tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53948901071358632252024-03-13T15:42:20.634-04:00Cottage SunshineCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-69513015266978809272012-07-14T20:41:00.001-04:002012-07-14T20:41:57.945-04:00Do You Trust God to Satisfy? | Programs | Revive Our Hearts<a href="http://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/do-you-trust-god-satisfy/">Do You Trust God to Satisfy? | Programs | Revive Our Hearts</a><br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-43486095725424579092011-09-11T01:14:00.000-04:002011-09-11T01:14:16.444-04:00Changes....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TC8GJTKsE0D51mmkVWo86po0WjMKNDoG6JNg5PXULq6unFTOLQ4QcKfaflrynfLOpI4LOFkCFAFvTeBTjv0rQwVRP0Z6p2kXcCJocRUn4kzXhd1oaH6Kc_uvznMcJ6dYOVvmcNIhu9VE/s1600/living+rm+makeover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TC8GJTKsE0D51mmkVWo86po0WjMKNDoG6JNg5PXULq6unFTOLQ4QcKfaflrynfLOpI4LOFkCFAFvTeBTjv0rQwVRP0Z6p2kXcCJocRUn4kzXhd1oaH6Kc_uvznMcJ6dYOVvmcNIhu9VE/s640/living+rm+makeover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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I pulled up my carpet last weekend to uncover beautiful hardword flooring. The floor is almost flawless...with no scratches! SCORE!! My carpet was needing to be replaced but it really does not fit in my budget right now. I could not remember what the hardwood floor looked like under the carpet from when we had replaced it several years back....and generally, I thought I preferred carpet over hardwood floors. I have lived with the hardwood floors for a week now....AND I think I really, really like it! Never had hardwood floors before in my life and thought I would always be a lover of carpet because I love the feel of it on my feet. <br />
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I still need to do a really deep-cleaning....which I will do in a couple of weeks when my daughter lugs over her big hard wood floor deep-cleaning machine! When this pic was taken with my daughter's i-phone last week, you can tell we had just pulled the carpet up as there is still a roll of carpet leaning in the corner.<br />
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***sigh*** Very happy with the floor....<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-68356151101182650662011-06-23T18:59:00.000-04:002011-06-23T18:59:37.134-04:00BEAUTIFUL Give-Away!!Another amazing give-away!! Don't want to miss out on this one! It is unbelievably BEAUTIFUL!! :)<br />
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<a href="http://rebecca-gatheryeroses.blogspot.com/2011/05/always-kiss-me-goodnight-pillow.html">Rebecca at A Gathering Place</a> is one of the most talented ladies I know in sewing abilities! My mother was an awesome seamstress too and was very careful with the details of her work. Rebecca reminds me so much of my mother with her focus to details! Makes such a difference when the gathers in a ruffle are perfectly spaced, when the seams lie down perfectly flat....oh, so many things in this form of art that can either make it very special or just ordinary by either taking the extra time or ...not. And Rebecca takes the extra time... :D<br />
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LOL!! Hurry now....go visit this little lady with the magic needles! :) <br />
P.S. Hurry!! Time is running out!!!!!<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-11434671386604352502011-06-13T20:40:00.001-04:002011-06-13T21:04:58.770-04:00Susan Branch...Did you hear??? Do you just love Susan Branch?? Then you will want to know the latest gossip about this wonderful lady! :D<br />
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She now has a blog!! And it is so delightful!! I have been a fan of Susan Branch for probably about 12 years....when I discovered her! I had not been divorced for very long at all and knew I needed to give my little girls a fun, new hobby and interest! Sooooo...we started scrapbooking! They LOVED it and spent countless hours with their pictures and being creative. We would spend a few hours every week after school stopping into the Scrapbooking Store in the area to check out new embellishments! It was one of the best investments I ever made! It was quite an amazing distraction for the girls after getting the shock of their lives when their daddy left us.<br />
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As a result of spending quality time together in the little shop, we discovered Susan Branch's adorable art! She had the cutest stickers of allllll the stickers in the store! Her art depicted so much of things we loved and knew as a little family...ants scurrying acoss picnic tablecloths, beach fun, hot summer days with a tall glass of iced tea, beautiful summer flowers and watering cans...<br />
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Check it out....<br />
<a href="http://www.susanbranch.com/">Susan Branch's blog</a><br />
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I hope you have a wonderful evening.....as for myself, I have to get back to studying. Still have to take my L&H insurance license state test! Took the class last week....test is planned for this week!<br />
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"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."<br />
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Matthew 6:32-34 <br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-60943024988808089872011-05-22T13:00:00.001-04:002011-05-22T13:02:50.089-04:00Spring Freshness...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZt6uwXqixASkZPunlgjWPlg0Mt1P4iDDNNeeaqRglCzOse7zz35W23uGsSF9LJr5v2uh7zrCsu5E8h85NTvSc3Yp81Yt_9Ydicx3Xb4Px1OWfrNtS0Ti3ErFalAG_o8yLWNx9e00FRjlG/s1600/raining.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZt6uwXqixASkZPunlgjWPlg0Mt1P4iDDNNeeaqRglCzOse7zz35W23uGsSF9LJr5v2uh7zrCsu5E8h85NTvSc3Yp81Yt_9Ydicx3Xb4Px1OWfrNtS0Ti3ErFalAG_o8yLWNx9e00FRjlG/s400/raining.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just had a big morning downpour....just like in the picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has stopped now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">everything smells so fresh and clean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The world is lush and green...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sparrows are singing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun is peeking...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Raindrops on leaves, glistening...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-80615022621803402512011-05-21T19:38:00.000-04:002011-05-21T19:38:48.820-04:00Saturday!!Happy Saturday Afternoon!<br />
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For today.....Saturday, May 21, 2011<br />
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<strong>Outside my window</strong>.....is a nice spring day....a tad bitty cloudy with the sun peeking on & off....as my granddaughters would say the sun is playing peek-a-boo.<br />
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<strong>I am thinking</strong>.....boy howdie, my neck is killing me!!! I am not sure exactly what I did....but it hurts something terrible!! My granddaughter spent the night with me on Wednesday night and I shared my bed with...she even wanted to share my pillow! :) Okay, I didn't see that would be a problem....HOWEVER, when I woke up Thursday morning to get ready for work....OOOOuUUuuCCCCccccCHHH!!!! I guess I slept real stiff as to not disturb her sleeping...I am not sure but today it hurts worse than Thursday morning! I am wondering if I am going to have to go to a chiropractor! I cannot move my head to the left or the right (very dangerous when driving)... cannot look up either! I can look down without too much pain and look straight ahead. I had so much planned for this weekend... :(<br />
