laura is waking up!

laura is waking up!

For those of you who remember, Laura is a Taylor student who was critically injured in the van/semi crash a few weeks ago. Today I got an email from Laura’s cousin (my former roommate) with really good news: The VanRyn family had the blessing of hearing Laura’s voice last night!!!! That’s right, she was speaking words to them. She kept saying “hi” last night and this morning she has added “good morning” and “pops”. PRAISE THE LORD!!!! There is no…

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i'm home!

i'm home!

I took a little jog down to Orlando this weekend with Paul and the cats to surprise my mom for mother’s day. It was fun; I enjoyed surprising her. I thought for sure she knew, but she says she didn’t! We didn’t do much because we were really only there a day and a half. I went shopping with my sister, tried on my wedding dress again (still too fat), saw the bridesmaids dress (looks great!), and hung out a…

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clean and shinin' kitchen

clean and shinin' kitchen

My goal has been to always go to bed with a clean kitchen. Unfortunately, I did not meet that goal last night. Actually, to tell you the truth, I forgot about it. However, because I have been good about it, there aren’t many dishes sitting there. (My previous routine was to wait until all the dishes, pots, and pans were on the counter before attempting to wash something – and usually the frenzied washing was prompted by guests coming.) I…

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cow gets loose

cow gets loose

I read this article today: Cow Gets Loose Along S.R. 417 There was a scene in Central Florida from the Old West Wednesday. It included a little ridin’, a little ropin’ and a little cattle rustlin’, WESH 2 News reported. Chopper 2 was over Seminole County when a photographer noticed a wayward cow running along state Road 417. The cow was moo-ving and trying to milk her freedom for all it was worth. It ended well for all involved, except…

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i love it when the servers are down

i love it when the servers are down

Cuz then I can play around on the internet. :-) (We really need to do something about those servers…) Anyways… So when Paul and I registered at Linens N Things a month or so ago, we found this pattern we really liked called Pfaltzgraff “Sedona”. But me, being the artist that I am, wanted to get several different colors of plates that all match (instead of all the plates being the same). So we found the “Nuance” pattern that is…

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