Posts Tagged ‘ ramblings ’

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November 30, 2011
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Hi. What’s up? Oh, me?  Same old same old. Which means, in case you’re wondering, doing laundry, washing dishes, kissing boo boos, wiping noses, cracking the homework whip, slave-driving the chore train, tickling tummies, reading stories, saying prayers, and trying to steal cat-naps on the couch when I think they won’t tear the house down. And also, lately, CHRISTMAS! Oh...
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Ah, bliss. (insert sarcastic chuckle)

June 30, 2011
Ah, bliss.  (insert sarcastic chuckle)

What a whirlwind!  All day spent working hard preparing for & gleefully anticipating their arrival. Three words: Wow, they’re loud. I had forgotten how much noise they make when they’re all together!  Sheesh.  I’ll have to get used to it all over again. And. I discovered today that it is indeed possible to feel overwhelmed and overcome – even with...
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Awesome Quote

August 4, 2010
Awesome Quote

Hi. I’ve been a lazy blogger lately. Sorry, I still can’t use the word “lazy” without thinking of Lara Gallagher.  (I miss your blog, my friend, but I admire your decision to stay away from this crazy addiction.) It’s that 2-year-old mess maker, honestly.  I just had to save the playmobil people from drowning in grape jam. ...
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Still brainstorming.

July 10, 2010
Still brainstorming.

No, it’s not my “after” picture.  Don’t I wish!   This is my latest, favorite idea.   I found it here, from a comment on that last post.  (Thanks, Deb!)  Our room actually looks a little like this (high ceilings, mouldings, big window…) and I have a color not far from that aqua in mind...
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In My Place

June 25, 2010
In My Place

Oh boy, oh boy.  I’m so excited about this, it gives me chills. Remember the story of Gideon, found in Judges 6-11? Thanks to this talk from April’s General Conference, I noticed more clearly this little part here: “They stood every man in his place.” Yes!  Exactly!  Because they were where their leader told them to be, doing...
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D’ya ever?

June 8, 2010
D’ya ever?

Have one of those days… Where it takes you fully 30 minutes to just wake up because you spent all night consoling a sick/in-pain colicy baby? Where you’re still in your PJ’s at 9:30?  (Ugh!!!) Where your oldest boy FINALLY follows directions to get dressed for the day… when he changes into his Tae Kwon Do uniform...
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Letting Go…

May 24, 2010
Letting Go…

Thanks to your motivating comments on one of my recent posts, I did my thrift store run the very next day.  Go me!   <I s’pose I already mentioned it in Saturday’s post… but… oh well.  I wrote this first, actually.  And I took no pictures of the mountain we dropped off.  Sorry.> Turns out,...
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To Comment or Not To Comment…

That's a very good question.
I am happy to hear from you, thrilled to hear from you!, but I am also content to have you drop by, read a little, laugh a little, and move on quietly to whatever else you have to do. This is a guilt-free blog. ;)

Just a Reminder…

The Church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father. ~Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, (May 2005 Ensign)

Why I Try

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future - to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers, and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.

~Jeffrey R. Holland, "This, the Greatest of All Dispensations"

"It is not for you to be led by the women of the world; it is for you to lead the...women of the world, in everything that is praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everything that is uplifting and... purifying to the children of men." Joseph F. Smith, in this talk by Elder Ballard