tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30886407808700613292024-02-26T02:13:16.455-05:00Living a Bona Fide LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-30794573625430700832012-07-09T19:46:00.000-04:002012-07-09T19:46:43.309-04:00Lately<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been decompressing a bit the past few weeks, which is why I haven't been blogging. My work schedule has picked up quite a bit (thank God someone invented overtime), so any moment I don't <i>have</i> to be at my computer I'm not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I cannot believe it is already July. We had a great 4th of July with good friends, enjoying delicious food and the best fire works show I have ever seen! I left my memory card at home, so no pictures except for the one I borrowed from a friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Caleb turned 25 last month. As is typical, Caleb wanted to do "nothing" for his birthday, so we grilled steaks and did nothing. It was nice. So grateful for a man that works incredibly hard, is determined to reach his goals, and loves me so much. God has been good to us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made a pie last week that was superb. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>3 large egg yolks</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>1 cup sour cream</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>1/4 cup all purpose flour</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>1/4 tsp vanilla</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>3/4 cup plus 1/3 cup sugar</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>1 graham cracker crust</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>5 large ripe but firm peaches, peeled, pitted and cut into thin wedges</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>1/4 tsp vanilla extract</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>6 oz fresh raspberries</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In a skillet, cook 1/3 cup sugar and 3 tbsp water over medium low heat, stirring for 2 minutes. Stir in peach wedges and cook, stirring gently, until syrupy, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly; stir in vanilla. Using slotted spoon, transfer half of peaches onto pie; scatter half of raspberries on top. Repeat with remaining peaches and berries. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our summer just continues to get busier, many exciting things happening so I'm sure that I will continue to be scarce. Summer is just that way though - too many fun things to be doing besides sitting behind a computer.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-42142036523864323552012-06-16T20:14:00.000-04:002012-06-16T20:14:33.477-04:00Hilton Head, SC 2012 - In Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmf0mUMn7ZsYAUQ20T07dfBVIG7mTcp3qmp2HeMvjOxjy191i_z4G5Y_iWmqGeDdkkoyEW16z8R9lYJBBfD-u4jhCB5aWQVu8UhOtc-L4Yu_T6aEwWS-9Gv3PhpuxDXIVsBpSaFx0oJX_0/s1600/hilton+head+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmf0mUMn7ZsYAUQ20T07dfBVIG7mTcp3qmp2HeMvjOxjy191i_z4G5Y_iWmqGeDdkkoyEW16z8R9lYJBBfD-u4jhCB5aWQVu8UhOtc-L4Yu_T6aEwWS-9Gv3PhpuxDXIVsBpSaFx0oJX_0/s640/hilton+head+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>we stayed at the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort and the property was lovely </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the sky in Hilton Head was so pretty, took more photos of it than I care to admit</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i> for dinner one night we went to Skull Creek Boat House</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>the view was beautiful, right on the bay</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>wonderful relaxing weekend getaway. thankful for the chance to get away for a bit</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This has been the last big check mark for us, because even though we both wrapped up our bachelors last month we knew Caleb had this test coming up. All weekend we kept staying, "I can't believe it's over and you passed!" God is SO good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had been planning a weekend trip to Hilton Head for several weeks and it just so happened that it was the same weekend Caleb took his exam, so we had even more reason to celebrate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the way there we stopped at Zaxby's and ate our calorie allotment for the day. If you ever want to panic, look at their nutritional facts. Calories don't count on vacation anyways.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We got to experience a beautiful sunset on our drive over as well, wish this wasn't taken from a car going 80mph. The colors were unbelievable!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We stayed at the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort, which was really nice. When you first pull in, it's a bit deceiving because it looks older, but they've done a great job with the interior and the landscaping. They had 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, and several sun decks with plenty of sitting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When we arrived, they even had a surprise waiting for us!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The view of the fire pit and pool from our balcony, like I said before, they did a fantastic job with the landscaping and atmosphere of the grounds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next posts will show our Saturday activities (which equates sitting by the pool and going out to eat) Until then, Happy Monday!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-69989191768407394522012-06-08T10:52:00.000-04:002012-06-08T10:52:23.622-04:00Recipe Box #27<div style="background-color: white; color: #394b53; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">All pictures are property of the blogs that originally featured the recipe</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #394b53; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I’m too young, I’m inexperienced, I don’t have the right personality – these are all thoughts I believe as truth instead of believing what God says about me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Sounds a bit like Moses, a man that heard God’s voice audibly… <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 13.5pt;">Moses objected, “They won’t trust me. They won’t listen to a word I say. They’re going to say, ‘God? Appear to him? Hardly!”. . . Moses raised another objection to God: “Master, please, I don’t talk well. I’ve never been good with words, neither before nor after you spoke to me. I stutter and stammer.”. . . God said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind? Isn’t it I, God? So, get going. I’ll be right there with you – with your mouth! I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.”