Do the things you used to talk about doing but never did. Know when to let go and when to hold on tight. Stop rushing. Don’t be intimidated to say it like it is. Stop apologizing all the time. Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph. Spend time with the friends who lift you up, and cut loose the ones who bring you down. Stop giving your power away. Be more concerned with being interested than being interesting. Be old enough to appreciate your freedom, and young enough to enjoy it. Finally know who you are.” - Kristin Armstrong

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Proverbs 3:7-12  The Message

Don't assume that you know it all. 
Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life!
Honor God with everything you own;
give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
your wine vats will brim over.
But don't, dear friends, resent God's discipline;
don't sulk under his loving correction.
It's the child he loves that God corrects;
a fathers delight is behind all this.


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Romans 12...  The Message

So here's what I want you to do, God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life-your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and
walking-around life-and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
Don't become well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.
Instead, fix your attention on God.
You'll always be changed from the inside out.

Oh and these two... they are so sweet and fun together it makes my mothers heart full.  And I am grateful.

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Psalm 89   The Message

Your love, God, is my song, and I'll sing it!

I'm forever telling everyone how faithful you are.

I'll never quit telling the story of your love-

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Don't you think we should live, and love, each day... as if it were our last?  

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March 28, 2011 Monday

Proverbs 3:5-6  The Message

Trust God from the bottom of your heart;

don't try to figure out everything on your own.

Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;

he's the one who will keep you on track.


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Psalm 36:5-6 The Message

God's love is meteoric
his loyalty astronomic
His purpose titanic,
his verdicts oceanic.
Yet in his largeness
nothing gets lost;
Not a man, not a mouse,
slips through the cracks.

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New Blog, New Love...

I just came across another blog that I have fallen for. Hooked On Houses. Julia writes...

I’m Julia, and it’s no secret–I’m hooked on houses.

After working for years as a freelance writer, I realized I had never had a chance to write about one of my favorite topics: houses. So in January of 2008, I started this blog to do just that.

I’m not a designer, and I’m not a “house snob.” For me, looking at houses is a form of entertainment. I love houses of every shape, size, and style. I think they have personalities, and it’s fun to get to know them.

She recently did a post on one of my favorites shows, Modern Family, and the "home" of  Phil and Clair Dunphy.  

I love the show and have loved this house, well, set.  But was so interested to see which colors they used, (for instance, I drool every time I see the entryway and wonder just what shade of blue it is) and now I know. 

Julie also shows the home of Mitchell and Cameron ... these two make the show!!!

So click this link, Hooked On Houses, and enjoy Julies blog.  Get inspired, get some ideas, and just plain snoop at some amazing houses without even leaving your own. 

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ITS LATE AND I NEED CHOCOLATE!

Ok, so its 10 o'clock. I was minding my own business just looking through some of my favorite blogs before I turn in.  Note to self... Don't do that again!  Look at what I came across...

Ahh, yeah... That would be Reeses Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies.

  I. NEED. CHOCOLATE. NOW!!!

I mean seriously, look at those things!!!  And on a side note, did any of you realize Giffords Ice Cream has STOPPED making Chocolate Moose Tracks!  WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TOO!!!  I mean I went there everyday and ordered two scoops all summer just to do my part. 

Well I will hook you up to the link,  With Style and Grace, ( just click on the blog ),  for the recipe for these beauties.  I will be making them REAL soon.   

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AROUND OUR BEDROOM...

I've been looking at all kinds of white rooms as of late...

I don't know if its the time of year, or that I'm just drawn to it but Blue Eyes painted our bedroom white over the weekend, and I love it...

Everything feels so clean, fresh, and just pretty.  I stole some things from the guest bedroom that I really loved... like the headboard, lamp and the chalkboard idea.  I love to shop my own house.  Its so affordable.
Which reminds me, I'm soooo having a huge lawn sale next month.  I'll keep you posted.

The last bedroom he painted for us was a beautiful brown, with flowy pink sheers . But this time, I just went for it...

When I asked him if he minded another girly room, he said...

"I really don't care what you do to our room... just as long as your with me every night. "

Yeah, He's that good.   (And see that beautiful, huge, white mirror above... I got it at T.J's for $4.50.  It has a crack in it.  I almost didn't bother with it but then I thought...  "Hey aren't we all a little cracked?" )

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The Night Was A Success!!! But I Forgot The Pie At Home

In the business of the day...

helping Kate get ready for the dance...

altering the dress, painting the nails, and passing bobby pins to her cousin who was trying hard to finish up her hair, while I counted down the minutes until dinner...

somehow in all that hub-bub...

the chocolate cream pie got left at home... 

But after Timothys mums scrumptious dinner of mashed potatoes, home made stuffing, chicken and gravy... what more could we want!

The kids had a wonderful time, and were home safely, at a very reasonable hour. And Blue Eyes went home to get the pie anyway.

I'm a happy mum.

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I just pulled this out of the oven...

to make this, for desert tonight...

We are going over to their house for dinner...

because these two, are going to a dance...

And of course just the right dress, shoes, and hairstyle have been picked out and decided on... FINALLY.

They really are so very sweet together.

Its sure to be a good time.  Pictures tonight.  Shhhhhh don't tell Katie, she hates it when I post pictures of her before she sees them.  Oh well... I'm paying for the dress. 

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SPRING, SPRING... IT IS ON ITS WAY. I JUST KNOW IT!!!

I've spent a bit of time this morning, sitting in my quiet, cozy, sunlit kitchen...  hot coffee beside me, Sophie at my feet just thinking.  Spring is sure to come right?! 

Well I got wandering on one of my favorite blogs, Clover Lane, and was encouraged with the thought of Spring, and all it brings with it...


Me and Blue Eyes... yeah right!

This is what my peeps would say Spring Cleaning looks like in our house with everything they love, hold dear, don't want thrown out, better be nailed down or else it goes, kinda thing.

If they only knew my grandmother... they would be much more grateful for me...

I picture myself Spring Cleaning all winter really...

So I don't get to overwhelmed when Spring actually does arrive...

But this Spring, I'm not only going to clean, I'm going to make a list... because I love lists !

Of things I need to clean... do, and hope to do.  Like make one of these...

Using these...

To have it come out something like this...

Clover Lane

So then when all is done, and my house smells and appears to be as clean as its gonna be, I can do more of this...

And spend the rest of my Spring looking sooooo very forward to this...    

    

A week at Eider Duck, on Monhegan Island.  Yeah, its all good.

And yeah, you can bet I'll be wearing plenty of these...

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“Never get so busy making a living

that you forget to make a life.”

-Anonymous

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