tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57089203970727937972024-03-04T21:29:36.967-08:00the little bean sproutAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-470979017193838112014-01-27T07:28:00.002-08:002014-01-27T07:28:33.048-08:00Pondering<div style="text-align: center;">
God brings you to places in your life that most of the time as christians we question. </div>
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He puts us in situtations (perhaps uncomfortable ones) to lead us places.<br />
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About 3 years ago i walked into a brand new fabric store with a frappichinno in my hand<br />
And one of the best friends i have ever had by my side. We walked in ( no children ) and it was glorious. I think the sky may have opened up and angels started to sing.<br />
As we were walking around fondling fabric Jen's phone rang.<br />
We had to leave the fabric store immediatly and run back to her apartment. Her refrigorator had broken and the landlord was replacing it, right then. We emptied the old frig and awaited a new one to load back up.<br />
Anyway, after a while we did get to return to our glorious fabric shopping. I think we both purchashed some amazing amy butler on that trip and some heather bailey nicey jane. (i could be wrong) this was my first visit to the store. Jen, moved away.... And i continued to go into this store, weekly. It was one of those places that you could just go and talk to like minded people. A community. I got to know the owner Beth, and the lovely girls who worked their, Emma and Kourtney. They became friends. Anyhoooo, the reason i am telling you all this is because in 2012 some ladies wanted a place to have a Modern Guild to meet and beth very generously offered her store as a place for these meetings to happen once a month. Beth told me about it and i went. Now i will tell you something you may not know about me. I do not enjoy going places i dont know anyone. I feel awkard and uncomfortable and i just dont like it. If i have a friend with me irs a completely different story, but i did not know a soul. God placed me there to meet some incrediable ladies whom i have become very good friends with, some of them very close friemds with.<br />
Exactly where i sat amoungst all the women there was exactly appointed by God. I did not know it but i was surronded by believers. I think it may have taken 6 months or so of getting to know them and realizing the woman 4 of us are christians. It has been lovely getting to know them.<br />
Anyway, i just want to encourage you to do things that are out of our comfort zones. Good, amazing things are coming for me. Great things that i am so very excited to share with you.<br />
Sometimes God pushes us in a direction thats uncomfortable. Go with it. You just might be able to look back 3 years later and see how God put in place amazing things just for you. </div>
Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-51598581822209425912014-01-03T14:45:00.002-08:002014-01-03T14:45:36.952-08:00Dear 2014Dear 2014,<br />
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I am praying that you are a better year then 2013. Don't get me wrong I did some amazing things I never thought that I could or would have been capable of, but I am happy you are over. There I said it.<br />
I made a lot of quilts this year. In fact in just the month of November I made 5. I designed all of them and I was very very pleased to give them to some very very special people in my lives... I did keep one for the sofa.<br />
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We also began our homeschooling journey. (never ever in a million years did I think I would write that sentence) A Kindergartner and a Ninth Grader. It is Amazing and I am so Blessed that we followed where we felt God was leading us.<br />
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I watched our wonderful Lulu pass away. She was a wonderful fuzzy gentle love for almost 12 years of my family. It was hard. We miss her. I miss her still. We Welcomed 2 weeks ago into our family a new fuzzy boy. Buckrams Happy Happy Happy,but that is his formal name we just call him Wally. He is A LOT of work and I am looking forward to when he is a little more grown up and can really truly be part of the family. Although I love (almost) every moment with him..... especially when he is napping.<br />
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I watched our oldest daughter slipping away. It hurts. Its a heavy burden and I CAN NOT carry it on my own. I have to give it over to God and allow him to work in her life. Let me tell you, its not easy. We love her but like I have said before, God her heavenly Father loves her more and has a plan for her life. So thank you to all that have been keeping her lifted in prayer. Please continue to do so.<br />
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I also met some wonderful new good friends. And who would have thought I would meet a bunch of Christian girls in our quilt guild. WHAT a BLESSING. I can't even tell you. I really can't tell you. Its crazy how and where God places people in your life.<br />
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I was baptized this fall and we found a church where I feel like I am truly being taught the word. So happy about that.<br />
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I am not going to make any resolutions but I am going to try harder this year to be better at planning dinners .... and getting housework done. I want to blog more again, I want to open up my etsy store and sell handmade quilts that I design. I also want to work on public speaking and I would also like to add to my list a showing of my photographs in a gallery..... (one can dream) So my list isn't too big. Oh and I have to think of a word for this year. My word last year was Beloved. I still need to focus on that word....<br />
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anyway, out with the old... in with new. (is that the saying)<br />
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Good bye 2013, I learned a lot about myself this year, this the last year of my third decade.... i pray that I can put all that I learned to good use. Helping others in their hard times. that would make it all worth while.<br />
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The cutting of all the triangles took the most time. </div>
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And the print came from my friend. She brought me some fat quarters from a trip to Niagara Falls.<br />
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In the quilt I used some blue cotton couture. It was incredibly soft and I knew it would make the perfect back for my cuddly quilt. </div>
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I absolutely love the back.<br />