</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Excerpts from Exodus 4</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">But you know what? God used Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery - a man that stuttered, that feared how he would be received and then elevated his fears over God’s voice. This is a Bible story we’ve heard time and time again – but are we applying it to our life? Are we accepting the responsibility that God has given us to speak freedom into His children’s lives? Are we trusting that He will give us the words and that He will go before us? How I wish doubt and fear wasn’t a part of so many areas in my life. That I believed the truth that He is handing to me – you are loved, you are My vessel and I will pour out My spirit through you<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 18pt;">The worship of safety emasculates greatness</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/category/women-living-well-wednesdays/" target="_blank">Women Living Well Wednesdays</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/2012/06/week-4-wiww-link-up-party-beginning-well-to-finish-well/" target="_blank">Women In The Word Wednesdays</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://joyinthisjourney.com/2012/06/how-to-ruin-your-kids-summer-in-one-easy-step/" target="_blank">Life Unmasked</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-8095855277124961812012-06-03T08:35:00.002-04:002012-06-03T08:35:55.262-04:00Thoughts for a Sunday Morning<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #31859c; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #31859C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.</span><span style="color: #31859c; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #31859C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #604a7b; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #604A7B; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Love them anyway.</span><span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #604A7B; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
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</span><span style="background: white; color: #31859c; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #31859C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Do good anyway.<br />
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If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Succeed anyway.<br />
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The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Do good anyway.<br />
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Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Be honest and frank anyway.<br />
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The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Think big anyway.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #31859c; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #31859C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"><br />
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Fight for a few underdogs anyway.<br />
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What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Build anyway.<br />
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People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.<br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #8064a2; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Help people anyway.<br />
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Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif;">My little brother graduated from high school this weekend! We had a great time spending time with family and celebrating David!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif;">As I was writing out his graduation card, I found this bible verse to include and it fit my prayers for him exactly!</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God's Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.” </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Philippians 1:3-6</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am so thankful for David and I am so proud of him! He is going to accomplish so many wonderful things with his life and I can't wait to watch it happen!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, I have my Bachelors degree in Finance! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been a very long road and a whole heck of a lot of work, but I'm done! I'm writing this because I still don't believe it and it still hasn't sunk in, but writing about it isn't making it feel more real either. It feels completely surreal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My grandmother came into town on Thursday, so we'll be spending Memorial Day with my family. My younger brother graduates from high school on Tuesday night and we'll be spending Tuesday afternoon with my family that day too. Full and fun weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 days and 1,000 more words and I am DONE with my undergrad! Pretty soon this might turn into an hourly countdown. It doesn't feel real at all, but the possibility of graduation sounds fantastic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My grandmother is flying in today for my brother's high school graduation so I get to go to the Atlanta airport again, yay! Excited to be seeing her though, it has been almost 2 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thursday night I picked up my friend <a href="http://ladaisi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lauren</a> from the airport.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday was a full morning at church, one of my favorite types of gatherings - baptisms! I love hearing people's stories and watching them make a proclamation of God's faithfulness in their lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Several weeks ago, I read a friends blog about viewing life as full versus busy. It really resonated with me because many of my days appear to be very busy to outsiders, but to me they are full - full of things I have chosen to be a participant in because I want to, not because life is controlling me. Sometimes I have to choose to view my life as full instead of busy, on days where I cannot begin to accomplish everything I wrote down on my atrocious </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to-do list. Maybe one day I'll learn to write a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">realistic</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> list. Until then, full instead of busy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Speaking of full, this is my last week as a undergrad college student. What?! Yes, I am so excited but it doesn't even feel real. At all. Cannot wait to turn in my last assignment!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have a blessed, <i>full </i>week!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-81662700735073186842012-05-15T19:20:00.005-04:002012-05-15T19:20:27.940-04:00His Spirit<br />
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tell the difference between a girl ridden with guilt and a girl freed by grace.
