One Thousand Words: Spring Door Decor

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Memorial Day 2015

We remember all those who have sacrificed for our freedom...

Thank you and we keep you close in prayer.

Greater love has no one than this, 

that someone lay down his life for his friends.

~ John 15:13

Mother's Day 2015

They know what I like.

Every year my dear husband will ask what I would like to do for Mother's Day.  The one day, besides my birthday, that my children and husband pamper me and give me my heart's desire (within reason).

Journey to Lourdes: Part One

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This is the beautiful day and scenery that greeted us as we entered Lourdes, France...

Bus Ride to Lourdes

MONDAY MADNESS

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Equal Opportunity:  Humiliation

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Easter, Home & Garden

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This year, Easter seems to be pretty quiet.  It feels as though I am missing something...

Maybe I just need to learn to be at peace with some quiet...?   Anyhow...

We have been busy with other plans...future plans.  Easter, after all, is a time of new beginnings, of hope and of new life.

There are signs of new life all around us.  Even in this terrible drought we are experiencing, there is still growth and new life.

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It is time to make some Creamy Potato and Leek Soup...this makes everyone happy.

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Some bathroom beauty...if that is possible.  New curtains and fun way to display the unmentionables.

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This is one sad chandelier.  It has been sitting and waiting to be hung in the girls bathroom for years.  Years!  One excuse after another..."I need to paint first...""I need to find the right hanging tool...""I'll have time this summer..."
Tomorrow...

Oh, yes!  One more real...scary-real...awaiting in my garden.  Time to trim back the overgrowth around the borders...

It was about 5 - 6 ft. long.  About the size when it changes from a reptile to a mammal!  This creature was enormous and vile.  Although, strangely beautiful with its color & pattern...blech!

And so, to not leave on an unpleasant note:

Popcorn:  {Look what that big dog did to my ball!}

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Sweet Sixteen

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My sweet girl turned SIXTEEN!!!  I love you my dear, what a beautiful young lady you have become...I am so very proud of who you are and all that you do, for the glory of God.  You are sweet, and fun, and (so very, very) smart, and talented.  You are an angel in my eyes and one of my greatest and most precious treasures.  Happy Birthday...with all my LOVE.  XOXOXOXO

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Fifteen was just a blink away... ;o) 

Fourteen was two blinks... ;o)  ;o)
Thirteen was three...;o) ;o)  ;o)

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My Sweet Sixteen decided to make a day of fun, with her sister and me, at the salon for a mani & pedi...it was fun, fun, funny!  We sat three in a row and were pampered with fun girly stuff - not to mention, very relaxing.  We walked out of there with fabulous feet & fingers!

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My teens had their friends over for a soccer game...I remember having lots of energy and a voracious appetite as a youth...I am happy to report:  things have not changed much in that area.  It makes this mama's heart happy to take care of our guests; I certainly inherited the love of hospitality from my mother.

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