A Little Peak

We had a fantastic time on vacation – and thanks so much to those who prayed for our health. God answered your prayers – and kept the kids sick. This, however, ended up being the reason why we had such a refreshing experience.
We were in Florida to attend the The Navigators National Collegiate Conference. Every [...]

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Honest Scrap

Ness, over at Happiness is a Butterfly,  included my blog in her list of 7 Honest blogs! So, the deal is I have to tell you 10 “honest” things about myself. Well, I’ve been mulling it over as I unpack from vacation…
1. I also, just like Ness, don’t enjoy talking on the the phone. I [...]

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Flip

Late last night we all returned from…

Journey 09 was our regional Fall Conference…wait, do you know what I’m talking about? Here we are…

See NIU up there in the corner? We belong to the Indiana/Illinois Region. So, all the campuses who have Nav groups up and running in Indiana and Illinois gathered together with as many [...]

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Pumpkin Fest 2009

Tonight was opening night for our town’s Pumpkin Fest.
1st stop – Turn in our pumpkins for the big contest.
The entire courthouse lawn is now covered with thousands of pumpkins!!! We were nearly first in line to enter because we heard there would be big lines later. (Thanks for the hint Jenny!)

Second Stop – Redeem [...]

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Vanessa and Phil

I went to a beautiful wedding on Saturday!

It was a very lovely wedding and I had a lovely time catching up with Madison friends. Here are a few of their lovely faces.

Boy do I miss this incredible gal…wise, beautiful, warm, smart, loves God’s people – yup – the total package!

Oh, here’s another one of the [...]

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Craft Fur

Dear Craft Fur,
I love you.  I hate you.
Yours,
The person who just made two cats and one bat out of all the craft fur remnants she could find at JoAnne’s and has just spent the last hour repairing her sewing machine – it hates craft fur, and vacuuming the entire house – because even fake cats [...]

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Soups On!

Someone, who shall remain nameless in order to protect the struggling, in our household needs to eat a lot of fiber to keep him/her, um, regular. The entire family is joining the, err, fun! I’ve personally learned a lot about cooking with beans which are my new favorite thing in all the world. They are [...]

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Me = anomaly

OK, one more thing on this little train of thought. Again, thank you guys so much for your words of encouragement about my little life and contribution here – but just one tiny, weeny thing.
Did you know, I’m an anomaly??
Something anomalous : something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified
You see, yes – I have [...]

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Thanks…really.

I hesitate to post anything new because I don’t want to short circuit the wonderful conversation happening in the comment section of the last post, but I just want to quickly interject – THANK YOU!
Thanks for all the good questions, challenges, and affirmation. I sense we are striking a chord that is ready to resonate [...]

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Excuse me. I’m new here.

**I’m about to make some sweeping generalizations here and I don’t mean to offend or put anyone in a box. It just helps me tell my story. You understand don’t ya?
I turned 35 a few months ago and sent my two oldest children to school down the road -  and totally did not know I [...]

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