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It is just as soft and cuddly as I had dreamed it would be. </div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-88383220346599898042013-10-15T07:54:00.001-07:002013-10-15T07:54:23.635-07:00You never knowI met someone today and shared with them what was happening in my life. How God is working in our Emily's life and what amazing things are beginning to take place. When I was done sharing with her and praising God she looked at me and said, " you'd never know. Your smiles and happy every week when I see you." Man, I have to say that made me happy. It made me feel that I am trusting in The Lord to take are of Emily. I am not taking on the stress of the situation I instead and giving that to The Lord. Praise God. I don't want to wear the stresses of my life. I don't want them hanging heavy on my shoulders. I want to follow God and what his word tells us.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.</span></div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-51490267814473511762013-10-07T12:36:00.000-07:002013-10-09T05:02:41.221-07:00a resume<div style="text-align: center;">
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This Sunday, in church our pastor was talking about a resume. In particular Paul's resume . </div>
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It was impressive. </div>
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He then asked the question. What's on your resume. </div>
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When He was talking about that I started to feel things. </div>
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Things stiring inside me. </div>
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Someone had asked me the day before, </div>
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"What did you do before you were a Mom?"</div>
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I answered, " I have been a Mom since the age of 19. " </div>
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I don't think she was expecting this answer, as she had had a professional career </div>
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before being a mom.</div>
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For some crazy reason in this society we live in this answer just doesn't seem to cut it. </div>
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it should, but women tend to look down at other women for this very answer. </div>
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If I had to write a resume,</div>
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I could put down a lot of different jobs. </div>
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I could but down Wife, Mother, Friend. </div>
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Blogger, Quilter, Crafter, Photographer. </div>
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Oh I might just put down Artist... </div>
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I can add Home schooling Mom to that list and </div>
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interior designer. </div>
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But whenever I think about myself, I often feel I can do many things</div>
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but I don't excel at any of them. </div>
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(now I know that the thought is straight from the Devil) </div>
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I want to see myself as a child of God. Beloved. </div>
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I want to be a nurturing person who lives for the Lord. </div>
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I want people to see his light in me. </div>
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I want people to see the miracles that God has so graciously</div>
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preformed in my life. </div>
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Like Restoring my Marriage. </div>
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I want to shout it from the roof tops. </div>
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GOD is the only reason my marriage is alive. </div>
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God restored my marriage. </div>
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God healed our broken hearts .</div>
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I want that to be my legacy. </div>
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I want people to know that God wants to heal them</div>
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no matter what the circumstance, </div>
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failed marriage, adultery, feeling betrayed. </div>
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God can heal it and make it new. </div>
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Our daughter has walked away. This summer she walked away. </div>
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I was so angry. I was mad. </div>
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God. Please don't tear my family apart a second time. </div>
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I can't bear it. </div>
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I cried that on my knees. With all of my being. </div>
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I cried it out to God. </div>
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I felt as if I had failed Emily. </div>
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I felt like such a failure as her MOM. </div>
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I was so sad and heartbroken for a few weeks. and then God gently reminded me</div>
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"I love her more" </div>
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"I love her more then you could ever love her. I have her. She has turned her back on me.<br />
Let me handle this. Give it over to me"</div>
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I can not tell you the peace I felt about her when I pray this.<br />
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I pray that God will use these circumstances to give her </div>
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a heart for the Lord.<br />
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back to my resume.<br />
I think my ultimate resume would be this<br />
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Proverbs 31:10<br />
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<span class="text Prov-31-10" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">10 </sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><sup class="footnote" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="[<a href="#fen-NIV-17295b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31&version=NIV#fen-NIV-17295b" style="color: #651300; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</sup>A wife of noble character<sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17295K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)"></sup> who can find?<sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; 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font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">16 </sup>She considers a field and buys it;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-16" style="position: relative;">out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-17" id="en-NIV-17302" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">17 </sup>She sets about her work vigorously;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-17" style="position: relative;">her arms are strong for her tasks.