tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57912691727206100712024-02-18T19:39:45.515-06:00Sovereignly GracedBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places...The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-56155863989180203752011-08-30T09:11:00.007-05:002011-08-30T09:15:55.793-05:00instagram: 11 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFSI4PdLOSl1UN5Ah4cP_fxZ8uHv33CmFeYqIA9qYX1F9WOXRTCjflqp_e3rneaEascJix6zd2beaEftWHTQwjKurK4tIbTBTFkGsxQ_swofneBPnsCdakpi4OQeHclaYxuGlsi2LYsw/s1600/photo%252817%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFSI4PdLOSl1UN5Ah4cP_fxZ8uHv33CmFeYqIA9qYX1F9WOXRTCjflqp_e3rneaEascJix6zd2beaEftWHTQwjKurK4tIbTBTFkGsxQ_swofneBPnsCdakpi4OQeHclaYxuGlsi2LYsw/s400/photo%252817%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646652451076336370" /></a>
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<br />The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-35828892079491132192011-03-04T17:43:00.004-06:002011-03-04T17:55:36.755-06:005 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPJ_ZXWaNWjrxXeIUgNzoGlqESQnyy8GhhjyUvgzvUbcA2g-tW8NDeuZs5BZc-0xG_1b8QmiNrDJxslNHstBkuSJkTygu-zor38hlJExWnZhi7H5Yx_2YiOaiIgBLyp_0qy31WigJZJk/s1600/photo%252810%2529.JPG"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPJ_ZXWaNWjrxXeIUgNzoGlqESQnyy8GhhjyUvgzvUbcA2g-tW8NDeuZs5BZc-0xG_1b8QmiNrDJxslNHstBkuSJkTygu-zor38hlJExWnZhi7H5Yx_2YiOaiIgBLyp_0qy31WigJZJk/s400/photo%252810%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580375313482601234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8_SuRPLHhfgdiptryarW6QHGD48IzE7EmxmyHTJiSCNz7LrLp-vA6FvI8HLAUX7OhC32RslFB2uQ_P1R3rUqbbQ7pDNxH5_Wh-suafH31DXVNwclDY4ZoI4JyiUbjrgeGEPuV44hLz4/s1600/photo%25288%2529.JPG"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8_SuRPLHhfgdiptryarW6QHGD48IzE7EmxmyHTJiSCNz7LrLp-vA6FvI8HLAUX7OhC32RslFB2uQ_P1R3rUqbbQ7pDNxH5_Wh-suafH31DXVNwclDY4ZoI4JyiUbjrgeGEPuV44hLz4/s400/photo%25288%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580375313137749378" /></a><br />Well Patrick is creeping up on being a half a year old...where did the time go? If I blink, I'm afraid when I open my eyes I'll be planning his first birthday!<br /><br />He is rolling from tummy to back in the crib but we've yet to see it for ourselves. He is sooo close to rolling from back to front also. I keep watching him try with the video camera ready. Maybe by next week he'll be successful!The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-63768429712555224962011-01-27T16:29:00.005-06:002011-01-27T17:34:43.552-06:004 Months Old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXOJMDbpVvXO0WK6L4CCJ0YuIcEghjT5WcKK7lriJtGoYvP6Kd3uK4E6VSzn9ptGPw4XWsxpqLSHjM2uo05J1sDvBijrlvUC842N1NeCgbLNI6DiFLSWyD-_G_fh6N5FzXzdh6SzpQ8Y/s1600/P1000775.JPG"><img style="float: center; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXOJMDbpVvXO0WK6L4CCJ0YuIcEghjT5WcKK7lriJtGoYvP6Kd3uK4E6VSzn9ptGPw4XWsxpqLSHjM2uo05J1sDvBijrlvUC842N1NeCgbLNI6DiFLSWyD-_G_fh6N5FzXzdh6SzpQ8Y/s400/P1000775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566996960793083682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The sign pretty much says all. I can't believe how fast Patrick is growing up! Time has flown by, and its all sort of a blur! He's definitely hitting the oral stage now at 4 months if he hadn't before. He can just about put his whole fist in his mouth these days...and anything else he can somewhat purposefully put in there.<br /><br />He's starting to look more like my baby pictures than he did previously. Speaking of me, my parents told me the other day that I started walking at 7 months...I can't quite imagine yet how life would be if Patrick followed in my footsteps (pun intended).<br /><br />Yes, my boy is finally napping in his crib! Whew! It only took 3 weeks of torture for the both of us, but I can say that today was a successful 4 nap day! Sleep training has been the hardest thing I've done as a parent. Hopefully, when he's 30 he'll still appreciate the fact that I taught him to sleep in a bed. ;)<br /><br />And after the diaper malfunction today, I do believe he is ready for size 2 diapers!The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-88167188849223224272010-09-10T06:18:00.005-05:002010-09-10T06:49:40.709-05:001st Pregnany Post!