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Archive for November, 2007

Grandma’s Sampler

Posted in Art, History, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, people pleasing, personal, random on November 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »

      I spotted the  cross stitch in the basement of an antique store.  It depicted two Victorian ladies having tea, with a verse on friendship, with a price-tag of  just $10.00  The frame was coming apart, but since  I  also frame pictures , I brought it home, intending to nurse my find back to health.  Discovered that it was a picture and not an actual cross [...]

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Dark-horse/ dark-hors

Posted in christianity, church, enjoying life, faith, home church, life, personal, random on November 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »

    We went  out for pizza  last night with Paul and Hannah, during the course of our conversation I compared myself  spiritually to a horse running on the open range vs. a domesticated horse  stuck in a stall.    The word picture in my mind came straight from a little book I’d read 20 years ago  called [...]

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Which Famous People Do YOU Most Look Like?

Posted in christianity, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, personal, random on November 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »

      I stopped by one of my fellow blogging buddies today Shalene   She has this fun activity posted which you can do for yourself.  You upload a picture  and  the program does the rest….it will compare your photo w/ different celebrities …You can see my results below.  
     On more than one occcassion  I’ve been told  (personality [...]

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Why I Write

Posted in Iowa History, apple orchard, christianity, country living, dating, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, love, music festival, personal, random, relationships, sex on November 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »

     A paper trail.  I’m leaving a paper trail for my children.  Chances are  most of what I write won’t be read by them until I’m gone, which is fine.  I came across a fun activity from Debi.  Debi got the idea from Writer Chic   Take the letters of the alphabet and associate each one [...]

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Tuition At The School Of Hard Knocks

Posted in Art, christianity, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, money, personal, random on November 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »

   For days, the price  hovered  around $300.00.  I had stumbled across a watercolor picture on e-bay  painted by ”Wood” dated 1928.  How many artists by the name of “Wood” could paint something that realistic  in 1928?  It must be a Grant Wood original!  So I placed a bid.
     Flash forward to the last minute of the auction……
      45 Seconds…$1600/  40 seconds [...]

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