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I want to write

There have been a million things that I’ve found to fill the free time my lack of blogging has produced. Some of them, reading for example, have been fulfilling. Others, like baking, well… just filling. I must say, my blogging life has been quite the rollercoaster and I have proven myself to be more than a tinsy bit inconsistent. Friends, some you may know, have been so steadfast in their...

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I almost forgot to title this post

Did you know that in Texas it can actually reach 77 degrees in January? Don’t worry this post will not be about weather. Well,  not solely about the weather. I’ll only take up a paragragh, maybe two, concerning the perfection that is the Texas Hill Country in winter. I can easily endure the few 30 something degree days I’ve experienced so far when they are interspersed among days like...

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And it's that time of year again

I am not the grinch. I am NOT a curmudgeon. I am really NOT a bad person but… I can’t wait until 12/26/08. Shocking huh? I am just not a Christmas person. Thanksgiving? You betcha! Easter? Absolutely! Both can easily be celebrated sans all the commercialism. With Christmas this isn’t as easily done. But I’m working on it. I’m trying to find my own way and not follow the way of...

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On Finding a Church Home

Six weeks, six Sunday mornings we walked into the large, beautiful church building hoping that someone other than just the greeter would smile, say hello or just make us feel welcome in some small way. I had researched the churches in the area on the web. We had first narrowed down the ones we would visit to the three that struck a cord with us in some way. When push came to shove though there was only one...

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Keeping Close by His Side

My life is very uneventful as of late. We’re beginning to settle in and find a routine that works for us. I keep trying to think of things to blog about but the most I get from each idea is just a few sentences before I bore myself to sleep. If I can’t stay awake long enough to write a full post I’m smart enough to know my writing will undoubtedly have the same affect (effect?) on...

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Yet even this is not truly my home

We’ve moved into our own home. After hoping, praying, and waiting for eleven years, we own a home again. Those are sweet words to say and for those who’ve known us through the waiting process, I hope they are sweet words to hear too. Eleven years ago this past summer we lost a beautiful home in Temecula, California. The housing market had slumped and we weren’t the only people...

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Just some pics

In Wisconsin, while there were many, many deer, they usually kept hidden. On several occasions, I’d see them far off in the distance in a farmer’s field while driving. They stayed far enough away from human activity that seeing them was exciting. Hitting them with the car late at night on a cold, icy road was exciting too. Not that I’d actually know. They are shy in Wisconsin and fast...

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The Day After Nothing

Today is Saturday and according to our Realtor’s original plan we were supposed to close on the house yesterday. The thing is, we still have not been told of an appointment time, worse, we have no firm commitment for even a particular date of closing. Someone has to have dropped the ball and now I’m just praying we will close on the house next week. Drats! Drats! Drats!! I so wanted the extra...

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Patient Hope

I’m not sure if I ever told you this but if so you’re just going to have to hear it again. My kids are THE best. God was so good to Julian and me when He chose these three to be ours. For the last two months we’ve been staying with friends while we attempted to make the state of Texas our new home. Our kids are intimately acquainted with all that a cross-country move entails. They know...

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Tell me…

Where do you live and what’s the thing you like most about it? I’m really interested....