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vmFIqYi0lvi8X5WvFP2YYQyLN4Yb3kG4ecMVXSgIpfNGsrPwQeAfWgrNgr3YwjyDOEF8Of_2GqRDC6TtXVsO4Mw5Naa_l-7d8FKodci_AneIegVGsNVxjSVJUpVHanmUi4F7jdG59XM/s1600/IMG_5763BW.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vmFIqYi0lvi8X5WvFP2YYQyLN4Yb3kG4ecMVXSgIpfNGsrPwQeAfWgrNgr3YwjyDOEF8Of_2GqRDC6TtXVsO4Mw5Naa_l-7d8FKodci_AneIegVGsNVxjSVJUpVHanmUi4F7jdG59XM/s200/IMG_5763BW.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515249932816338562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So I've been pregnant for 35 weeks now, and realized its been forever since I updated this blog! Ok, maybe not forever but at least since before I was pregnant. I figure now's the time to start up again so all the out of town friends and family can stay updated on our new bundle of joy!<br /><br />My pregnancy has been a little dramatic to be honest. Problems toward the end of my first trimester led to an ultrasound that diagnosed me with a <a href="https://health.google.com/health/ref/Placenta+previa">complete placenta previa. </a>I continued to work until I was about 20 weeks and started having contractions at work. Way too early for those things to be happening as regularly as they were! I was diagnosed with an irritable uterus - a fancy way of saying I have a lot of annoying non-productive (thank God!) contractions for some reason, possibly caused by the previa. At this point I was put on bedrest for 5 weeks to keep the contractions at bay so that I wouldn't have any previa complications. I had none, so my doctor finally freed me of my couch chains and I was able to do "light activities" up until 33 weeks. I then had my first previa episode that landed me in the hospital for 2 days. So now I'm back on bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy. Despite all the crazy things that have happened with my pregnancy, I've felt great, haven't had any swelling (yet) or any major physical ailments! And baby is doing great in there! I have a feeling we'll have our hands full - he never stops moving!<br /><br />At my doctor's appointment Wednesday, we scheduled a c-section for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Patrick Ryan</span> to be born on September 23 (granted he doesn't decide to make a grand appearance before then)! His official due date was October 13, but because of the previa, my doctor wants to deliver him early to avoid any more complications.<br /><br />Well, that's our story in short. 13 more days and we will officially be parents!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3E1Rj2lbpkPWpPUnc-gx9Q6N7OJtKL1_WjfzoIyQl_FdXsVJ_pe1Rhoi0aMg4pVehyphenhyphenI-GfdCKAqeutAU4W7O8xQ5oq9lhq26YfGu5LHl_Zek7fdjmi4-gHYYSwDA8CJlzpFvcwJ-4s2M/s1600/photo(4).jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3E1Rj2lbpkPWpPUnc-gx9Q6N7OJtKL1_WjfzoIyQl_FdXsVJ_pe1Rhoi0aMg4pVehyphenhyphenI-GfdCKAqeutAU4W7O8xQ5oq9lhq26YfGu5LHl_Zek7fdjmi4-gHYYSwDA8CJlzpFvcwJ-4s2M/s320/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515248937823694370" border="0" /></a>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-53217949261519725972009-11-27T16:51:00.001-06:002009-11-27T16:53:42.311-06:00Slouch Boot Revolution: My silly thoughts.<div class="photo photo_none"><div class="photo_img"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31306693&op=1&view=all&subj=332546075359&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=332546075359&id=55901974"><img style="width: 460px;" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs114.snc3/16142_536678680020_55901974_31306693_1026838_n.jpg" alt="" class=" " onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" /></a></div></div><div class="clear_none"><br /><br />Ok, so I'm seeing Uggs and slouch boots everywhere! At first I hated them especially the Uggs when they first came out like 2 years ago. "Ugg-ly!" is all I could say. Slouch boots reminded me too waaay too much of the 80's. Then.... they began to grow on me. ALOT!!!! Uggs and all. And I'll admit I caved and bought an awesome pair of black leather slouch boots today (Did I mention they are awesome?!). And I'm really hoping I'm cool enough to pull them off...not so sure yet.<br /><br />I got home and started to think about WHY & WHEN this shoe suddenly started to make a comeback...