But there is an overwhelming difference between the two. Good girls see Jesus as
someone to copy. Free women listen to the voice of his Spirit who dwells inside
us.” <i>Grace for the Good Girl <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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is not about following a list of rules and checking a bunch of boxes, it’s
about His Spirit dwelling in our hearts to the point that we are overflowing
with His goodness and cannot help but respond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in my stomach and put an ache in my soul, because I <i>know</i> the damage they can cause. I know the heartache and turmoil that ensues
from an intuition portraying God as a task master instead of a loving Father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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through Him and because of Him. His
Spirit has also brought a perception that can sometimes be a weight, because at
times I feel the oppression that cannot be seen with the eyes. Thankful that God
intercedes for us when we cannot find the words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 of meat/bean mixture (see below)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 cup taco sauce</span></div>
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salsa on bottom of 9×13 baking dish. Stuff each shell with the meat
mixture (about 2-3 TBSP per shell). Place shells in 9×13 pan open side up.
Cover shells with taco sauce. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After 30 minutes, add shredded cheese and bake for 10-15 more minutes,
with the foil removed. Top with any condiments you’d like (green onions,
black olives, etc.) Serve with sour cream and/or more salsa.<span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Adapted from: <a href="http://thewaytohisheart.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/mexican-stuffed-shells/" target="_blank">Mexican Stuffed Shells - the way to his heart</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://livingabonafidelife.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-past-weekend.html" target="_blank">2011 Taste of Marietta</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's an event Marietta, GA puts on each year, featuring restaurants from around the community with sample plates ranging from $1-$5. Fun way to get out in the community and try new foods. Caleb and I really enjoy it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today was a great, low key day! Started off with coffee in bed. This is our new ritual (Caleb's idea) to reconnect after a long week and talk about our weekend and the upcoming week. It's great, focused, quality time before any life distractions start. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We got ready for the day, I planned next week's menu, and then we headed out to run some errands. Our first stop was something fairly new to us, lunch at a food truck! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's a new attraction to Atlanta that opened this weekend, a food truck park. We had lunch there, amazing philly cheese steak sandwich. There were about 5 food trucks, but during dinner hours they have around 10. Their plan is to have some permanent food trucks and also have some that rotate out. It's only about a five minute drive from our place, so this could get dangerous. We also grabbed King of Pops popsicles, Chocolate Sea Salt and Latte. Delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From there we went to Whole Foods. About 5 minutes into our shopping trip, Caleb says "I think there is someone famous behind us!" So I turn around and its this guy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We recognized him because we watched the show Necessary Roughness last summer. I guess actors have to eat too. So odd to see an actor pushing around a grocery cart, picking out lettuce. We're all human I suppose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next we did other fun things like unloading groceries, trip to Wal-Mart, dropped our car off for the longest oil change known to man (seriously) and went to Starbucks to wait for the longer oil change known to man to end. Not going back there again, yikes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I read a little bit of "Grace for the Good Girl" and really liked the above paragraph. "You will not be left with nothing" Such beautiful truth. So many times I feel as though if I let something go, release it, stop striving for it - that I will be left with nothing. What frail thoughts, proven to be empty so many times in my life. God's story is SO much better than any story I could ever imagine. So thankful for this reality. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-42463222658135387032012-04-16T21:49:00.000-04:002012-04-16T21:56:41.068-04:00Are We There Yet?<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. I have a midterm on Wednesday that is worth 30% of my grade and it only has 4 questions. The 4 questions are formula based and I have received absolutely no guidance from my professor on how to study. So there's that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Caleb decided that since he graduated, he missed studying (ha). So, he's studying for his PMP (Project Management Professional) certificate and studying for another CISCO certification. Guess what I'm going to do when I graduate? Take a nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Two weeks ago I had an interview. This was my first interview in almost 4 years. The job description seemed perfect for me, minus the fact that it was for a huge corporation and I'm more of a pave my own way girl. I worked on getting myself psyched up for a regular 8-5 gig and the interview went really well. That is until I walked out of the interview and saw hundreds of cubicles in every direction and then I started having a small anxiety attack. Not really, but really. Regardless, it doesn't matter because I didn't get the job. So yeah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. I'm numbering this - because it's totally random and I feel as though numbers add some structure to my rabbit trails. Play along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. I'm really not sure what I want to do for a "real job" now that I've graduated. The quotation marks are for those of you that think my current employment involves me sitting in front of my computer playing computer games. I like the job I have now, but I'd really like to find something where I can work out of the house at least part time doing something that I feel passionate about. I just am waiting on God to tell me what this is. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Here is a recent picture of me and my hubby</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. I really should get better about taking more pictures. We have a very full, fun life and I hardly ever document it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. I really need to find a new chiropractor and massage therapist because my neck is being mean to me again, but I hate finding new chiropractors. It takes them at least a month to believe me when I say "my neck is sensitive" so I have to endure several weeks of pain in order to get some relief. Stinks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. I've been doing a mixture of 30 Day Shred and Yoga Meltdown - but I think I'm ready to start incorporating some gym time into my routine too. Maybe some more hiking too. Trying to get ready for summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10. Most of all - I'm thankful. Thankful for a husband that is a great provider and my best friend, thankful for a church family that is like family, thankful for new and old friends that push me to be a better person, and I am thankful for a family that loves me. More than anything I am thankful for a God that has the whole world in His hands and that He knows every hair on my head. Thankful that He holds the past, present and future and that He holds my heart in high regard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-30464731668045539042012-04-12T08:50:00.000-04:002012-04-12T08:50:06.469-04:00Picking and Choosing<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Are grocery prices rising like crazy or is it just me? No matter what I do, I'm going over my grocery budget each week. I finally just surrendered and raised my budget a bit and I'm still going over. Gosh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We try to eat a pretty balanced diet, primarily consisting of vegetables, fruits and meats with some whole grains mixed in. I try to choose organic (naturally grown, no pesticides, no added hormones, etc) products, but its important to realize what types of foods to prioritize buying organic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For us, I prioritize buying our dairy products and meats organic. I've done some reading on how these items are processed and the animals are treated and its just really important to me to make sure I buy these items organic. The only thing I haven't fully switched to is buying organic butter. $5? It hurts to think about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also rarely buy processed organic food, unlike <u><a href="http://livingabonafidelife.blogspot.com/2011/07/making-wise-organic-choices.html" target="_blank">this lady</a></u>. :) Primarily because its not a wise way to spend my money. Organic processed foods are expensive and I can make them at home for much cheaper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I try to make 1-2 vegetarian meals per week in order to save money on buying organic meat. Caleb isn't the biggest fan of this technique, but he's adjusted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interesting definitions I found in an All You magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a great list of what types of produce to prioritize buying organic</span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-8008543075487261242012-04-09T21:10:00.004-04:002012-04-09T21:10:56.741-04:00Recipes I've Made Recently<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I haven't posted any new recipes in ages, but I have been <i>trying</i> new recipes. I thought I'd put together a quick list of some recipes I've recently tried that we really liked! <i> All the pictures are from the original website I found the recipe at!</i></span><div>
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<b><a href="http://mostlyfoodandcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/02/rotisserie-chicken-in-slow-cooker.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyFoodAndCrafts+%28Mostly+Food+and+Crafts%29" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rotisserie Chicken in the Slow Cooker</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was really good! The flavor was fantastic and leftovers can be used in tacos, on top of salads, etc. Yum!</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2012/01/caramelized-chicken-with-jalapeno-cream/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+howsweeteats%2FsmSp+%28How+Sweet+It+Is%29" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Caramelized Chicken with Jalapeno Cream</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This recipe had me at "jalapeno" but seriously, this was really good. Not necessarily a healthy recipe, but delish!</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.letsdishrecipes.com/2012/03/lazy-sunday-casserole.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lazy Sunday Casserole</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let's Dish</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was a pretty different recipe, I think primarily due to the addition of balsamic vinegar - it was really good. Caleb loved it!</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://homeiswheretheholmansare.blogspot.com/2010/03/spicy-chicken-tortilla-roll-ups.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spicy Chicken Tortilla Wraps</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are a great appetizer or snack - easy to make and packed with flavor!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-2367690616473943272012-04-04T13:00:00.000-04:002012-04-04T13:00:36.517-04:00Be Brave. Speak Truth. Be a Defender.<div style="text-align: left;">
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silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always
take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence
encourages the tormentor, never the tormented</span></i><span style="color: #403152; font-family: Bernhard-Fashion; font-size: 26.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">.” <i>Elie Weisel</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">I have intimate experience with being the victim in a situation and
close friends making the decision to not choose a side, but to just straddle
the fence. I have grappled with this
over and over again, because I am such a black and white person. I have asked
God to give me grace to realize that taking a stand and choosing a side is
hard, but if I am being honest it has been painful and still is painful to feel
as though our hearts are not worth people putting themselves on the line for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">I believe it has taught me and Caleb how important it is to us that
we are people that will stand in the gap for others. That we will call out
injustice, declare truth and proclaim liberty.
