Category: Family
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Lazy Week-end or Planned Rejuvenation
I sigh in relief. Another week is done. No more getting up with school subjects on my mind. Will things go smoothly? Will stress reign or peace? What about lunchtime? Will today be one of the fun days of laughter and hilarity or one of those days of conflict? How many trips will the kids…
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Hating the Cold
Bloganuary – What irritates you most about the house you live in? Trying not to rant too badlly… This prompt was a no-brainer for me – especially this time of year. It’s not only because of the annoyance of it but \also because of the conflict it brings up in my mind. The worst thing…
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Favorite Meal to Cook or Eat
My kids pick their meals for their birthdays and the typical choice is homemade pizza. You can see from the dirtiness of the recipe above that’s it’s been made frequently, and with nine children, there have been a lot of birthdays! I found this recipe in a cookbook from an online group I was part…
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Happiest Days
This bloganuary post is supposed to be the best day of my life but I honestly can’t pick one so I am going with a list with a few descriptions. Big Days Ordinary days Other random causes for happiness I’ll stop there though I could go on. Each one of those days wasn’t perfect because…
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Planes, Trains, Automobiles: Just TRAVEL
What is your preferred mode of travel? WordPress bloganuary post Jan. 14th. Travel? Did I hear travel? My first focus is on that word. TRAVEL. I have always loved to travel since memorable car rides as a girl with my parents to many places to visit relatives. Then one summer we took a five week…
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Messy Bed
In my house growing up, I can rarely remember being in my parents’ room as a girl. We all knew it was an off-limits place for us. Contrast that with my room now. I would say I hang out more in my room with my younger kids than anywhere else. I don’t know if I’m…
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Earning a Gold Star
Bloganuary 3 – What is the earliest memory you have? “I did it!” I lay snuggled in my blankets in my tall-for-my-four-year-old-self bed. I stared at the gold star my mom had hung from my ceiling a few moments earlier. “I was finally good enough today!” I had been promised that I would go to…
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“Chew It Before You Do It”
Have you seen the Extra gum commercial with the slogan, “Chew It Before You Do It”? A grown man is opening a Christmas present from his parents and it’s a book about how to find love. He looks at his parents with their smiling faces and then takes out his piece of gum and stuffs…
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Embrace the Moment
I can’t wait for… This week-end we’re going to… Once the kids are in bed… Looking for the exciting, the fun, the peaceful time… Is that what we look for? What we strive for? Is that the focus of life? The next big sporting event. The next vacation. The next holiday. The outing away from…
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A Crack in the Sidewalk
“You are a crack in the sidewalk”, she said. Why? I know not. We were joking around in the evening. Some of the older kids and I. All I know is it made no sense in the context so there’s no point in remembering why it was said. All it does is remind me of…
The Road Less Traveled 