<br /><br /><br />Then, it hit me:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="photo photo_none"><div class="photo_img"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31306694&op=1&view=all&subj=332546075359&aid=-1&auser=0&oid=332546075359&id=55901974"><img src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs094.snc3/16142_536678699980_55901974_31306694_7865559_n.jpg" alt="" class=" " onload="var img = this; onloadRegister(function() { adjustImage(img); });" /></a></div><div class="caption">Beginning of the slouch boot revolution.</div></div><br /><br /><br />Who woulda thought?!<br />Thanks Napoleon!The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-9372691182898266222009-09-26T22:34:00.002-05:002009-09-26T22:40:54.262-05:00in the news.i gave drive-thru flu shots at my hospital's local minor care center today and got <a href="http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/61839249.html">my picture</a> in the paper.<br /><br />that's me with the ponytail.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-82260996532845038342009-09-25T17:24:00.002-05:002009-09-25T17:33:19.109-05:00grace.God doesn't view me based on<br /><br />my actions<br /><br />my ministry<br /><br />my knowledge<br /><br />my goodness<br /><br />my righteousness<br /><br />my sin<br /><br />my flesh<br /><br />my failures<br /><br />my trying<br /><br />my zeal<br /><br />my success<br /><br />but<br /><br />His promise<br /><br />Christ's life<br /><br />Christ's death<br /><br />Christ's righteousness<br /><br />Christ's obedience<br /><br />for His glory<br /><br />because He is faithful to His name.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-31074969902967329022009-08-17T14:53:00.001-05:002009-08-17T14:57:08.153-05:00one of those days.a snickers blizzard kinda day. maybe even a large one. with extra snickers.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-61882954714522010442009-07-29T11:35:00.002-05:002009-07-29T11:39:37.756-05:00appropriate.<object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yk_9sEhV3vM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yk_9sEhV3vM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-43121588996077588492009-07-22T10:41:00.005-05:002009-07-22T10:49:47.439-05:00"I'm not gonna spank you for that..I'd prob'ly do it myself!"i found this to be pretty funny. john piper speaks on using the internet to find a spouse:<br /><object width="400" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ExML8AUBLjs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ExML8AUBLjs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="315"></embed></object>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-54982758324632790662009-07-18T20:36:00.004-05:002009-07-21T14:29:43.485-05:00Withheld<blockquote>Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you face trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness...if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach -James 1:2,5</blockquote><br />This morning as I read a bit of James I started to think back on the "trials of various kinds" I've encountered in my life. I was amazed thinking back and realized how much the Lord has done not only to grow my faith, but to bless me through them. Especially the ones where I prayed for something I never received or received from the Lord but not quite in the way I had asked.<br /><br />Oh, the wisdom and sovereignty of God! How often he has "withheld" things from me for my good! Who could count the number of times God has protected me from my own will and desires!<br /><br />For starters, and also by far the biggest blessing of my life, He did not let me marry my high school sweetheart. He ended that relationship and gave me a new one: with His Son Jesus Christ. He took my idol away but in return, He gave me all things! What a trade!<br /><br />Nursing school was probably the hardest 2 & a half years of my life. I prayed hard for peace about being a nurse and being in nursing school. I didn't get that peace the whole time I was in school. He made it very clear that that is where I was supposed to be, but He never gave me peace to know that I would actually finish. But because of my silly fears, I leaned hard on Him. My fear of my next clinical and my future job humbled me and drove me to the cross where I found peace for my soul in learning to put Christ before all other things in my life. I ended up making it through nursing school with good grades. As soon as I got my job in Labor & Delivery I had a major peace about being a nurse. With the best job ever.