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<strong>I am hearing</strong>.... I am listening to one of my favorite blogs music... Rebecca over at the <a href="http://rebecca-gatheryeroses.blogspot.com/">Gathering Place</a> has the best music evah!! Ha!Ha! She always uses that word "evah"! :) "In the Palm of Your Hand" by Alison Krauss to be more specific.<br />
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<strong>I am wearing</strong>.....ha!ha! You don't want to know what I am wearing...in spite of my bad neck, I refuse to throw in the towel and not get anything done. I was working out in the flower beds just a few minutes ago...and I still have on my brown sweats and white t-shirt....splotched with a little dirt and sweat! :)<br />
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<strong>I am going</strong>.....to put my foxglove in the flower bed. I bought a new plant this afternoon and I need to get it in the ground. I love love love foxgloves. They are the prettiest flowers in the world in my opinion!! I bought a little platter on ebay yesterday with a foxglove painted on it....so pretty. When it arrives, I will have to take a picture and post it! When my daughters were little, I had a big flower bed FULL of foxgloves with a white bird house on a post in the bed...so pretty. <br />
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<strong>I am reading</strong>.....I am not reading anything right now....but I felt a little melancholy earlier today and was thinking I would like to read the Little House on the Prairie books again...return to the basic old-fashioned goodness of life...before all the world's craziness that we are in now (thinking of Arnold S). It has been years since I read those old books but I remember the last time I read them when my daughters were in grade school how much they made me feel good, wholesome, and warm... :)<br />
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<strong>On my mind</strong>.....how much pain I am in. I am constantly trying to relax my shoulders and neck....I mentally force my shoulders to fall back down where they are supposed to be and before I know it, they have tensed back up again. Maybe I should go take some Tylenol and take a nap....save the Foxglove planting for later.<br />
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<strong>From the kitchen</strong>.....well, I am on a new diet....called the Dukan diet. It is really working for me. I will be having tilapia with onions with a little bit of seasoning and fresh green beans tonight. So yummy! <br />
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<strong>Around the house</strong>.....my daughter and granddaughters went back home Friday morning after a couple days visit but I still see evidence that the little girls have been here. A couple of toys still out ...sometimes it is nice to have them out...makes me feel like those beautiful, happy girls are still here just around the corner and will jump out any second to give me a hug! :D The windows are wide open, letting in fresh breezes after so many days of rain and cold. The little red teapot is on the burner, ready to whistle any minute...to make a cup of afternoon tea. I just receive and am enjoying my <a href="http://www.susanbranch.com/newsletters/2011-5/">"Willard"</a> mail from Susan Branch....I just enjoy her sweet art and her pretty home on Martha's Vineyard with her updates. <br />
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<strong>One of my favorite things</strong>....is peace and quiet! I love my granddaughters but this weekend has been guarded to belong to only me! :D Haven't had any alone time for months with all the activities in my life and learning a new job....so I actually worked hard on keeping it a secret that I took Monday and Tuesday off and none of my friends or family know!! LOL!!! SSSHhhHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I am hiding....only my boss knows I am off!! And she promises to keep my little secret too!! :) Do you enjoy your "me" time? Do you have to have it periodically too? :)<br />
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A few plans for the next few days....church tomorrow and more gardening for the next few days! :) Praying God will heal my neck so I can be a little productive with my time.....maybe He wants me just to relax... at any rate, I just would like the pain to go away.<br />
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Blessings to you and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-90719461962587880782011-05-20T22:53:00.001-04:002011-05-20T22:56:58.576-04:00Memories are made of this....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-oV2QEiBx6xZnc2VW35Tnorv9aKar4WkqzlNosCKXjvFejpXZt_TB7ex1HUBe1bgWdROfo0Ol-QVTt5rutUhwIEyXunthM8FejFl6tBCL3Gzbvw1JUbu7J9TEZ_Kx-fxHxZ_EgcB2Nxd/s1600/wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-oV2QEiBx6xZnc2VW35Tnorv9aKar4WkqzlNosCKXjvFejpXZt_TB7ex1HUBe1bgWdROfo0Ol-QVTt5rutUhwIEyXunthM8FejFl6tBCL3Gzbvw1JUbu7J9TEZ_Kx-fxHxZ_EgcB2Nxd/s640/wedding.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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I promise, I wasn't trying to tease about being back... :)<br />
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Life has a way of getting in the way! I think I am just going to post when I can and not worry about being consistent....or even if anyone looks at my posts! :)<br />
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Life is too short to worry!<br />
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I appreciate all the sweet notes of welcoming me back on the last post after being gone for so long. I marvel at all of you who are able to keep up with your blogs....I imagine that your life must be slow and full of bon-bons!! :D But I know that isn't true....so many of you are so busy, busy too and work as well. So maybe it's me!! I just don't have the stamina to keep up!<br />
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But that's okay for if that is the case. I am not going to beat myself up! :)<br />
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Last weekend I went to a wedding out of town...in St Louis. My dear, dear friend's daughter just got married....such a beautiful bride. My darling little granddaughters were the flower girls....they did such a nice job. They were rewarded with their little dolls!<br />
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I love weddings.....so beautiful! At the reception, I sipped on a little wine and danced and danced and danced! :) So many sweet memories made.....dancing with my daughters and little granddaughters! :)<br />
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Be sure and pause the music at the bottom of the blog so you can listen to good ol' Dean!<br />
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Blessings to you as you make sweet memories too!<br />
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It has been so long, I don't know if I remember how to do this....<br />
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Well, I seem to remember how to add a picture! LOL! My new job is really coming along. I get paid pretty well.....but by golly, I have earned every dime of it!! There has been so much to learn and so many details.....it is like I have to learn EVERYTHING that the district manager does because I can be called on any day to cover for her if she would have any emergencies, etc....and at the same time being so new to this company and their different computer platforms, etc. I know I sound like I am complaining, but I am not. Just had been so overwhelmed and snowed under that ....well, it feels good to see a ray of light at the end of the tunnel and I am starting to catch on!! :)<br />
