I've been touching up here and there around the house. I was at Hobby Lobby recently and they have a (new?) selection of drawer pulls and knowing that Libby and Jacob both need them for their dressers, I bought some to try for Libby's first. I thought they turned out great... and they were really cheap, too! (Excuse the mess in her room- I should have cleaned it upbefore I took the pictures!)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Decorating
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Happy Birthday Sarah!
Sarah when she was 3: Sarah today at 14:
How can it be that one minute she was a strong-willed little 3 year-old monster driving her mother insane, writing all over the kitchen with a black sharpie (counter tops, floor, table, wallpaper.....), filling up the garbage can with water and convincing Libby to strip and jump off the couch into the water like it was a pool, running off in stores, calling God a "doody" because she prayed it wouldn't rain and yet it did.... the list goes on. And now she is a beautiful, smart, talented, mature (yet still strong-willed) 14 year old young christian lady with a great sense of humor? I'm struggling with my baby growing up.... but I have very proud of her!
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Libbinardo Newvinci
Libby started drawing classes (against her will), but has discovered she actually enjoys it and is quite good. She has asked to sign up for another month and told me that I'm going to be buying more art supplies in the future because she wants to do painting, as well. Below I present last night's masterpiece, "Bell Pepper".
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Faithful
Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you, when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I have found these words of Isaiah's to be true! God is faithful. And I have seen Him produce that river of water right in the middle of my desert. I wish I didn't have to find out the hard way... but I'd go through it all again if it meant I would know God the way I do today.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Cute
One night when I was putting Jacob to bed, I was straightening up his room a bit and noticed he had cleared off one of his bookshelves and I was about to get really mad (as I have spent alot of time organizing them)... until I noticed what he had been playing on it. I thought it was cute. Thought I'd share. (Elsie, I think some of those are rocks you have given him).
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Take Your Child to Work
I was conned into letting the girls stay home yesterday for "Take Your Child to Work Day". Since my "work" is currently at home (btw, being a Homemaker will apparently get you onto a jury REALLY quick) that meant lots of housework and baking. Not wanting them to think this was just a day to stay home and watch TV and sleep (which is what I normally do)... I had a full DOCKET for them. (Okay, the Blog Writer will STIPULATE that for the next few days, she will likely be using a few new court terms that have become a part of her vocabulary since her days in the court system. Don't try to object..... I can't hear you so you are automatically OVERRULED). Anyway.... It turned out to be a great day and I think, in addition to getting alot done, they learned a few things.
Overall.... it was a successful day! And I enjoyed getting to spend the extra time with them. Of course, I am equally as happy to finally have today to myself. Ladies and Gentleman of my Readership... you are now adjourned to the comment section to deliberate on your verdict on this Blog Post. Please use fair and reasonable judgement.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
All Rise
I had jury duty this week! This was my first time to be called and it was a really interesting experience. I felt I would probably not stick around long, but instead... I was assigned to two juries and almost three. :-) They had over 700 cases to dispose of this week. Lots of those end in plea agreements before they get to a jury. There were about 125 people there (after they initially dismissed about 50 people for random things) and I was in the Jury Lounge for about an hour and was then called in the first randomly chosen group of 30 to go for jury selection. I was in the 12 that were selected for that case. It was a civil case in which one man hit another over the head with a board. Our deliberations took way longer than they should have... but it was a FUN group of fellow jurors. I even had lunch with a few of them. I haven't laughed so much in quite a while. I miss them already! After that case was completed (found in favor of the defendant (UPDATE: I meant to say "plaintiff"... I hope I know the difference! ha), but only awarded him half of his medical bills since we felt both men were provoking each other) ... on Tuesday afternoon, we were sent back to the jury pool. An hour later, I was called in the next randomly selected group of 30 to another civil case. By Wednesday morning, I was selected to be on that jury, as well. BORING testimony for 2 hours and then the judge dismissed the case due to lack of evidence. (As I was sitting there thinking, "Um... where's the evidence?!") So... back to the jury pool because by then, the clerk had thought there were no more cases and had sent alot of people home. But one of the judges surprised her. So I was NEEDED for the final jury pool of 30... a criminal case. So we waited. But unfortunately, it was settled Wednesday afternoon and we were never called. So I got to go home. But I was really wishing for a criminal case.
That's my story! And I got $33.75 for all that! Which is $33.75 more than I would have made those three days. :-) And I learned alot about the justice system. Yay!
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Just Sharing
Krogers has a basket of "clearance" flowers almost all the time now. I found these beauties when I got groceries for $2.00! :-)
I took this picture at a weird angle- but here is Sarah's leg on Day 3 of the injury. It's looking better today. She was able to play in her soccer game this morning.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
A Day Later
This is how Sarah's leg looks today.... poor thing!
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Dangerous
This post is not for the squeamish. :-)
These "scrapes" are about 10 inches long (I didn't measure them- I'm guessing) and you can't see it very well in the picture, but they are swollen and puffy. You can see the bruising.
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
God's Love
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Monday, April 5, 2010
I've seen Faithful Love face to face....
This is the picture Libby submitted at Lads to Leaders... there weren't enough entries in her age division or else I'm pretty sure she would have won! The theme was "Faith is the Victory".
The point of my post is to share a song. We sing this song in church sometimes and I wasn't familiar with it. I love it.
(Chorus)
Faithful love from above came to earth to show the Father’s love.
Faithful love is a friend just when hope seems to end, welcome face, sweet embrace, tender touch filled with grace.
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