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-18" id="en-NIV-17303" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">18 </sup>She sees that her trading is profitable,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-18" style="position: relative;">and her lamp does not go out at night.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-19" id="en-NIV-17304" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">19 </sup>In her hand she holds the distaff</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-19" style="position: relative;">and grasps the spindle with her fingers.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-20" id="en-NIV-17305" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">20 </sup>She opens her arms to the poor</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-20" style="position: relative;">and extends her hands to the needy.<sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; 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font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">23 </sup>Her husband is respected at the city gate,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-23" style="position: relative;">where he takes his seat among the elders<sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17308Q" title="See cross-reference Q">Q</a>)"></sup> of the land.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-24" id="en-NIV-17309" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">24 </sup>She makes linen garments and sells them,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-24" style="position: relative;">and supplies the merchants with sashes.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-25" id="en-NIV-17310" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">25 </sup>She is clothed with strength and dignity;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-25" style="position: relative;">she can laugh at the days to come.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-26" id="en-NIV-17311" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">26 </sup>She speaks with wisdom,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-26" style="position: relative;">and faithful instruction is on her tongue.<sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17311R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)"></sup></span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-27" id="en-NIV-17312" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">27 </sup>She watches over the affairs of her household</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-27" style="position: relative;">and does not eat the bread of idleness.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-28" id="en-NIV-17313" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">28 </sup>Her children arise and call her blessed;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-28" style="position: relative;">her husband also, and he praises her:</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-29" id="en-NIV-17314" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">29 </sup>“Many women do noble things,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-29" style="position: relative;">but you surpass them all.”</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-30" id="en-NIV-17315" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">30 </sup>Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-30" style="position: relative;">but a woman who fears the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is to be praised.</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-31" id="en-NIV-17316" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">31 </sup>Honor her for all that her hands have done,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Prov-31-31" style="position: relative;">and let her works bring her praise<sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-17316S" title="See cross-reference S">S</a>)"></sup> at the city gate.</span></span></span></div>
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Funny and sad how instagram has changed blogging. </div>
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That last statement is both true and sad to me. </div>
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I LOVE homeschooling and I am so very happy and blessed that </div>
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my kids are loving it as well. </div>
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I finally found a church I am being fed in. </div>
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I am so happy that Sara is thriving in this home environment. </div>
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She even got a job at the local hardware store twice a week. </div>
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She is loving her youth group as well. </div>
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It is good. It is wonderful. </div>
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We are adjusting to this life, Summer had some of the strangest </div>
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craziest things happen. We are adjusting. </div>
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Ww lost our puppy LULU (11 1/2 years old) </div>
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the Second week of September. </div>
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It has been so sad without here. </div>
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I miss her. </div>
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I miss her barking. </div>
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I just plain miss her. </div>
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Maddie keeps asking when we will be getting a new puppy. </div>
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My husband and I want to very different breads.</div>
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I would like another female bearded collie</div>
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and he wants a male german shepherd. </div>
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hmmm. </div>
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We may just end up getting 2 puppies and raise them up </div>
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together. </div>
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People think we are crazy. </div>
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We are. </div>
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I don't care what people think. </div>
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Even though there is a lot of craziness going on</div>
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God is good. </div>
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He blesses us. </div>
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He continually blesses us. </div>
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I will end with some lulu pics. </div>
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the day we brought her home. </div>
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Here she is about 10 months old. </div>
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Sara was only about 2 when I had to go to work full time </div>
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My sister watched her. </div>
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where so many changes have been happening </div>