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I am going to have to dig my camera out again if "I'm back"....hmmmm...let's see where is it?? Well, it might take a while to find it.... <br />
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Do you make them? ...but then only to break them? :) I have never been one to make many resolutions only because I know if I am only making a resolution to do something just because it is a new year, it is going to get broken and go by the way side! So why bother? I just know myself all too well!<br />
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But this year, I am starting the new year with something I want to do through the whole year on a consistent, regular basis! And I have a resolve to really want to make this a priority!<br />
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My dear little friend, Patty, over at <a href="http://sewingseedscraftylife.typepad.com/sewingseedsthoughts-an/2011/01/saturday-morning.html">Sewing Seeds</a> mentioned in her blog yesterday that she is joining a group with Beth Moore to commit to memory two verses a month for one year. If you have never met Patty, you must go pay her a visit as she has a beautiful blog and she is one of the very very first ladies to introduce herself to me and become my "friend" when I first started blogging. She is one of the sweetest ladies I have ever met!! <br />
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Getting back to my New Year's Resolution ....Patty intrigued me with a desire to join this little group of women to committing verses to memory on a regular basis! I then googled Beth Moore's little group and I found her blog: <a href="http://blog.lproof.org/2011/01/2011-siesta-scripture-memory-team-verse-1.html"> Beth Moore</a> If you would like to join Patty and me in this great idea for a New Year's Resolution, go to Beth Moore's blog to sign up!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>How To Participate:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>On the 1st and 15th of every month of 2011, you will find a post on Beth's blog where she will ask for your memory verse and give you hers. This will begin New Years Day. You are committing to 24 Scriptures in 12 months. Beth says NOT ONCE has she ever known anyone to get to the end of a Scripture memory commitment and say that it didn't make any real difference.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>You are to enter the verse you've chosen to memorize for that two week period within 24 hours of the post going up. Write your verse in a spiral index card book to keep them all together through the year. </strong></span><br />
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Now don't think just because we are already on January 9th, that it is too late!! You just pick an easy verse for the remainder of now to January 15th! You can do it!! Trust me, if I can do it you can!<br />
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I would like to tell you one reason why I believe it is so important to memorize scripture. It saved my life!! Seriously!<br />
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I went through my divorce 13 yrs ago (well, almost 13 yrs) and realized I needed His words and truth embedded in mind to get me through the most wretched time of suffering! I spent many nights not being able to sleep, trembling in fear and it was only His Word and quoting over and over again His precious truth that got me through those long dark, sleepless nights!! To know more about that wretched time of my life, check out the labels "New Gal on the Block."<br />
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Scripture memorization truly has new meaning to me now because when you go through a really deep valley and every single second of the day (as you are working or driving, or in the middle of a dark night), you can draw strength in His Word without opening your Bible....His Word is locked in your mind at any given second! Which is crucial when you are teetering on hope versus hopelessness!<br />
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...And now I am happy to say, I LOVE memorizing His Word and it comes much easier knowing if I ever go through a horrible trial again where I need His Word again non-stop, I have a bigger reserve to draw from!! :D<br />
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I personally don't think it is critical to memorize the reference...I try...but yet it is not critical to me. Because when you are in despair and not needing to search it in the Bible, you pull up the words to your mind that is hidden in your heart and are able to meditate and draw strength on His Word right then and there regardless of where you are.<br />
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My first verse for the year that I have chosen is:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">II Corinthians 4:18 NIV</span></div><br />
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It would be wonderful if you join me in one of the most rewarding New Year's Resolutions possible!<br />
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Please also visit the other folks at Spiritual Sundays for a wonderful blessing:<br />
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Oh, the beauty of that night of long ago holds so much truth and glory!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today being Christmas Eve,</div><div style="text-align: center;">holds so much anticipation!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some traditions at our house when my girls were little,</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: center;">My 2 daughters were able to open one gift each --prechoosen by me :)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">This one package included a warm, soft, fuzzy, flannel nightie that I made earlier in the month along with a Boyd bear and a specially selected book.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">Once the girls were changed into their new yummy, cozy nighties, Daddy would read the Christmas story.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, not in the normal fashion....we would all gather around the Christmas tree on our tummies. At the foot of the tree was our vintage nativity scene as Jesus was our favorite gift of all! We would have all the lights turned out except the twinkle of the Christmas lights on the tree and candles. Daddy had a flashlight and would shine the light on each figure of the nativity scene as it came into play in the story. </div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">Once the story was told and the girls had a chance to re-tell their version with the flashlight and we giggled and played a little. The girls were tucked into bed with their new teddy bear and book. It was so hard to leave the girls as they were so snuggly soft in their flannel nighties. I loved hugging them as they were so cuddly!! LOL! I remember that so well! :)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">They were then left to dream of the sweet anticipation of what tomorrow would bring...</div></li>