<br /><br />I went to nursing school largely because I wanted to be a missionary and do medical work in some other country where people needed medical care . "Send me, Lord, ANYWHERE but here." I planned on leaving the country the semester after I became an RN. I just figured the Lord would be able to sanctify me better if I gave up all the luxuries of being an American with air-conditioning. I began praying about where God would have me go outside the US, and He said, "You're staying here."<br /><br />And He immediately went to work on my biggest fear in life besides nursing school: marriage. He withheld what I thought would be the ultimate sanctification route (ie living in the bush of Africa or in the jungle in Cambodia) and instead was kind enough to have a gentler plan for me- by dissipating my fears of marriage by giving me a biblical understanding of it then giving me a godly man to marry! Ryan-He is my most wonderful earthly blessing the Lord has given me! Maybe marriage its a slower process than suffering, but I am learning that God does things His way and that is that.<br /><br />God may have "withheld" a few things from me so far in my lifetime, but I'm sure glad He did (not that He owed me anything to begin with). What a wonderful, loving, and wise God! "His rod and staff they comfort me!" I don't know if God will answer my prayers for the future in the way that I think it should go, but I am learning something:<br /><br /><blockquote>All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and His testimonies. -Psalm 25:10</blockquote><br />He doesn't always give us what we want, but He always gives us what is best.<br /><br />And I'm trying real hard to keep Garth Brooks' "Unanswered Prayers" outta my head! haha.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-74989351227805832572009-07-08T22:11:00.004-05:002009-07-08T22:30:51.570-05:00Vote!A couple of months <span style="font-style: italic;">after</span> I got married I found these super-cute wedding charms for a bride's bouquet on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a>. I drooled over them, wishing I'd found them just a little sooner!<br /><br />The seller has entered them in a <a href="http://contributors.marthastewartweddings.com/portal/index.html?ctrl:id=window.default.ContestWindow&ctrl:type=render&ctrl:windowstate=maximized&op=vpic&user=1148499&ccomm=36776&offset=3&cPicId=92649">contest at Martha Stewart Weddings</a>, and we can help her by voting for our favorites.<br /><br />Here's a link to the seller's blog where she gives instructions (and 20% off of any purchase from her store) <a href="http://cherrycreekdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-need-your-help.html">Cherry Creek Designs.</a><br /><br />Here's a link to her store. She has lots of handmade personalized sterling silver charms!<br /><a href="cherrycreek.etsy.com" target="_blank">cherrycreek.etsy.com</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wV8Yq0mtOGOuSLHd-IXUV3iKrsTqReggZMQRh47NxWtcet6oZsWXguyD6jTTu2pxoEyhaGILFy7fvT263yzflgoUs4FOVOpCf5eN8FTOgiPIDJs1VVbqNosxvCw32j2327FhKjyNfMA/s1600-h/charms2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wV8Yq0mtOGOuSLHd-IXUV3iKrsTqReggZMQRh47NxWtcet6oZsWXguyD6jTTu2pxoEyhaGILFy7fvT263yzflgoUs4FOVOpCf5eN8FTOgiPIDJs1VVbqNosxvCw32j2327FhKjyNfMA/s200/charms2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356295540318328210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5yNgwB2BTbRzD7MuDvOk99i8mPC_qoQbTlmUyqzu8HoPHB7xjUdeRX368afZxzpfKCtR5pqGMVErPHXwRShQraWQPeRYjMdVhEgTehpMQSuRObFGJblqExyYiuodYHPNXSCwxHM-hFE/s1600-h/charms1.jpg"> </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5yNgwB2BTbRzD7MuDvOk99i8mPC_qoQbTlmUyqzu8HoPHB7xjUdeRX368afZxzpfKCtR5pqGMVErPHXwRShQraWQPeRYjMdVhEgTehpMQSuRObFGJblqExyYiuodYHPNXSCwxHM-hFE/s1600-h/charms1.jpg"> </a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2DXJSb7FCD67PMjm6ffi_p9DDtXJvTC8z5Ak4qEvSVQH4sOgUmZRUIH2HNtJklk6Hs2a_lYptfwzNrx7aBzhcproQS-9XvBHs9l5JvD4jZHCL0PyP5E7ACkL5eZiLeXRcLz3ly7PkjU/s1600-h/c3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2DXJSb7FCD67PMjm6ffi_p9DDtXJvTC8z5Ak4qEvSVQH4sOgUmZRUIH2HNtJklk6Hs2a_lYptfwzNrx7aBzhcproQS-9XvBHs9l5JvD4jZHCL0PyP5E7ACkL5eZiLeXRcLz3ly7PkjU/s200/c3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356294924671164082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5yNgwB2BTbRzD7MuDvOk99i8mPC_qoQbTlmUyqzu8HoPHB7xjUdeRX368afZxzpfKCtR5pqGMVErPHXwRShQraWQPeRYjMdVhEgTehpMQSuRObFGJblqExyYiuodYHPNXSCwxHM-hFE/s1600-h/charms1.