Yikes! It’s been way too long since I updated my blog. I didn’t mean to let time get away from me, but somehow it did. I did so well updating daily over Lent, but since Easter has passed I have missed several days. I need to get back into the good swing of posting more [...]
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Mickey and I attended the 2009 Dove Awards last evening. Let me just say – it was amazing!! We had an incredible time!!
Our tickets listed the event as “black tie optional” and since we have very few opportunities to really dress to the nines, we went all out and dressed pretty formal. I had actually [...]
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Mickey and I are in Nashville! We arrived early this afternoon. We had a great lunch at Rainforest Cafe and then did a touch of shopping at Opry Mills. Then we came to our hotel to just relax and unwind before the Dove Awards tonight. Right now we’re waiting on food delivery and then we’ll [...]
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I have the most wonderful husband in the world, y’all! He has put together a WONDERFUL surprise for me. I have known for awhile that he has been cooking up this surprise and recently he revealed that it’s a trip. However, he would never tell me when, where, with/out kids, etc. I knew nothing. So, [...]
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I have a cold and I feel rotten. I woke up in the night with a runny nose and that has since escalated. My eyes are watery, my nose is pouring buckets, my sinuses are like pressure chambers, my head aches, my body aches, I’m feverish and…just…UGH. This came out of nowhere too. I did [...]
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Mickey and Macey have gone to her school’s Fun Run this morning. This is an annual event by Macey’s elementary school that raises money for the P.E. department. The children walk/run a mile and each child receives a ribbon. There are three races – 4th/5th grade, 2nd/3rd grade and K/1st grade. Macey, of course, is [...]
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Faking Grace
By Tamara Leigh / Multnomah
Struggling journalist Maizy Grace Stewart isn’t really a believer, but she manages to “fake it” in order to land a part-time job at a Christian publishing house. When the newspaper editor commissions her to write an undercover expose of her new employer, will her conversations with churchgoing colleagues lead [...]
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Macey and her friends got off the schoolbus about 45 minutes ago. There has been non-stop chatter and excitement in the house since they got here. Bless Mariana, she’s napping right through it all. Not sure HOW, especially when the squeals and giggles escalate, but she’ s managing to snooze through it all. Play dates [...]
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Today is a “Play Date Day” in our house. Macey will be bringing two friends home from school with her this afternoon. Oh, she is SO excited! To tell the truth, I’m excited too. I’m excited for her because I know how much she’s looking forward to it. Sure, this means I have to really [...]
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When Crickets Cry
By Charles Martin / Thomas Nelson
From Christy Award finalist Martin comes a work of “God-haunted” southern fiction sure to tug at your heartstrings! Travel to a sleepy town square in Georgia, where a 7-year-old child sells lemonade to raise funds for a heart transplant, an onlooker watches, and [...]
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