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<div style="text-align: center;">So many sweet traditions...each family having their own. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not so important as to what the traditions are as long as they are special!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">My daughters to this day at the ages of 25 and 23 love love love the traditions of our little family! Some old and some I created! My daughter now with her 2 daughters is carrying on some of the traditions she knew as a child and also creating a few of her own!<br />
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Whatever your traditions are, I wish you <br />
a very blessed and wonderful <br />
CHRISTmas!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"It Came Upon The Midnight Clear"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"It came upon the midnight clear,</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That glorious song of old,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">From angels bending near the earth,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To touch their harps of gold:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">From heavens all gracious King!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The world in solemn stillness lay</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To hear the angels sing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Still through the cloven skies they come,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With peaceful wings unfurled;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And still their heavenly music floats</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">O'er all the weary world:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Above its sad and lowly plains</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They bend on hovering wing,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And ever o'er its Babel sounds</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The blessed angels sing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">O ye beneath life's crushing load,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose forms are bending low,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who toil along the climbing way</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With painful steps and slow;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look now, for glad and golden hours</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Come swiftly on the wing;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh rest beside the weary road</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And hear the angels sing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">For lo! the days are hastening on,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">By prophets seen of old,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When with the ever-circling years</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shall come the time foretold,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When the new heaven and earth shall own</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Prince of Peace, their King,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the whole world send back the song</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which now the angels sing."<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone is enjoying the wonder of the Christmas season!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">2 days left for Christmas shopping! Oh my!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am actually finished with my shopping...I did a flurry of shopping the first week of December and got it out of the way before I started my week of classes last week for my insurance property and casualty license!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I became extremely sick at the beginning of the class last week and had the flu bug with an incredibly horrible migraine headache the whole week as I was trying to learn.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But miracle of all miracles....I passed the state exam yesterday!!!! WhoooooooHooooo!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you know anything about state exams, they are not a breeze to pass.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Instructor said that our state is the third hardest in the country. They make it difficult with trick questions so that you have to take the test again...making a big $75 profit on each test! Grrrrr!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But that is behind me for now! My boss let me have the rest of this week off and a sweet short week next week! :D I am so thankful for the break....a wonderful Christmas gift as I am tuckered with all the studying I have done over the past 3 months along with learning a new job!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am sorry that I didn't even say boo for the past couple of weeks....too busy and then getting sick to squeeze in getting on my blog!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for all the ones who sent messages to me! It was so sweet!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to tell you that it took me a few minutes to remember how to log back on to my blog and check in on it!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I look forward to spending Christmas day with my two beautiful granddaughters...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I have a lot to catch up on and to get ready for the big Christmas day so I will run for now....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">but I sure hope everyone is enjoying this season and are taking a few minutes to stop </div><div style="text-align: center;">and remember...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Reason of the Season</div><div style="text-align: center;">is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-39822935903345843562010-11-23T14:56:00.000-05:002010-11-23T14:56:07.527-05:00Ready for the big Thanksgiving Day?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ64naue_bzrkVE-6_8NdK6NjKrEt14uyGGlV2FGvnS_uEBvMNQckCajlIE4xTtdLIU2gK2Zl3XYNYxDytJilh_nUfjVcKuB6K7LwdiG_BcGzMKCP4ADzAynrz7XW3OaljiEMNbdgH9yYm/s1600/a+is+for+apple+pie.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ64naue_bzrkVE-6_8NdK6NjKrEt14uyGGlV2FGvnS_uEBvMNQckCajlIE4xTtdLIU2gK2Zl3XYNYxDytJilh_nUfjVcKuB6K7LwdiG_BcGzMKCP4ADzAynrz7XW3OaljiEMNbdgH9yYm/s320/a+is+for+apple+pie.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Apple Pie ....yuuummmmmm...</div><div align="center">that is on my list of to-do's before Thanksgiving ....along with corn pudding </div><div align="center">and broccoli/cauliflower casserole </div><div align="center">and cranberry salad. </div><div align="center">Fortunately, I will be toting all of my dishes over to my brother's home. </div><div align="center">We will have over 30 in our party this year as our family keeps growing and growing.</div><div align="center">He has a big beautiful home ....not a little cottage like mine. :)</div><div align="center">I am not complaining though...I LOVE my little cottage!</div><div align="center">I was watching "The Holiday" the other evening with my daughter ....do you remember the movie?</div><div align="center">It has Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.</div><div align="center">Love that movie...</div><div align="center">But anyway the little Rose Hill Cottage in England reminds me so much of my own little cottage....</div><div align="center">and that is my kind of home....just old and charming. :)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Just a little update.....things are coming along with work. I have to get my insurance license....</div><div align="center">life/health and also my property and casualty license.</div><div align="center">Sooooo....</div><div align="center">that means lots and lots of studying...