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5yNgwB2BTbRzD7MuDvOk99i8mPC_qoQbTlmUyqzu8HoPHB7xjUdeRX368afZxzpfKCtR5pqGMVErPHXwRShQraWQPeRYjMdVhEgTehpMQSuRObFGJblqExyYiuodYHPNXSCwxHM-hFE/s1600-h/charms1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5yNgwB2BTbRzD7MuDvOk99i8mPC_qoQbTlmUyqzu8HoPHB7xjUdeRX368afZxzpfKCtR5pqGMVErPHXwRShQraWQPeRYjMdVhEgTehpMQSuRObFGJblqExyYiuodYHPNXSCwxHM-hFE/s200/charms1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356294911925511250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hmm...Maybe I'll order myself some and wear them on a necklace!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5yNgwB2BTbRzD7MuDvOk99i8mPC_qoQbTlmUyqzu8HoPHB7xjUdeRX368afZxzpfKCtR5pqGMVErPHXwRShQraWQPeRYjMdVhEgTehpMQSuRObFGJblqExyYiuodYHPNXSCwxHM-hFE/s1600-h/charms1.jpg"> </a>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-51684455147905536892009-06-23T12:18:00.006-05:002009-06-23T12:38:16.453-05:00this is where i'm going.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrQ4O2MgXEmizcXdZyMRDhD27Uxr8rck6OkLWeAjh-o0fDAmn4PpLXtOAV_Zj8zjBwcY7r1VvtVY8AqHuJ1FuZBRhn0Xq1gENNgwKP1gs318yTLCyqhpMT11x4Vi8uTRv_dDYnQQ-nn8/s1600-h/yosemite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrQ4O2MgXEmizcXdZyMRDhD27Uxr8rck6OkLWeAjh-o0fDAmn4PpLXtOAV_Zj8zjBwcY7r1VvtVY8AqHuJ1FuZBRhn0Xq1gENNgwKP1gs318yTLCyqhpMT11x4Vi8uTRv_dDYnQQ-nn8/s200/yosemite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350576165832269426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHuOHlN9IYJGH3V1x5auPdRueqyGIYbPW5k3VdSY_ELxzleChdG78o9IAe34mAfN74jV8e-ymD8pAVJhakc7n2ApnNIRc1W1C-RktdFI8O_mpgO_HRjRyPiRjmKCvgSWeWZiILw31CyY/s1600-h/bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHuOHlN9IYJGH3V1x5auPdRueqyGIYbPW5k3VdSY_ELxzleChdG78o9IAe34mAfN74jV8e-ymD8pAVJhakc7n2ApnNIRc1W1C-RktdFI8O_mpgO_HRjRyPiRjmKCvgSWeWZiILw31CyY/s200/bridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574050257703394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh2yWFPC9aNpcvFWdfu_U1cyXKwWHqAjIeDEVWKwVdMG8qBQAkIFCzgXJQKPq2D-l_gHo9jp5BdzB1n78cFEdYLb3AmG_lYH5Zrnndww1gVfAhaOGXHk5S-GHbV-uI_CHhUgLl6ATcFs/s1600-h/fullhouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh2yWFPC9aNpcvFWdfu_U1cyXKwWHqAjIeDEVWKwVdMG8qBQAkIFCzgXJQKPq2D-l_gHo9jp5BdzB1n78cFEdYLb3AmG_lYH5Zrnndww1gVfAhaOGXHk5S-GHbV-uI_CHhUgLl6ATcFs/s200/fullhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574550272597714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />next week! God willing, northern california.<br />yosemite.<br />san francisco.<br /><br />suddenly, the theme song from Full house is filling my mind...<br /><blockquote>What ever happend to predictability?<br />The milk man, the paper boy, evening T.V<br />You miss your old familar friends, but they're<br />waiting just around the bend.</blockquote>ok, enough of that.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCisX3hYOvJBMlT71SLIC_9enZTWsoAdQZyYUOic9-bMKCZQ-9KDyYMbDL3SboSUhc2b-RMb4sV-Szm3ih1wRwVycQTd8FvPZtYOHqdXEWXI3d3XYVeFlRugStVlPlCiZoXig9B81i-5Y/s1600-h/att.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCisX3hYOvJBMlT71SLIC_9enZTWsoAdQZyYUOic9-bMKCZQ-9KDyYMbDL3SboSUhc2b-RMb4sV-Szm3ih1wRwVycQTd8FvPZtYOHqdXEWXI3d3XYVeFlRugStVlPlCiZoXig9B81i-5Y/s200/att.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350577349445196354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />we will be going to a giants game on july 3, fireworks included! and who in all of major league baseball will they be playing while we are in S.F?<br /><br />The ASTROS! and i'm so going as an astros fan.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-80738948371480753232009-06-04T22:04:00.004-05:002009-06-04T22:16:31.078-05:00this what i'm about to read.