an update

How do you like the blog’s new look? ! If you are reading this in your e-mail, would you click over here and see it? 🙂 I appreciate ANY feedback.

If you have not visited in a while then I have some

BIG NEWS

 to tell you!

I am going to be TEACHING this year in our little Christian Church school…. So, it may be a while before the blog is completely ‘revamped’… I still have to re-attach most of my photos to their posts.

In the mean time, I am still on facebook!! and would LOVE to hear from any of you via comments or facebook.

BLESSINGS!

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more thoughts from my facebook page

I try to link or post something on facebook a few times a week and if you come to the homepage here {those reading via their e-mail}, you can see what was recently posted on my facebook page on the sidebar!

But for those who may not do that often, here are a few thoughts and links from the recent days:

~~I shared a post from Time-Warp-WifeClose

–an excellent post about staying involved in his life!

{and how sometimes, WE just need to make the first move!}

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~~a status update from Monday:
**** note to self: never assume that just because you no longer see the food it is actually eaten…. just found a breadstick amidst some books on my bookshelf. the last time we had breadsticks was over a week ago. haha {saving for later?—my children are crazy :)}

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~~shared this photo from another page:

pretty much …  :/ Though I add some cleaner to the water all over the place before I give it a good wiping on my hands & knees.

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~~And finally, a great post by Mrs. Peggy over on

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      A Greater Respect

If you are on facebook, I would love to have you come over and “like” my page

from the days… that run together

Some times days just run together so that weeks become months before you even realize it.

Birthdays come and go.

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Songs are sung.

School activities get attended.

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Church services are sat through.

Laundry is washed.

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Dishes are cleaned.

Floors are vacuumed.

And yet, I get up and look around and think:

“What in the world have I accomplished?”

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Only one life will soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last.

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Some times this truth is a conviction. What AM I doing for Christ?

And other times it is such a comfort…. I am {attempting to!} teaching my children to love and obey God and become responsible people, so that possibly they can effect a difference in the lives they come across–even while still children.

And that will last.

Some days, I freely admit, discipline and instruction are born out of frustration and not exactly done lovingly. Those days drive me to my knees so that other days become more peaceful, though not less hectic. {Sadly, many times it takes those frustrating days to remind me that I cannot do this wife and mother thing on my own!}

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Remember, dear lady, no matter if you are a mother staying home to care for your children or a woman who must go out into the world to earn a wage, if you are doing what you do for Christ, your labor will not be in vain when the time comes to face the Lord.

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the 5 minute exercise for couples

the 5 minute exercise for couples

You can read about this exercise at  The Happy Wives Club.

Our printer is having issues, so I did not print this… nor did I have time to write it out. But I did send it to him so he could read it.

5 min exercise…my dearest Husband

There is always more that I think after I’ve written my love a note like this… but since it wasn’t actually the last 5 minutes we would ever be together, I have said “I love you” several times since then. And I try make an effort to let him know something I appreciate about him every day!

This is a great exercise… I may do it again!!

Do you ever write a little note to your spouse just to let them know you appreciate them? It can work wonders… in both hearts. 🙂

You can read about this exercise at  The Happy Wives Club.

Our printer is having issues, so I did not print this… nor did I have time to write it out. But I did send it to him so he could read it.

5 min exercise…my dearest Husband

There is always more that I think after I’ve written my love a note like this… but since it wasn’t actually the last 5 minutes we would ever be together, I have said “I love you” several times since then. And I try make an effort to let him know something I appreciate about him every day!

This is a great exercise… I may do it again!!

Do you ever write a little note to your spouse just to let them know you appreciate them? It can work wonders… in both hearts. 🙂

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