 Quick Takes – Tree Decorating and Other Tidbits

Quick Takes , better late than never… It’s not an official quick takes since I missed the list so I didn’t stick to the usual 7. This is what busy weeks and getting behind will do… Photos: tree decorating, tree shots, xmas decor, cookies, snow! Dec 17 1. I realized this week that a big [...]

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Welcome to Our World

Amy Grant-Welcome to Our World Tears are falling Hearts are breaking How we need to hear from God You’ve been promised We’ve been waiting Welcome, Holy Child Welcome, Holy Child Hope that You don’t Mind our manger How I wish we would have known But long awaited Holy Stranger Make Yourself at home Please make [...]

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Dec 9 We could still use some more snow, but the temperatures have been a bit cooler this week. We put the tree up this week. It’s not decorated yet, there’s just a few Christmas bells. The idea is that the kids will get used to it before we put all the rest of the [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Circus, Trains and *Seasonal Dippings*

Photos: camera, trains, circus, blogs, mcds 1. On Saturday night I was really upset with DH over something. I was inconsolable and after a while the pain branched out to other past heartaches. Even though I was inconsolable, at the time I still managed to think of Christ and tried to adjust my attitude. I [...]

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