</div><div align="center">work, work, work.... :)</div><div align="center">LOL! Just thankful I have a wonderful job and have a reason for the loads of studying!</div><div align="center">So much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season!!</div><div align="center">Counting my blessings, one by one......soooooo many to count...</div><div align="center">too many to count! But too many blessings is not something we complain about though, now is it? :)</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">But in the meantime, Happy, Happy, Happy Thanksgiving to YOU! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't eat too much apple (or pumpkin) pie! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Okay, okay...I am going to be honest. I didn't want to post anything all week...and not even now. I have been so busy that the last thing I wanted to do is prepare a post. :( Sorry, isn't that sad? </div><div style="text-align: center;">...But you know sometimes you know when God is speaking to your heart and nudging you to do something. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was something He laid on my heart to share last Sunday...something <span style="font-size: large;">beautiful</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I have so much on my plate right now </div><div style="text-align: center;">that I kept shutting it out. :( </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kicker was when I peeked in on one of my favorite blogs </div><div style="text-align: center;">(haven't done much visiting this week...no time)</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see what she was up to.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> there it was....the <span style="font-size: large;">"something"! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The very thing that God wanted me to share! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to send you over to her blog to read this something! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But....first....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to start by sharing a little bit of what God shared with me...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">what He gave to me....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you ever look around you and say</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Wow, this isn't fair? Why do I have to deal with this while...(fill in the blank of someone you know and who you have witnessed delighting in a world of blissful blessings and seemingly no care in the world)."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, that's right it isn't fair, is it??</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">No, wait.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stop...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I received what was really fair</div><div style="text-align: center;">....what I deserve</div><div style="text-align: center;">...<em>hmmmm. what. does. that. look. like?</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">But I live with the generosity of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Grace which is </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beautifully Unfair</span>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have grown accustomed to His Grace being the norm...</div><div style="text-align: center;">our expectations become increasingly higher with His abundant blessings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings, though, are exactly that...undeserved gifts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we think life is unfair, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we need to<span style="font-size: large;"> hit the reset button </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and remember we don't deserve His Grace, let alone anything else!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So you see, life isn't fair at all....but that is a very good thing!!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So, the next time I find myself, sulking and thinking it is not fair...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will be hitting the reset button! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">God has given me a reset button!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, that is what I wanted to share...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and now you also must go see what <a href="http://rebecca-gatheryeroses.blogspot.com/2010/11/thoughts-on-sunday-morning_14.html">Rebecca at "A Gathering of Thoughts"</a> has for today in regards to this "something"...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Linking with...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">(see Matthew 20:1-16)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-56867531778088455122010-11-06T22:17:00.002-04:002010-11-07T08:12:37.951-05:00I was Drugged as a Kid<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's true! I was drugged! </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, “Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?”</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad's fields. I was drug to the homes of family, friends and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood, and, if my mother had even known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">God bless the parents who drugged us." ~ Anonymous</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wishing more of our kids today were acquainted with this kind of drug! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Proverbs 22:6</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psalm 28:7</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-19427799020463213022010-11-04T13:27:00.000-04:002010-11-04T13:27:42.976-04:00This One is for the Girls!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSC5rW67jlAXifiItYxnbll6tE4CaSyFyCeiLrR4ilW3YmFDdSTOogpMhzl4eJUleCh2XKoWkyNKxx-He2ocrXk7Q2X9UsvxJttolihe1ZaMd3p-Kry-isIcRc71VPmXoCQg5hYJR_foL/s1600/evening+prayers.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSC5rW67jlAXifiItYxnbll6tE4CaSyFyCeiLrR4ilW3YmFDdSTOogpMhzl4eJUleCh2XKoWkyNKxx-He2ocrXk7Q2X9UsvxJttolihe1ZaMd3p-Kry-isIcRc71VPmXoCQg5hYJR_foL/s200/evening+prayers.bmp" width="198" /></a></div><br />
I marvel at the woman's ability to persevere! As a woman, we wear so many hats and work hard to make it all work!<br />
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I am thinking about all the different journeys that women may be walking but the one that stands out the most for me right now....are the <span style="font-size: large;">ones who are divorced, separated, or just single</span>. As I have been working really, really hard on learning Excel for my new job with the start date fastly approaching, I was thinking about how thankful I am...<br />
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<ul><li>that God has allowed the doors to open to have this job,</li>
<li>the time I have been given before start date to be able to relearn Excel from years ago (how often does that happen to get so much time before actually starting a new job! that is truly a gift!), </li>
<li>as well as, a dear friend of mine giving me access to a wonderful website to learn Excel and loaning her workbooks to me.... </li>
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.....<span style="font-size: large;">but I was also thinking of all the gals out there trying to make it on their own! So here is to making it on our own! :D This one is for you....</span><br />