Because I have felt vulnerable and defenseless, I want to rescue those
that feel the same. God is a righteous
judge and He is our strong defender and I cling to that truth every day. God also wants us to have people in our lives
that surround us, lift us up and support us.
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Elisha, “Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As
surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down
to Bethel.</span></i><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;"> 2 Kings 2:2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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closer than a brother.</span> </span></i><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Proverbs 18:24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.</span> </i><span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Proverbs 17:17<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #403152; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Earlier this week Caleb and I were talking about a conversation I
had with someone in regards to a topic I am really passionate about. I told him what I had said and he said “<i>You REALLY said that?</i>” and I said, <i>“Yes, the way I see it there are two
options. The first is to keep silent and
allow intolerable things to go on. The second is to stop being afraid, make
people a bit uncomfortable with the truth and stop injustice!” </i>Because if we
are honest with ourselves, fear stops us from standing up for victims. Fear of offending someone, fear of being too
passionate about something, fear of people thinking we’re too extreme, fear of
putting ourselves out there and taking a stand that we’ll actually have to
stand for too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to gush about how <i>brave</i> or <i>not brave</i> I am, but to express that
through suffering, blurriness goes away and truth becomes clear. It is important that we are confident enough
in our God and in His truth that we stand up and call it like it is. As Christians, we should not allow oppressors
to have a comfortable existence.
Oppressors count on people being too scared or too complacent to
question them. We have to stop
tolerating abuse, neglect, and scarring hypocrisy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-33249627198500949302012-04-03T08:10:00.000-04:002012-04-03T08:10:56.205-04:00Are You Ready?<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are many times that I look to the future and I ignore the present. I wish for bigger things. I want different opportunities. I want to meaningfully minister. I want to be a world changer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sometimes I feel like I am going no where. That I am just circling in an endless holding pattern. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then God speaks and He says. . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>are you ready for it? if I gave you everything you wanted right now, would you be wise enough to steward it well? would you be mature enough for the responsibility of people's hearts? do you feel the weight of what you are asking?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every heartbreak I am experiencing now, every race I am running, every dream I am waiting on - they are all molding me, building <i>character</i> in me - to prepare me for my future. I look at all of the amazing things I was able to experience in 2011 and I am grateful, so grateful for this adventure I am on. I am striving to stop striving. To appreciate the refining, knowing that it is strengthening me for what is ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Caleb and I have been having a lot of talks about what the future holds and while it is exciting, there are so many unknowns. I'm thankful that I am confident in the fact that God has a plan, He is faithful, and He isn't through with me yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reminds of me a beautiful truth sung by Ginny Owens,<i> "</i></span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>No I'm not who I was w</i></span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;">hen I took my first step </span></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;">nd I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet. </span></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;">So if all of these trials bring me closer to You, t</span></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;">hen I will go through the fire i</span></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left;">f You want me to"</span></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-50189035260509253562012-04-02T12:50:00.000-04:002012-04-02T12:50:14.401-04:00Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Saturday, Caleb and I headed north to go shopping at some outlets <i>(along with the rest of humanity</i>). On our way, we stopped at the lake for a picnic. It was a bit overcast, but it was so peaceful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was great to have a weekend with no homework assignments! I could get used to it. Caleb, on the other hand, is already planning his next big adventure - which involves lots of studying. :( I'm not going to complain though, so glad he is such a motivated husband and provider!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-32958406728807687072012-03-30T08:40:00.003-04:002012-03-30T08:40:28.380-04:00Recipe Box #25<div style="text-align: center;">
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-64999474723861906022012-03-29T21:17:00.001-04:002012-03-29T21:17:27.608-04:00Food and Food<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past weekend Caleb wrapped up his final 3 classes and he officially has his Bachelors degree. Hallelujah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found the recipe <a href="http://dinneranddessert.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/lemon-lemon-cake/" target="_blank">here</a> and it was delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have one more class to wrap up and then I'll be done with school too! It is on Risk Management and its even worse than it sounds. AGH!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made the recipe for dinner tonight and it was delish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything else on my mind is deep - and I'm too tired to talk deep, so g'nite :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088640780870061329.post-63809229495815870362012-03-23T08:18:00.002-04:002012-03-23T08:18:48.089-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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