Ultra-super-busy

“Wings as Eagles” by Ron Hamilton. Leaning on this promise today: Isaiah 40: 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; [...]

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Simulated Yearbook Photos

On Facebook I discovered the Yearbook Yourself site where you can upload a picture and try out different simulated yearbook photos from 1950s styles through 2000.  What a blast! I can’t put them all up, but here are a few, all made with the same photo in my sidebar. 1952 1962 1964 1978 I love [...]

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A Thousand Words In idioms: W and X

Jientje at Heaven Is In Belgium hosts A  Thousand Words In Idioms wherein she asks participants to illustrate an idiom with a photo, going through the alphabet two at a time. Today we looking for idioms beginning with W and X. Warm Fuzzies “Warm fuzzies” (or, alternately, “warm and fuzzy” or “warm and fuzzy feelings”) [...]

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Blogiversary contest!

I’m having a giveaway to celebrate my blog’s third anniversary! See the details here.

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What’s On Your Nightstand: July

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. I only reviewed two of these earlier this [...]

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My third blogiversary!

Three years ago today I started this blog inauspiciously with this post. A while back Thom had a quiz about types of bloggers. I found I had more than one answer to the questions: if I answered them one way I came up as a “pundit” blogger who likes to post things to think about; [...]

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My Heart’s Prayer

I haven’t heard this one in a long time, but its words came to mind tonight: My new life I owe to Thee, Jesus, Lamb of Calvary. Sin was canceled on the tree, Jesus, blessed Jesus. Humbly at Thy cross I’d stay; Jesus keep me there I pray. Teach me more of Thee each day, [...]

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Finishing sentences

I saw this meme at Lizzie‘s and thought it looked like fun. A few of my answers are the same as Lizzie’s. 1. Maybe I should be….working on my to-do list. 2. I love…….God and my family! 3. People would say that I …..am detailed (at least, that’s what some people have said. Could be [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites or to join in. 1. The birthday of Jason, [...]

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School funnies

This week we received our school calendars and supplies lists for the coming school year. I don’t even want to think about school yet — I’m enjoying the laid-back pace of summer. At least, it’s laid-back now, between some of the busyness of the early part of the summer and the wedding to come. But [...]

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