6 Word Memoir

This was a tag from my friend Melissa from the Nook, my book club. I have been thinking about this for two days solid. The idea is to distill your life into 6 words. I came up with several, but this is the one that gave me a little shiver down my spine...

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Scarves

So, I fell asleep before I could get these posted last night, but here are some of the completed scarves we've been working on in Relief Society at church. Aren't they pretty? I'm so pleased with the number of finished ones. I just got an email from...

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There is Beauty All Around...

...If you stop and look for it. Today I found myself near a local Reservoir called Rocky Gorge and stopped to take some pictures. I didn't have my tripod, but I got a few nice shots anyway. I have always been in the habit of trying to be present wherever...

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Just Another Country? or a Whole Other Planet?

You may or may not be aware of this simple fact: Playing games with teenage boys is different than playing with women. Or kids. Or a mixed group of adults. Or any other group that you can think of. It is like a whole other place. I visited that place...

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Julia's Meme

I haven't done a meme for a while, and never this one, so here is more stuff about me. I tried to do one word answers, but just couldn't do it. Anyhow, thanks for a few minutes of diverting entertainment, Julia!What time did you get up this morning?I...

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Winter Day with Children

Yesterday turned out to be a day of moments. Most of my plans changed, but what remained was a collection of lovely convergences, any of which could have been captured in a single image with a title like the one I chose for this post. Two nieces, a...

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Photos

Here's a post I've been working on since the last week of January. This was my peaceful, snowy weekend in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago. Here we are watching Youtube videos and reading. Notice the beautiful snowy woods outside the windows. The charms...

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Gearing UP!

Tomorrow is election day, and in Maryland that means a statewide day off school, because how on earth can they use one room of a school for a polling place and still actually HAVE school?? Oh, wait, did I type that out loud? Sorry. It's been that way...

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First week of Febrary

The shortest month is a fourth of the way gone. This week I spent about 8 hours of my time either at or driving to dental and orthodontic appointments. I had regular appointments on two of the days and then return appointments on another day. The...

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Welcome to my life...

A Seminary Teacher's view of high-schoolers at 5:50 am. This made me laugh so hard. I promise I would never even consider giving them pepsi max to wake them up...

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Bloggin'

Sam was home sick from church and my pinched nerve was acting up again, so I stayed home. I ended up doing quite a bit of study, did this frilly update on my blog (it reminds me of my Laura Ashley days in the 90's) and actually made some comments on...

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Family Memory Saturday

There is a little-known day on our church congregation's (called a Ward) local calendar. It is Family Memory Saturday. For us it can be an especial boon because as the Bishop or lay minister in charge of our Ward, my husband gets to have a day off...

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