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It is going to be an exciting and wonderful journey we are about to begin in </div>
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I can not wait. </div>
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We love it. It is just perfect for us. </div>
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Someday. It will come. </div>
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I remember begging my father to stop and allow me to pet them. </div>
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me: Oh, look at those moo cows. Are the not just the loveliest of all creatures? </div>
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me: hopping out and snapping a few. </div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-71025998439163605732013-08-13T06:04:00.002-07:002013-08-13T06:04:15.883-07:00summer summer summer time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How could it be only a few more weeks till sept? Where on earth did that summer go?</div>
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i have been very happily doing Hot Yoga all summer. It is amazing. </div>
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the best I have ever felt. Yup. Not kidding. </div>
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It has been a hard summer to say the least. </div>
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Even when things look the darkest He is right there to hold you and </div>
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I have seen God do some amazing things for me this summer. </div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-73164787710813268442013-06-11T05:29:00.002-07:002013-06-11T05:29:50.293-07:00we have decided... <div style="text-align: center;">
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Yup. Probably why I have been such a terrible blogger. I have been in fact researching </div>
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I actually am incredibly blessed to have met an amazing Homeschooling MOM. </div>
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who I am gleaning from. </div>
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So I am pretty pumped. </div>
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I have chosen our curriculum, WE are going to be using My Fathers World. </div>
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I have joined 2 co ops for Maddie next year. </div>
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One is a Fine Arts Co OP that is AMAZING.</div>
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the other meets every other week. </div>
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SHe will have gym, music, art and lots of socialization there. </div>
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This is something that God put on my heart years ago with Emily and Sara. </div>
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But my husband never agreed with me on it. </div>
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I have to tell you that this year it was a stress thinking about sending<br />
Maddie to Kindergarten in public school next year.<br />
I literally was unable to sleep thinking on it.<br />
One night as I lie there wide awake...<br />
i turned to my husband (who was sleeping)<br />
and told him I just couldn't send her.<br />
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He said fine.<br />
Homeschool her.<br />
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Praise God.<br />
serious answers to prayers here.<br />
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I get all sorts of reactions from people but the most surprising to me<br />
is the women who ask Why? Why do you want to do that?<br />
How could you? I get all the time, I could never be with my kids that much.<br />
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Maybe its because I see just how quickly life is going,<br />
our oldest will be turning 20 this summer. How did that happen?<br />
No, really, where is time going? She was just a little girl riding her bike,<br />
playing outside with her bunnies.. and now she is a woman.<br />
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So to answer all those Mom's I say,<br />
I want to be with my kids as much as I can, I want to teach them all<br />
that God needs me to have them learn because in the grand scheme of life<br />
we only have our little ones for a very short time and I want to savor every single second<br />
of that time we are given.<br />
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I also see how liberal our public schools are becoming and I don't<br />
like the path they are taking. Further and further away from God.<br />
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Its funny, the other day when we were taking Sara to school,<br />
Maddie asked her if her teachers have Jesus in their hearts.<br />
Sara said I don't know.<br />
I then explained to maddie how they don't talk about Jesus in school.<br />
She was HORRIFIED!<br />
Why are we not more Horrified? We absolutely should be. anyway.<br />
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I am sure there will be good days, GREAT days & <br />
some really hard days as well. but<br />
I am so glad God has put this in my heart.<br />
I am so glad my husband is behind me with this decision.<br />
And we are so excited for the future.<br />
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Oh and By the way Maddie just had her very first piano recital.<br />
God has given this child the gift of music for sure.<br />
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She played "Mary Had a Little Lamb" </div>
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She had the Best curtsy of anyone in the entire show. </div>
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What a blessing this girl is. </div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Happy Monday folks.... </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Here are things I will be finishing up on this very rainy </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">First up will be to Finish this Quilt back and then decide upon Quilting this monster...</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Queen Size on my Bernina... Any ideas? </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I was thinking of sending it out but I have never sent a quilt out to be </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">After talking to a friend yesterday about it It made me realize that </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It needs to be finished by me... This quilt has been a LONG process. </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">You can read about it <a href="http://thelittlebeansprout.blogspot.com/2012/02/quilt-metaphor-for-my-life.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">here</span></i></a>... </span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b> I have just been an awful terrible blogger as of late</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>I have done so much over the winter and spring that I have yet to write about. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>I redid Maddie's room. PINK. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>She has this thing (not one of my other girls ever did this) </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>be it. EVERYDAY. Every single day she will want to wear the same thing. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>It was from this shirt she had. </b></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">but Maddie thought it was pretty special. </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">and I thought the whale was pretty cute as well. </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">and I LOVE it. </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I found some vintage linens for her bed and made some curtains </span></b></div>
