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Life from the aisles of Hobby Lobby

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The Ginger Twins get an allowance every other week. While we don’t pay for chores, if they’re not completed, the kiddos can expect a deduction in allowance. I tell you this so that you can understand how much they look forward to the event we like to call “ohmygoshwejustgotourallowanceletsdropitallintotheclawmachineatwalmart” that happens every other week. Every. Other. Week. They work hard at their chores, homework, and anything else on their list that’s required to earn a full allowance. After ... VIEW POST

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Heading Out to the Middle

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Today's the last day I get to be 38. For years I have told the kids I was 29. LH finally told me last year that I didn't look like other 20-somethings, and decided that I was 31. I never corrected her. Technically I was 31. At least. At least 31.  This year, she was all set to agree I was 32, since I'd spent the last year "being 31"... until daddy tried to break the news that I was, in fact, 39. Thirty-nine. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head. I know, baby, I can't believe it ... VIEW POST

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Eighth Rising

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For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise up, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. ~ Proverbs 24:16 Which rising is this for you? The sixth? The eighth? I sure wish this proverb said what sometimes rings true in my own life: Though Karen fell for the 1,975th time, she rose up… This weekend I was continuing my study of Ezekiel in preparation for the Bible study I am writing. Here’s what stuck out to me: Ezekiel 18:21-23, MSG: ... VIEW POST

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When You Just Don’t Want To

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I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a grown woman stomp her foot and pout but I’m about two shakes of a lamb’s tail from getting that foot of mine ready. I just don’t want to. I received a text this morning from the cub scout leader. “LH is going to be a flag bearer at the Derby next week. Does he have all of his current patches?”  No. No, he doesn’t have his stinky new patches. He has his nice pretty patches from our beloved home that deep down in my heart I’m still wondering when we ... VIEW POST