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tea break

tea break

It’s 10 till three. Almost time for my tea break. I take a tea break every afternoon at 3 to help the afternoon go by faster. I call it a tea break because I don’t like coffee. We got a new single-cup coffee brewer at work. It’s pretty cool. All fancy-shmancy and can make gourmet coffee and – the best of all – tea! So I have been making myself lots of tea. I’m drinking up the samples right now,…

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books: my favorite magic carpet

books: my favorite magic carpet

This started as a comment to a post Joanna made in her blog about books, and how reading is on a national decline. I, too, am a bookworm – always have been. I love to read, and it makes me sad to hear that less than have of U.S. adults read for pleasure. I think a factor they don’t mention about the lack of reading is busyness. I’ve noticed that we in the United States value busyness. If you want…

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this and that

this and that

I always thought “this and that” was a cool phrase. Especially when you don’t really have a good title in mind. First, I want everyone to pray for Matt and his family because Matt’s grandfather passed away on Saturday. I know what he’s going through (I lost my own grandfather my sophomore year), and it’s a tough time. So please keep them, especially his mom since it was her father, in your prayers. (We love you, Matt!) Since Frankie asked,…

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home is…

home is…

… where you are loved… where you are comfortable… where your Lord and Master lives These seem to be the most common thoughts about home. (Keep those responses coming!) I would like to do a piece representing love and comfort, but I am struggling with that. How do you represent “love” without pictures of hearts or red roses? I want to do a separate piece on the family, so I’d like to focus on the human love from non-relatives. What…

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shop till you drop

shop till you drop

Just because I am putting a new post on my blog doesn’t mean ya’ll are off the hook. You still have to respond to my last post about where home is/what “home” means for you. Thanks to Frankie and Joanna who did answer. :-) And the rest of you – leave me your comments! This is fodder for my show. :-) So today was a day of shopping. It started with my mom and I going to Old Time Pottery…

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