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Have a happy day being confident in whatever you do and ....never giving up! :D<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-51329503989474500512010-11-01T10:10:00.001-04:002010-11-01T10:45:53.482-04:00I WON! I WON!! :DWow! How is that to start off the week!! I won a BEAUTIFUL giveaway over at The Gathering Place with Rebecca!! :D<br />
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I won a beautiful set of Christmas cards lovingly made by Rebecca herself! Rebecca has such gifted talents of sewing and painting. If you don't know Rebecca, you need to meet her....trust me, you will become a follower! :) She not only has a talent with a needle and a paintbrush, but she is also a wonderful story teller! Her stories will make you cry happy tears of joy and also pull on your mother heartstrings! She loves the Lord with all her heart and sometimes will explain this worship of her heart in her posts.<br />
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If you haven't done your Christmas shopping yet, you have to run over there now to her little on line <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="http://gatheryeroses.com/categoryView.php?cat=home#top">store</a></span> and do a little shopping as her beautiful treasures go fast! Each little treasure is handmade with such beauty and precision! Ha! I sound like a salesman....I promise she did not ask me to say these things!! I just have been following her for a while and have witnessed beauty in her craftsmanship! :)<br />
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Well, I must run for now as I had mentioned earlier in a previous post....I will be starting a new job soon that I am SOOOOO excited about it! However, I really really really need to learn EXCEL. Really! I worked on it all last week....but I want to learn it like I have been doing it forever (and trust me, I am not there yet...not even close) :)<br />
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Have a wonderful, wonderful day....I will too as I will be dreaming of a special package coming in the mail! ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psalm 28:7</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-92101533217981431182010-10-29T14:46:00.003-04:002010-10-29T18:10:52.706-04:00Up To The Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJeoH9KIjyxA8_gz4cTIFCfpF1EnSYJdTzwpMr4yI_TB8EuqZpIsYE_IgZCzJQrxlSBC6lsT0NF0Hkn91Qs__RUNbryI1X9edsHVA9mN58kNITXT5iwXJaDoMOQA38OQuYC1URcVtVl2e/s1600/fall+landscape.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJeoH9KIjyxA8_gz4cTIFCfpF1EnSYJdTzwpMr4yI_TB8EuqZpIsYE_IgZCzJQrxlSBC6lsT0NF0Hkn91Qs__RUNbryI1X9edsHVA9mN58kNITXT5iwXJaDoMOQA38OQuYC1URcVtVl2e/s320/fall+landscape.bmp" width="253" /></a></div><br />
A couple of months ago, I was feeling discouraged..you know what I mean...life can be tough sometimes and you feel the weight of many burdens that can <span style="font-size: large;">all the sudden be overwhelming.</span><br />
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I happened to go out with a friend for dinner during this time of heaviness...and shared some of my private feelings on this matter with her. <br />
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I went out to dinner with her again last night....Cheesecake Factory...yum! Pumpkin Cheesecake for me! :) At the end of our time before we went our separate ways, she said, "Carolyn, remember how you felt several weeks ago that life sometimes seems like it can be so overwhelming and you get tired? Well, this song is perfect for you!" Please listen to the song below ...if you are feeling discouraged and it seems to be a constant uphill battle, you will be blessed. :D I promise!<br />
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Be sure and turn up the volume!<br />
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~<span style="font-size: x-small;">Up To The Mountain lyrics </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Songwriters: Griffin, Patricia J.;</span><br />
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"I went up to the mountain because you asked me to<br />
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Up over the clouds to where the sky was blue<br />
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I could see all around me everywhere<br />
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I could see all around me everywhere<br />
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Sometimes I feel like I've never been nothing but tired<br />
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And I'll be walking till the day I expire<br />
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So sometimes I just lay me down, no more can I do<br />
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But then I go on again because you ask me to<br />
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Some days I look down afraid, afraid I will fall<br />
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And though the sun shines I see nothing, nothing at all<br />
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Then I hear your, your sweet voice, ooh<br />
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Come and then go, come and then go<br />
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Lord, telling me softly <span style="font-size: large;">you love me so!"</span><br />
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Ahhhh! He makes life worth the living...even during the tough times....because He loves me so! :D<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Galatians 6:9</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."</span><br />
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Linking with Spiritual Sunday...click on the little birds to be inspired and blessed!<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-75360231963152119122010-10-27T08:30:00.000-04:002010-10-27T08:30:14.561-04:00Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Read All About It!LOL! I am just kidding! This news isn't really headline news.....but it is to me! :)<br />
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Do you remember I had said there was an awesome job opening that I was so excited about? Do you remember that I had two interviews and I was waiting for a response? Do you remember that the position was newly created and I would not start until January.....so I would not hear back until probably mid-November if the job is mine?<br />
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Wellllllll................<br />
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I went in for a third "chat" earlier this week with the lady I would be working directly under and .....<br />
I HAVE THE JOB! :) <br />
It has not been cleared yet with HR so it is 99% sure, I guess you would say. I am so so excited....and I will be starting in mid-November! <br />
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I will be working directly under a district manager of a Fortune 500 company and will be teaching classes as new updates are implemented. I will travel around the district working with individual managers and their staff. Did I mention that I am excited? Yes, I am very excited! :D<br />
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HOWEVER....<br />
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now don't laugh....<br />
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I have to really really brush up on Excel :( I took a course in college, but I have NOT used it enough to feel comfortable with using it frequently. every day. Taking stats from other spreadsheets and incorporating them into a new one. I know this is something a lot of people use every single day. Everyone has told me....it is NO big deal. Easy to learn. But I want to MASTER this computer program....I want to EXCEL in Excel! I want to walk right in to this position and manipulate this program like it was second nature. I don't want anyone within the company to wonder and second guess their decision to bring me on!<br />