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/6009/nm/Radical+Womanhood%3A+Feminine+Faith+in+a+Feminist+World+%28Paperback%29"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L4CuLqQBT-bavQKEyFGVjA1z30ccPB_1yCWVO7ayDQ-cfyY9Erqtn272j6IzxwszjKroYs9IMB5Nluqnoz6qHBY6dbraerX2nrW1u9PxHfKDT0S5fXdm2BYka5mVz9cqvMCjgPlQFNc/s200/radical.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343674993262482930" border="0" /></a>I can't wait to read it.<br /><br /><br /><br />Especially after seeing <a href="http://www.vinegarhillpictures.com/video/video_pages/video_pages/radical_woman_hood.html">THIS</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Read Carolyn's blog <a href="http://solofemininity.blogs.com/">HERE</a>.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-10307301394430910552009-05-29T21:24:00.004-05:002009-05-29T21:41:03.734-05:00common sense for preggos.1. if you have gestational diabetes, don't ask your nurse if you can eat powdered donuts for breakfast while you're in labor. <span style="font-style: italic;">seriously.</span><br /><br />2. get a car seat for the infant and bring it with you to the hospital. you just might need it if you are planning on taking the child home with you.<br /><br />3. if you think or<span style="font-style: italic;"> know </span>you're pregnant, SEE A DOCTOR. please don't wait until it's been 36 weeks since the child was made.<br /><br />4. think you're water is broke? <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">NOW</span> is a good time to go to the hospital.<br /><br />5. don't skip meals. you may not be hungry, but the kid inside you is. and would probably like something to drink. a coke for breakfast should not be the only thing you've ingested all day.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-71700630055809717762009-05-27T09:23:00.004-05:002009-05-27T10:28:53.112-05:00God's purpose.<blockquote>And we know that for those who love God <span style="font-style: italic;">all things</span> work together for good, for those who are called according to <span style="font-style: italic;">His purpose</span>. For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be <span style="font-style: italic;">conformed to the image of His Son</span>. -Romans 8:28-29</blockquote><br />God is concerned with <span style="font-style: italic;">His</span> purpose - to make His people holy like His Son and thus glorify Himself. He is sovereign over all things and He will do whatever it takes large or small, exciting or life-devastating, exalting or humbling to do so.<br /><br />There are times when it costs us everything in this world but surely it is a great mercy in comparison to "the glory that is to be revealed to us" in the life to come. If we are His, no matter how terrible our situations may get, we can be assured that He is doing it <span style="font-style: italic;">all</span> for our good.<br /><br /><blockquote>For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? -Matthew 16:26</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />God moves in a mysterious way<br />His wonders to perform;<br />He plants His footsteps in the sea<br />And rides upon the storm.<br /><br />Deep in unfathomable mines<br />Of never failing skill<br />He treasures up His bright designs<br />And works His sovereign will.<br /><br />Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;<br />The clouds ye so much dread<br />Are big with mercy and shall break<br />In blessings on your head.<br /><br />Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,<br />But trust Him for His grace;<br />Behind a frowning providence<br />He hides a smiling face.<br /><br />His purposes will ripen fast,<br />Unfolding every hour;<br />The bud may have a bitter taste,<br />But sweet will be the flower.<br /><br />Blind unbelief is sure to err<br />And scan His work in vain;<br />God is His own interpreter,<br />And He will make it plain.<br /><br />-<span style="font-style: italic;">God Moves in a Mysterious Way</span>, William Cowper</div>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-45302576081294960152009-05-22T17:39:00.002-05:002009-05-22T17:47:25.730-05:00check me out on the boundless blog!i love the <a href="http://www.boundlessline.org/">boundless line blog</a>, and they put me on it!