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Martha Stewart is doing a giveaway on her blog - check it out! I found out about it from Org Junkie, so thanks Laura!
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I can’t believe I forgot to tell you that Jeri is offering a 10% discount to Vanilla Joy readers on all her baby announcements! Remember how she gave a set away to her readers and you all choose your favorite design and loved them so much? Well now the one you wanted is on sale! […]
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I’ve been working hard on getting this giveaway organized and ready to go for Monday, so I only have one thing to say today. You might want to share this with your children, because I think it’s very good advice that Boyd gave Joel yesterday at dinner:
“Don’t chew your food while your fingers are […]
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I know you know that I know how important reading to kids is. I’ve written a handful of posts about my thoughts on reading to kids, but I haven’t given you a list of great kid’s books. Below are the books that I read every day to my son, Joel, who is 17 […]
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Laurie at Tip Junkie featured my Japanese stab bookbinding tutorial today. She’s got tons of other great how-tos over there today, so check it out. Thanks, Laurie!
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The Crafty Crow featured my homemade animal cookie idea from yesterday. She’s got lots of great stuff on her blog, so check it out!
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So I’ve changed my template, as you can see. I’ve been planning on changing for a long time, mostly because my husband said that the blue bird one wasn’t very SEO friendly. And he is the boss when it comes to SEO. I found this template a while ago but it needed […]
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Trick Number 1
Did you know that you can use white board markers on mirrors? Maybe I’m the last person to catch on, but I discovered this useful fact not too long ago. Now I write my most urgent list items on the mirror in the bathroom where I’m sure to see them several […]
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I just found this quote on my friend Lindsay’s blog, and I thought it very appropriate for Mother’s Day. This is what motherhood is all about.
“I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes…and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in […]
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So I wrote a post a few weeks ago about an email forward I got about gas saving tips. A reader named Mike kindly directed me to two websites that contradict those tips. I did give a little disclaimer at the beginning of the post saying I didn’t know if the info was […]
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Today I was browsing in this adorable little craft shop and saw a little plaque with a quote from everyone’s favorite bear, Winne the Pooh. He so simply said, “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” I just about cried on the spot. Thanks Pooh Bear!
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Monday night was the NCAA men’s college basketball national championship game and Kansas won, which I predicted weeks ago. I was right! Well, I didn’t exactly predict that Kansas would win based on my own knowledge of college basketball teams. I love watching college basketball, but I don’t follow what happens throughout […]
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I am a youth leader in my church for young women ages 14 and 15. Last Saturday we went to a conference called “Best of Especially for Youth” to listen to three youth motivational speakers. The first speaker talked about learning to be yourself, which is a challenge among people of all ages, […]
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“Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead,” said Scrooge. “But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me!”
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
As the New Year approaches, take a look at where your course is leading you. […]
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I put this poem in my son’s baby book with his 4 month foot print. I think it is so sweet!
Baby Feet by Edgar Guest
Tell me, what is half so sweet
As a baby’s tiny feet,
Pink and dainty as can be,
Like a coral from the sea?
Talk of jewels strung in rows,
Gaze upon those little toes,
Fairer […]
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This is a section of George Washington’s First Thanksgiving Proclamation, given in New York City on October 3, 1789.
“Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficient author […]
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My Kingdom by Louisa May Alcott
A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find
Of governing it well.
For passion tempts and troubles me,
A wayward will misleads,
And selfishness its shadow casts
On all my words and deeds.
How can I learn to rule myself,
To be the child I should,
Honest and brave nor ever […]
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“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
- Thomas Carlyle
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I memorized the first verse of this poem while driving to work one day last year. I think of it often, especially when my son is crying! Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author of Worth While and one of my favorite poets, was a brilliant writer and poet. Enjoy!
Worth While
It is easy enough […]
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This week’s “Happy Thought” is a poem that I memorized a while ago. I love memorizing poems and quotes for a few reasons. Memorizing makes me feel like my brain is going to last longer and I also like to be able to think about happy and uplifting things when there’s nothing else […]
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