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Our guild participated in the project TO BOSTON WITH LOVE. </div>
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It was the fabulous idea of Berene. Her blog is <a href="http://happysewlucky.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/all-together-now-yay/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Sew Lucky</span></a>. </div>
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Her sister Janita is in our guild and told us about it. </div>
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This flag was made by one of our members, Peggy, </div>
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i really do love it. </div>
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My husband thoughtful and kind </div>
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He was sweet.</div>
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but i couldn't figure it out.</div>
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I kept reading the manual and playing with the camera </div>
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it was a soft focus at best with a lot of noise. </div>
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anyway, today I figured it out. </div>
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OH HAPPY DAY. </div>
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it is so very very hard to Choose Joy. </div>
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Maddie begged to go over...</div>
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Linnea took her. </div>
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It was a whole lot of orange. </div>
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They are Philly Flyers fans. </div>
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This quilt was a gift to their son for Christmas. </div>
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It was going to be a twin, </div>
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1. because I have never made a tee shirt quilt before. </div>
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it first began with cutting all the shirts apart. I think there were some 50 to 60 shirts. </div>
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she was speechless when she saw it. </div>
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I almost had her in tears... </div>
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Her son Loved it when he opened it on Christmas day.</div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-51607146444047605542013-02-04T00:00:00.000-08:002013-02-05T04:17:49.821-08:00Christmas past... Feb? How can it be February. Is it me or do the years just seem to be flying right on by??<br />
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Well since I took a few moths off from Blog land I guess there is no better time to post some Shots of Christmas. Jen, if your reading this hopefully you still love me and know that Christmas in February is not the norm and I hope you and your daughter will forgive me on getting your gifts off so late.... YIKES.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">OUR</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>lovely</i> girls. </span></div>
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Santa brought Sara the NINJA. </div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01849255852201917782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5708920397072793797.post-79430204201999187942013-02-03T17:47:00.004-08:002013-02-03T17:47:43.639-08:00things i am loving (just in case you were wondering)<div style="text-align: center;">
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I am in LOVE with the Pandora station <a href="http://thecivilwars.com/music.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">THE CIVIL WARS</span></a>. </div>
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it is well, a little bit of amazing. </div>
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yup. </div>
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Little folk, little blue grass, a little country. </div>
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a little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Loveliness.</span> </div>
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My daughter. </div>
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I am just LOVING my girl. </div>
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Praying for God to Change my heart. </div>
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so that I can just LOVE her with all my heart and soul. </div>
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I am <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">loving</span> my photography business. </div>
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Oh how I long for a yard full of Chickens. </div>
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Fresh eggs. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Henny Penny. Curly Shirley. Ophelia. </span></div>
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See we already have them named. </div>
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maybe one day. </div>
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I am <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LOVING </span>this man. </div>
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I am in LOVE with this man. </div>
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I can't even begin to tell you what he does for his family. </div>
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He works a million jobs to provide for us. </div>
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He is my MAN. </div>
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A blessing to me. Sent right from God. </div>
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He puts up with me sewing all day long. </div>
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not cooking dinner. </div>
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not cleaning the house. </div>
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spending to much on fabric. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/">Downton Abbey</a> </span></div>
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it is maybe the most beautiful, incredibly well written show</div>
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If you have Netflix go and watch, they have season one</div>
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like I can't get over all the beautiful </div>
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IT IS LOVELY. </div>
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the end. </div>
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