<br />see me <a href="http://www.boundlessline.org/2009/05/im-here-married.html">HERE</a>.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-81144152538476184822009-05-20T14:19:00.007-05:002009-05-20T15:00:38.903-05:00The real "missing link"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090519-missing-link-found.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-DJ6Xj9QE2aJSbGkE4ilLG7q6BaVeuY5b1VHEv_REqmWwZ62qeytl_Lo6ENteEOiMeJOmOlY6yxWNFq55UxpVwtAitzN1MlGDGZgv5tpPudrvtLS-mtlprY3uoSmG95YbKAGYlMd_uI/s200/lemur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337988379330629906" border="0" /></a>Is it just me or is it really abasing for evolutionists to desire so strongly to find that we humans are decended from monkeys? Seems a bit humiliating to me. These people are doing all they can to find the "missing link" between man and monkeys. And they think they have.<br /><br />Come on, folks. Let's have a little higher view of ourselves.<br /><br />We are made in the image of God Almighty, the Lord of Hosts, YHWH - the <span style="font-style: italic;">ETERNAL GOD</span>. I think this is a much more honorable thought for the human race, not to mention its biblical truth.<br /><br />The real missing link is between God and man, not man and monkey. We sinned in the garden of Eden, separated ourselves from God and were cursed. The missing link is Righteousness.<br /><br />What or Who is it? Jesus Christ, the propitiation for our sins.<br /><br />Romans 5:8-11<br /><blockquote>God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.</blockquote><br /><br />1 John 4:9-10<br /><blockquote>In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.</blockquote><br /><br />Seems a bit of a stretch to me that the world could even be 47 million years old. Whatev.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-10464153547694837052009-05-19T19:39:00.003-05:002009-05-19T20:05:24.471-05:00i only cried a little...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqvf4QRWxfvSOYElQsWm-D-qjZTxU2uFFgp1nRLBqxYMYfVNaetXNgHfrFia3sH6W_kjUp1DyT75Am07VnyNPYUX7I_jWThoUHk00XVnOJDbLLiUXOthkSZHjgtf25bdv9Wr5fzOgWLU/s1600-h/P1000151.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqvf4QRWxfvSOYElQsWm-D-qjZTxU2uFFgp1nRLBqxYMYfVNaetXNgHfrFia3sH6W_kjUp1DyT75Am07VnyNPYUX7I_jWThoUHk00XVnOJDbLLiUXOthkSZHjgtf25bdv9Wr5fzOgWLU/s320/P1000151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337702062763811458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEV8mDI2pICUsc0XUTxZWu0jnWskhpOTuiNvzkC77eQU_utdHNaaEzvUZxiP1JWjy0A-TwEIicu37_zDWH4Lr7B54eGV8z3hD6ZVBgIWXh7ke0v-_AczwO0gUFXu1H_CAl2b17K0u4y8/s1600-h/P1000130.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSblxJ5L-iRrL7Ags5jC21y_Pyap5G_T1MECUwUiX6lhpUxCOnuOWTChY6rg3TJ1LCusr_cw5ziv2VXL1W2Grm48xaFqrAti9XnJBS7DD2SsxC0IWqb-hKkz2R4SlwpvZzOZCaamSdy3E/s320/P1000126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337702037677405282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPZa9I0QElslkJh25B-zlnjrROAaPlUiXen7LTCPfa6JyTdOhZoSIs7TFtRJH9iYRaYCMqmlPwTYHM84O_sCAwwv2fngSu9IdA8e0Xyk2YES1SOX0Yu1UHh4o7gW9iq0IwKIakKdI2dY/s1600-h/P1000122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPZa9I0QElslkJh25B-zlnjrROAaPlUiXen7LTCPfa6JyTdOhZoSIs7TFtRJH9iYRaYCMqmlPwTYHM84O_sCAwwv2fngSu9IdA8e0Xyk2YES1SOX0Yu1UHh4o7gW9iq0IwKIakKdI2dY/s320/P1000122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337702035877694098" /></a><br />...when i saw our empty apartment and proceeded to turn in the keys to the first place ryan & i made a home together.<br /><br />things i will miss:<br />~free cookies and coffee<br />~the girls who worked in the apt office<br />~the smell of freshly cut wood (our apartment was new)<br />~living less than a mile from chik-fil-a (but i'm gaining a jason's deli!)<br />~hearing the patio door slam to know that ryan is home from work<br /><br />things i will not miss:<br />~dowlen & old dowlen intersection<br />~being unable to turn left onto dowlen from the kroger shopping center or heb<br />~the neighbor who always shook the apartment with the bass on his car<br />~our tiny closet & small kitchen drawers<br />~the yard guy who always mowed super early on my day offThe Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-28647885783659502882009-05-14T23:33:00.003-05:002009-05-14T23:37:39.970-05:00john piper addresses president obamo on abortion.