Category Archives: gratitude

Hello? Telephone.

So I go a new phone. It is extremely fabulous, much like myself. But unlike myself, it is technologically advanced. Very. In fact, I started this post on the phone, while half-listening to Kid 4’s piano lesson. However, I didn’t finish it there. Because I couldn’t figure out how to navigate from one little section...

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Loving the Summer Cosmetics Business

So here’s what I love today. It’s all about the minimalist summer makeup. I can go with these total basics: Loreal Voluminous mascara (I like the brown-black, non-waterproof, straight applicator, I’m just saying)

and the Maybelline Superstay lipcolor #774 (which goes on wet and dries gluey, then you spread on the included gloss-thing, and I swear,...

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Little Things

Want to know fifteen* little things that make me happy?
Corn. On the cob. With butter and salt and pepper. Mmmm.
4 happy Kids doing after-dinner kitchen jobs together.
Watermelon. At least twice a week.
A stack of books by the bedside. (Megan Whalen Turner. Try her. Start with “The Thief.”)
Dryer sheets. So much so that they made an...

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Easter Time

I talk about a lot of different things on this here blog, and some of it may mean nothing to a great percentage of you. But here, today, I’m going to say something I usually think of as too personal to put out here. (And we all know there aren’t too many things I consider...

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Look!

Yesterday it was a thin layer of icy snow.
Today? Slickshiny mud, with a small fat red tulip-tip peeking out. And another. And another. It may be just one corner, but it is happening. It is coming. It is.
Now please excuse me while I lie on the driveway with my nose pressed to the dirt.

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Olympic Preview

Okay, kids, anyone who knows me well will laugh that I’m pushing the Winter Olympics, or any sport activity, for that matter. But watch the Olympics. Specifically, here is one to watch.
Brian McKeever, a Canadian olympian, is the first person to ever compete in the Olympic games and the Paralympic games at the same time...

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Still Feeling Thankful

So today, I’m feeling really grateful for forgiveness. In the big ways, and also in the small ways. I’m thankful for God’s way of accepting my too-small offerings. His mercy. His generosity. His continuousness.

And I’m grateful for others who forgive my constant, stupid, small and huge offenses.

For instance, my adorable friend had a baby...

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More Thanks

I’m grateful for my talents. I’m not talking about writing, don’t worry. I’m talking about home talents that make my life easier.

I’m grateful to know how to budget. If this were a superpower, I’d be Wonder Woman, stretching dollars all over the town. The most amazing facet of my superpower is determining the difference between...

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