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shh! it's a secret!!

shh! it's a secret!!

On my first day at my discipleship group last fall, we were talking about some of the expectations of being part of the group. Due to its nature of being an accountability group, naturally what is discussed there (prayer requests, struggles, etc.) is expected to stay within the group. However, as we were talking we got onto the subject of what to tell and not tell husbands. And somehow the idea of that rubbed me the wrong way. There isn’t…

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pick two of the three

pick two of the three

Ah, college. I loved college. :-) I saw this Venn diagram on graphjam.com and it made me laugh because it’s so true. I picked good (er, “decent”) grades and social life. I don’t think I slept until I graduated. ;-) more charts

back from sunny (ha!) california

back from sunny (ha!) california

I’m back. Let me give you a rundown of our trip. We had 2 days of nice weather, and then FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS OF RAIN. Five. Straight. Days. Of. Rain. Yep, in the “desert” of sunny Southern California, it was cold, wet, and rainy. The two days were fun. California is an interesting place. I was really, really, really disappointed that we didn’t get to go into the mountains. (Rain in the valley = snow in the mountains – snow…

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three more days!

three more days!

Only three more days until we leave for California! This trip has snuck up on me, I feel like. Paul and I are in the process of making a list of things to do when we’re out there. We’ve learned from experience that if we don’t make a list, then we sit at home and see nothing. :-) So, what do you recommend? We’ll be in the Los Angeles area, and we’re renting a car. We’d like to keep costs…

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this week

this week

Monday night: Had terrible headache. Went to bed at 10pm in hopes that it would go away as I slept. Tuesday morning. 6am. Woke up with the headache, felt incredibly nauseous. Pull myself out of bed to take Paul to work. Ask him to get a bag from the kitchen. Don’t even make it to the car before I lose my stomach contents in the bag. Drop Paul off at the station, come home. Technically don’t have time to go…

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