Category: Family

• Rough Morning

  Do you ever go to bed knowing you are going to have a wonderful breakfast? Last night I saved a portion of a nice sausage, pepperoni and green olive Calzone specifically for this morning. When I opened up the fridge this morning I was absolutely devastated at finding nothing in the bottom drawer. That’s when…

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  January 5, 2024

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Aida Cloth, American-Mexican, Beef Taco’s, boyfriends, Calzone, Cast Iron Skillet, chef, cooking, dinner, food, good food, Homemade Green Verde Sauce, Italian, pizza, recipes, rough morning, slow oven cooking, tacos

• Finger Fun

  After nearly a year since I touched any needlepoint due to totally spending time typing… I need a bit of a change. I have decided I need to not only kill two birds with one stone, but take some time off a keyboard or device just a little bit every day again. Growing up was…

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  January 3, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  cross-stitch, destressing, devices off, do it yourself, finger fun, frames, framing, games, gifts, indoor fun, keyboard, learning, outdoor fun, presents, project, typing

• One Name

  Do you have this problem too? I saw this woman and knew I worked with her, but for the world I could not think of her name. It was frustrating… and thankfully I was able to see her again before we left the store. It’s funny when I was working, there were just people I…

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  January 2, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Women

  a-name, carol, christian-woman, determination, love, strength, striving, working, writing

• Answered Prayers

  Yesterday morning after I was dressed and ready for church I finally looked at my phone. Every other Sunday throughout the year we get my niece, but she has had multiple reasons to not come with either me or my parents to church. Her father was raised in church. He now seems to think Sunday…

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  January 1, 2024

  Are These American Ideals Gone?, Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing

  answered prayers, aunts, christianity, church, enouragment, Family, friends, heart, home church, iphones, jesus, love, new-year, nieces, prayer, praying, Preachers, reasons, texts

• Tea Time

  Finally after holding on to it for a couple of weeks; I tried it. Sunday morning two weeks ago I was able to give a friend her Christmas Card and then when I got to church that night I got this gift from her that evening along with some other ladies. Have you tried Chai…

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  January 1, 2024

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Women

  aroma, Aunt Carol, best friends, Chai Tea, Christmas Cards, church, Church friends, food, homemade gifts, lifestyle, loving women, mesmerizing, snowbirds, Sunday, Sunday Night, tea, tea time, travel

• A Sweet Day Despite The Shadows

  I woke up before 6:30 with a horrible pain in my shoulder blade. Then when I moved around I felt it go down my back more. I used two forms of heat before I got the ice-heat to roll on. Although I needed some help getting it done from Mom. This really hurt I haven’t…

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  December 28, 2023

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  back pain, basement monsters, Christmas TIme, cocoon, family time, grandkids, hugging, New Mexico, pizza, priceless moments, sanctuary, shoulder pain, snow, snowmen, time

• 1924

  There are so many photos taken that I nearly don’t need words. If a photo is literally worth a 1000 words these photos should speak for themselves right? This little guy looks pretty happy doesn’t he? He was an only child at this point. Bill and Mary, his parents lived in Carlisle and went to…

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  December 24, 2023

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing

  99 years old, birthday, celebrating, church, died 24 years ago, Family, Gangster photo, garden, lunch lady, miner, photography, photos, Texas, words1924

• God’s Mercy

  Today I decided we needed to check another spot for Stocking Stuffers. When we did the Stockings for Grandma Rosemary we had a kind of list of essentials that stayed most of the 15 plus Christmas’s we put these together. Lotions was one of those things along with chapstick. Some essentials that could be Christmassy…

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  December 20, 2023

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  15 years, Arby’s, blessings, chapstick, God’s Mercy, lotion, lunchtime, mercies, sandwiches, Stocking Stuffers

• Christmas Tidings

  What do you usually do for Christmas with your family? How has it changed for you as you have grown up? Have you created new traditions? Cooking and baking have been a big factor in my family traditions. Also becoming the Chief Elf for Grandma Rosemary was exciting and fun to find the Stocking Stuffers…

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  December 19, 2023

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  books, China Wok, Chocolate Fudge, Christmas, Christmas fun, Christmas Goodies, Christmas Tidings, exciting, Family, family time, food, fudge, important, locating papers, photos, plans, shopping, travel

• Details From Saturday

  The last 48 plus hours have been interesting to say the least. Friday night started the ball rolling with the unusual details leading up to my own Saturday morning madness… A trip to Terre Haute had me over my toilet throwing up the next morning. We ate at one of the top five favorite restaurants…

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  December 18, 2023

  Family, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  100th Birthday, breakfast, carsick, celebrations, chicken, details, dinner, family celebrations, food, girls, ordeals, restaurants, Saturday, shrimp, sleepovers