Category Archives: Loved it.

2014 in review

Posted on February 10, 2015 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading →

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I Used to Be A Quitter

Posted on June 3, 2014 by

I officially finished my P90X3 challenge today! 90 days! Man, when I started on March with Accelerator and Warrior and those crazy workouts … I never thought I’d finish. I thought I’d give up. But I DIDN’T! Today I completed … Continue reading →

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Conversations with a One Year Old

Posted on June 2, 2014 by

There’s just nothing like a conversation with a one year old. Nothing. I sat down in the rocker with Becca, age 20 months. Oo ha oo ha! You want to read the Curious George book? Yeah! (said in a voice … Continue reading →

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Too Pretty to be a Pastor’s Wife?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

“How you doing today?” As I filled my water bottle at a rest stop in southern Minnesota, I looked to my right to see two older men, sitting in an office. “I’m doing fine–how ’bout you?”  “Good, good. Going far?” “Madison … Continue reading →

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How Spontaneity Helped Me Clean the Bathrooms

Posted on April 20, 2014 by

Tonight, from 5pm on, I cleaned two bathrooms, bathed two children, gave one haircut, made three dinners, cleaned one kitchen, baked one cake, dressed two children, painted 10 fingernails and 10 toenails, created two Easter baskets, did a 30 minute … Continue reading →

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Thankful on Easter Eve

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

Tonight I am thankful. Thankful for a sunny Spring day, albeit a little windy and chilly. (Trying to focus on the positive) Thankful for frilly blue princess dresses that flutter in the wind and make strangers smile. Thankful for a … Continue reading →

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When You Finally Get the “NO”

Posted on April 9, 2014 by

People always say “Oh, God’s never not answering you. His answer is just ‘not yet’.” People say “It’s in times of waiting, hoping, dreaming, wishing, begging for answers that we are shaped, molded, and challenged to trust.” People encourage “Just keep … Continue reading →

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Amazing, Sweet Lemonade. No Joke.

Posted on March 7, 2014 by

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade … right? I had a bunch of lemons left on my kitchen counter after our half-finished cleanse, and I wasn’t sure what to do with them! I asked out loud, more to myself … Continue reading →

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What Makes You a Mother?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by

Your children. Your children make you into a mother. Day by day, week by week–sometimes minute by minute. These children are creating a mother. Sure, some of it is innate in most women–the desire to nurture, to care for, to … Continue reading →

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Chick Pea Cookies: Success!

Posted on June 22, 2013 by

These were surprisingly delicious! No sugar, no dairy, no gluten–and yet yummy! I didn’t make them…I watched and taste tested. 🙂 YUM! http://bit.ly/14p2Yi8 for the recipe

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