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So what does this mean?<br />
Well..... it means I will spend less time in blogland for a few days or so. I will update with new posts as I can...but I won't be able to visit with all of you like I want to and make comments. :( ....I will be dedicated to learning this computer program in time for my start date at my new position!<br />
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I know it won't take forever to learn.... and with God as my source of strength and my provider, it is not a concern! :) I thank Him for being my Father, my Provider, my Shepherd, and my Counselor through my journey!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">you have made my lot <u>secure.</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">surely I have a delightful inheritance."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ Psalm 16:5</span></div><br />
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I will post with updates and be around soon to comment on your posts! :) Thank you again for all your sweet comments of encouragement and prayers! Blogland has the nicest people ever!!!<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-69903495685430612332010-10-26T12:24:00.001-04:002010-10-26T22:42:41.204-04:00Betsy McCall Paper Doll Day! :D<div style="text-align: center;">It is a rainy, rainy day!</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's okay... I love the rain! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A time to come in from outside and spend some time indoors...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Maybe... </div><ul><li><div id="ms__id26" style="text-align: center;">snuggle up with a good book</div></li>
<li><div id="ms__id27" style="text-align: center;">sip on a cup of hot spiced tea</div></li>
<li><div id="ms__id28" style="text-align: center;">wrap in a big wooly sweater</div></li>
<li><div id="ms__id29" style="text-align: center;">have yummy beef stew simmering in the crockpot for dinner tonight</div></li>
<li><div id="ms__id30" style="text-align: center;">children play quietly with crayons and coloring books</div></li>
<li><div id="ms__id31" style="text-align: center;">classical music play quietly in the back ground</div></li>
<li><div id="ms__id32" style="text-align: center;">time for reflection and pause in prayer of thanksgiving</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;">What do you do on a quiet, rainy day?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Any ideas to pass along?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since it is a rainy day, let's play with paper dolls!!! :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Betsy McCall Paper Dolls....they're the sweetest as they bring the sweetest memories! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Today's paper doll features Betsy from January 1953...isn't she adorable? The little story is sweet too! Click on the above picture to see it enlarged to read the story and to also print and cut out your paper doll for your little girl or granddaughter! Please don't hesitate to visit the above website for more paperdolls!<br />
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Hope you have a wonderful, rainy day....I will be spending a quiet afternoon with my scissors cutting paperdolls for two special little granddaughters who love to come visit Gamma! :)<br />
(I have an update on my job interview...coming shortly! :) A BIG thank you for all those who prayed!)<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-27837710462981170322010-10-21T22:43:00.001-04:002010-10-22T14:36:55.274-04:00Zippity doo dah, Zippity AYE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lxFjACnVwYLaWPDeWu-EPfBHaSE3MgP93BtGR1zwY0D8IVSHHe3uTPsvV3GjoQXS4CqgMFCq1oAzN1JjNuVbKksN72VqZ11D7F03wgb2XGOIFW3g83wO1S4UZE-2SKs0bjKU7RGzk_BP/s1600/birdhouse+or+beehive.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lxFjACnVwYLaWPDeWu-EPfBHaSE3MgP93BtGR1zwY0D8IVSHHe3uTPsvV3GjoQXS4CqgMFCq1oAzN1JjNuVbKksN72VqZ11D7F03wgb2XGOIFW3g83wO1S4UZE-2SKs0bjKU7RGzk_BP/s200/birdhouse+or+beehive.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye,</div><div style="text-align: center;">My oh my what a wonderful day</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plenty of sunshine coming my way,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye. </div><div id="ms__id23" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Mister blue bird's on my shoulder,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's the truth,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's actual,</div><div style="text-align: center;">everything's satisfactual!</div><div id="ms__id69" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zippity doo dah,</div><div style="text-align: center;">zippity aye,</div><div style="text-align: center;">zippity doo dah,</div><div style="text-align: center;">zippity aye! </div><br />
I love children's songs....I really do! There is so much happiness and fun in the lyrics...also brings back tons of memories of childhood play! Do you know that when my children were little, I tried to see EVERYTHING through their eyes...all of the awe and wonder. <br />
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You know what happened? .....It became a habit! Everything became refreshed and new to me. I somewhat, I guess you could say, was able to become a child again! It is such a joy to look at things with "new" eyes! There is so much wonder around us ....but often we allow the burdens of adulthood weigh us down; blinding us of wonder and God's beautiful creation...all the simple pleasures everywhere around us if we can take the blinders off.<br />
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Words of pondering that allows the blinders to come off:<br />
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Ephesians 4:26;29-32 (New International Version)<br />
26...<span style="font-size: large;"> Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry</span> ...<span style="font-size: large;">29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen</span>. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. <span style="font-size: large;">31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.</span><br />
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Remember this song? I loved this little movie from many years ago! :)<br />
I will be away for a few days but one last verse I want to leave to you....<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for ever more." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ Psalm 16:11</span></div><div id="ms__id26" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>I am joining all the other amazing bloggers over at Spiritual Sunday...click on the little birds below so you may be blessed! :)<br />
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May you have "eyes" of children today! :)<br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-35591477380273312392010-10-21T10:58:00.002-04:002010-10-21T16:11:04.385-04:00Oh Me, Oh My!! GiveAway Haven!<div style="text-align: center;">There are so many beautiful, ...hmmm, excuse me....ABSOLUTELY beautiful giveaways going on right now!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't keep this good stuff to myself!! I just can't! Sooooo.....</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Anita is a very sweet and talented lady....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and she is having an<strong> incredible</strong> giveaway over at "Far Above Rubies"!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mikasa Italian Countryside Flatware!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Click on the above pic for details!</div><br />
