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June 25, 2011

A Continual Conversation with God

As I’ve mentioned a few times this week, it’s been a crazy, busy week. And it isn’t over yet! Friday night and Saturday I will be attending our Women’s Retreat, and then right after that my son comes home from his youth retreat that he’s...

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June 24, 2011

Chicken Salad for Recipe Friday

Friday night and Saturday I’m attending a Women’s Retreat at my church. It is going to be awesome! Because we are a Lutheran church, we had to include potluck in the mix somehow. So for dinner on Friday night we are having a salad potluck....

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June 21, 2011

My Tuesday Three in a Single Verse

It was Monday evening, about 8:44, and I hadn’t yet written and scheduled My Tuesday Three. I hate to keep using the “I’ve been busy” excuse, but it’s true. Between getting my son ready to go on his youth retreat, planning something nice for my...

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June 18, 2011

Being Mindful of Waste and Those in Need

Last night my sister and I were chatting on Facebook. The discussion started because of a link she posted to a co-op type farm in Tennessee where people buy a “share” of the farm season in the spring, and then they get a box of...

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June 16, 2011

Am I My Brothers’ Keeper? – A Poem

This poem is a bit out of the ordinary for Thankful Thursday, but I wrote it because I am thankful for my sister who inspired it. She wrote a paper for a college class she is taking, and she asked me to proofread it for...

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June 10, 2011

My Weight Loss Efforts for Recipe Friday

For the past few weeks I have been changing my eating habits to try to lose some weight. So far it’s working pretty good. But as a result, I haven’t made a whole lot of new things that could be used for a Recipe Friday post....

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June 9, 2011

Mercy – A Poem

Thankfulness and gratitude are easy when things are going great. But what about when life seems overwhelming and nothing goes as planned? What about the difficult days when you can’t seem to do the right thing, or have the right attitude, or pray the right...

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June 7, 2011

C.S. Lewis and My Tuesday Three

I know it has only been a few weeks since I started the “My Tuesday Three” theme, but I’m already discovering that it is much more difficult than I imagined. It seems as though I must be more focused on seeing the “three” posts throughout...

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June 4, 2011

New Books, a New Word, and a Lesson on Humility from Jeremiah

For my birthday, my in-laws sent me $20, so I decided to get some new books. Not that I need any new books, mind you, because I have quite a few that I haven’t read yet. But I was at the Cedar Hills Mall with...

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June 3, 2011

Roasted Fingerling Potatoes for Recipe Friday

This recipe is one of my favorite ways to cook potatoes, and you can use just about any potato, but I really love it with little fingerling potatoes. You can get fingerlings in white, red, and purple. I got a mix of all three at Costco. I...

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