<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O68MByaMVdM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O68MByaMVdM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />www.desiringgod.orgThe Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-73909204688494289832009-05-11T12:19:00.001-05:002009-05-11T12:20:58.996-05:00homewe're in the process of making our new house our<span style="font-style: italic;"> home</span>. when we get internet at the new place, i'll put up some pictures!The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-15888469743092261552009-04-17T09:49:00.003-05:002009-04-17T10:15:42.975-05:00shout out to the boundless blog.For a few years now, I've been reading <a href="http://www.boundlessline.org/">TheBoundless Line</a> blog. It's been a great resource for spiritual encouragement & faith, being single, dating & courtship, and marriage & family.<br />I poured over its courtship and dating resources around the time Ryan and I became an item. I owe a lot to Boundless for helping teach me my role as a woman being pursued by a godly man.<br /><br />The blog is written by <a href="http://www.focusonthefamily.com/">Focus on the Family</a> and targets young adults in the single years between leaving home for college or a career and starting their own families. But its more than that really. They have a lot to say about abortion, politics, college, faith, entertainment, sex, children, ect. <br /><br />Although I'm no longer in my "single years," I still find it helpful. Today's featured webzine article on being a servant in the Kingdom of God is great: <a href="http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0002030.cfm">The Glory of Little Things</a>. Read it if you have time. Or check out the blog. You just might get hooked.<br /><br />Here's the main page: <a href="www.boundless.org">www.boundless.org</a>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-62790310386308092212009-04-15T16:12:00.003-05:002009-04-15T16:24:07.185-05:00ungodly taxes.The Jews' dues: 10% tithe<br />My taxes: roughly 20%<br /><br />I'm thankful for the freedoms our country affords me, but it does not seem right or godly that I am paying the government double what God mandated the nation of Israel to pay to Him.<br /><br />That's all I have to say about April 15th.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-56912093223609508052009-04-09T15:37:00.003-05:002009-04-09T15:43:24.778-05:00spice it up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkga82qRMwCfx7kg1d9_CMWZCyL7lN-Y9PnX7HHUT7WYZYV6oJmnnuvdr0PEQHkVHTXb6adfWNaPXwSAatV-HZl7xeDP7G91LauzjI-2U1YzClbmBzZiulXy05Elx9sERwVMFyesebt9I/s1600-h/P1000093.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkga82qRMwCfx7kg1d9_CMWZCyL7lN-Y9PnX7HHUT7WYZYV6oJmnnuvdr0PEQHkVHTXb6adfWNaPXwSAatV-HZl7xeDP7G91LauzjI-2U1YzClbmBzZiulXy05Elx9sERwVMFyesebt9I/s320/P1000093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322794662004052866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />this is what i made today.<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>duncan hines spice cake mix</li><li>2 eggs</li><li>1 stick of butter</li><li>cream cheese icing<br /></li></ul>make dough out of first 3 ingredients.<br />bake at 350 for 11 min.<br />let cool.<br />ice cookings.<br />enjoy.The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791269172720610071.post-68424061938313478552009-04-07T10:29:00.008-05:002009-04-07T15:27:20.515-05:00deborah 13Saw this on <a href="http://www.joshharris.com/">Josh Harris's blog</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XduMIK4u65s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XduMIK4u65s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />This is part of a BBC documentary. There are several other videos of Deborah to make up the whole on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">youtube</a>.<br /><br />Read more:<br /><a href="http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2009/03/deborah-drapper-a-true-servant-of-god/">the rebelution blog</a><br /><a href="http://deborahdrapper.com/">deborah's blog</a>The Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14774084338332348927noreply@blogger.com1