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<div align="center">One of my favorite people in the whole blogland is having a beautiful giveaway!</div><div align="center">Rebecca's beautiful handmade items are exquisite as she adds so many intricate details to every thing she makes with such precision!</div><div align="center" id="ms__id65">~</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn is also a favorite lady I like to visit and she too makes beautiful, exquiste pink treats! She is also having an awesome giveaway!<br />
Just in time for Christmas...a gorgeous Christmas stocking!</div><div id="ms__id54" style="text-align: center;">~<br />
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And then we also have a gal, Gloria at Happy to Be whom I just met today!<br />
She has been blogging for 2 years and she is celebrating by giving away this:<br />
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Oh MY! I feel like a child in a candy shop at Christmas time! :D<br />
So many pretty treats!<br />
Click on each of the pics to attempt to become <span style="font-size: large;">owner</span> of any of these pretty treats! <br />
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She is having a beautiful giveaway too that you will not want to miss out on! This bag is filled with beautiful treats! Click on the pic to learn more!<br />
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Oh and don't forget about your <span style="font-size: x-large;">Willard</span>!<br />
Click: <a href="http://cottagesunshine.blogspot.com/2010/10/willard-has-arrived.html">HERE</a><br />
to get your FREE Willard from Susan Branch!<br />
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Hope you have a wonderful day as you daydream of the possibilities! :D</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/326/D29AE1AE8A8873EC3953F22EE83ABEC2.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-60311053737764126122010-10-20T23:09:00.000-04:002010-10-20T23:09:54.523-04:00Willard has arrived!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you receive your Willard yesterday?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, what is that you say?</div><div style="text-align: center;">You don't know what Willard is?? </div><div style="text-align: center;">**gasp**</div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you who don't know what Willard is....</div><div style="text-align: center;">*blushing for you*</div><div style="text-align: center;">Come sit down...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> let me explain....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, you know who Susan Branch is, of course...right?? Huuuhhhh...you DO know, right??</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, lol, of course you do!! LOL!</div><div style="text-align: center;">For a minute there, I though you had hesitated...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, now that we have that clear..</div><div style="text-align: center;">Susan writes a letter to her favorite people....and I am one of them! :D</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, yes, you can be one too!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check this out: <a href="http://www.susanbranch.com/newsletters/2010-11/">HERE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the bottom of the page, you can sign up to receive each month</div><div style="text-align: center;"> a wonderful, fun, cheery, pretty, informative, seasonal, witty, clever, little letter</div><div style="text-align: center;">from a happy, vintage, artsy, talented, Martha's Vineyard kind of gal! :)</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwinPdt715T521vIk321fJ3DV5iclzZ-SEgnmFNLb6s6BiklZ-PujKNCrRlBCO07QqDdXfFM0tQxCJBorIOypkuRGTajoZdS0I23yoFXl_M1A49vlcbMjjAER9N1CAjGrtEfU-KVA9CB4Z/s1600/2036232tyg7oke3zy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwinPdt715T521vIk321fJ3DV5iclzZ-SEgnmFNLb6s6BiklZ-PujKNCrRlBCO07QqDdXfFM0tQxCJBorIOypkuRGTajoZdS0I23yoFXl_M1A49vlcbMjjAER9N1CAjGrtEfU-KVA9CB4Z/s320/2036232tyg7oke3zy.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You will thank me for telling you about Willard...you will!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is fun to get something pretty in your mailbox!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now go on... check it out! :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-75970473512620216342010-10-20T13:13:00.001-04:002010-10-20T13:13:00.238-04:00An Autumn Quietness...<div style="text-align: center;">Good Afternoon to you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here is a quiet little thought to bring quiet joy for you as our lives tend to be a little hectic sometimes...</div> <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> a quiet joy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">- Ralph H. Blum</span></div><div id="ms__id112" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">May you be able to slow down today and live in a calmness filled with gratitude...such a quiet joy!</div><br />
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</tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394890107135863225.post-17297970960482137212010-10-19T10:56:00.001-04:002010-10-20T21:36:30.299-04:00This Puts Life into Perspective....The wedding.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeHscdVISlqwD09C_06pupWtnlI4vWaKqNMH3q6TVJiu4Sk9lcwZ1hoqlRvi0iTnqaYgkxN_Ubj1TQsmhJgTPPzng1LWf-ZMSTy7cY20yhJyltBXG7U5xzerraV7_Yj9TK44eLMPKbC5v/s1600/image002.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeHscdVISlqwD09C_06pupWtnlI4vWaKqNMH3q6TVJiu4Sk9lcwZ1hoqlRvi0iTnqaYgkxN_Ubj1TQsmhJgTPPzng1LWf-ZMSTy7cY20yhJyltBXG7U5xzerraV7_Yj9TK44eLMPKbC5v/s400/image002.gif" width="400" /></a></div>Her name is Katie Kirkpatrick, 21 yrs old. Next to her is her fiancé, Nick, 23. This picture was taken prior to their wedding January 11th, 2005. Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy. Here Nick awaits while she finishes one of the sessions... <br />
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Katie, in a wheel chair listening to her husband and friends singing to her. <br />
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Katie died 5 days after her wedding. To see a fragile woman dress as bride with a beautiful smile makes you think... Happiness is always there within reach, no matter how long it lasts. Lets enjoy life and don't live a complicated life. Life is too short. <br />
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Work as if it was your first day. Forgive as soon as possible. <br />
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Love without boundaries. Laugh without control and never stop smiling. Please pray for those suffering from cancer. <br />
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I hope this story touched you as it did for me....I received this via a forward email from a dear friend. I didn't know this little gal and her husband....but their courage to go on with the wedding and laugh and love...helps me to realize any of my little griefs are not worth the sorrow! "Smile and be HAPPY!"...that is what I always had told my girls as they were growing up and even now! <br />
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May you smile and be HAPPY today!! <br />
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