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Archive for August, 2008

Travel Menu

Sandwhiches, lunchmeat and PB&J
Grapes
pretzels
granola bars
raisins
water
 
On a side note… When Kate is misbehaving I remind her “Kate you need to obey” At which point she turns to me and says “I don’t want to obey”   What am I to do?

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Read about Me

Head on over to my best friend Christine’s blog http://christine1220.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/visits-that-need-to-happen-more-often/ to read about her recent visit.

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Apple Dapple Cake

(courtesy from Sparrow’s Nest)
For Cake:
3 eggs                                2 cups of sugar                1 tsp. baking soda     1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil        3 cups of flour                   1 tsp. salt                  3 cups chopped apples
For Glaze:
1 cup brown sugar           1/2 stick of butter            1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
To Make:
Cream together sugar and eggs, add oil and mix well. Combine [...]

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Sometimes to get something worth while you need to put effort, or money, into it. Buying a carpet cleaner is not something I would consider with how frugal we are trying to be right now. However, I think with two kids and one on the way, and two large dogs it would be a good [...]

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The Military Wife

 

The Military Wife
Over the years,
I’ve talked a lot about military spouses … 
how special they are and
the price they pay for freedom too. 
The funny thing about it,
is most military spouses don’t consider themselves different from other
spouses. 
They do what they have to do,
bound together not by blood, or, merely friendship, but with a shared spirit
whose origin is [...]

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“The Kind Man”

I teach a kindergarten Sunday School class at our Church. Shortly after our preschool year was over and I knew I wouldn’t be returning the following year, I volunteered to teach on Sunday’s. I really enjoy it, and it gives me a chance to do what I like to do-teach, even when i am not [...]

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Head on Over…

Kelli Wilt over at Sparrow’s nest http://www.the-sparrows-nest.blogspot.com/ has a couple of great posts about being frugal, including an interview with Crystal from Biblical Womanhood and Money saving mom blogs.

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More nursery additions

I found 3 winnie the pooh prints today at a consignment store for $30 total. Here they are hanging on the wall in Maddy’s room, as well as the thrifted glider

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Random Things

10 Random Things from my day:
1. I found a new consignment store that is totally awesome and has a huge selection of nice clothes, I will be a regular shopper at said consignment store from now on.
2. Bought two pairs of maternity pants (that actually fit and are modest) from consignment store for $26, less than [...]

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Interesting…

The typical worldview of a person in their early twenties promotes self-centeredness, the right to happiness and fulfillment, the importance of personal expression in all forms, the necessity of tolerating aberrant or immoral points of views, allows for disrespect of other people and use of profanity, and advances forms of generic spirituality that dismiss the [...]

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