Thankful Thursday

I decided that one day a year is not nearly enough to be thankful, so here goes week one of Thankful Thursday. I will try to post 5 things I am thankful for each Thursday this year.

Warm and cold running water
Great blogging friends
Coffee
A very supportive family
A comfortable couch and a good book or movie

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Meme

I have a sick family today and I spent the entire day on grand jury.  Tonight I’m just going to do a quick meme post and deal with real life.
1. Name one person who made you laugh last night.
Emily
2.What were you doing at 0800?
Getting ready to leave for court
3. What were you doing 30 minutes [...]

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We are called

I have been thinking a lot about how we identify ourselves lately.  Some names we choose for ourselves and others we are given.  I chose to nip mama in the bud, but I love it when the girls say mom in that special girl way.
It is important to me that the girls understand how important [...]

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NaBloPoMo Nearly Over

Just a few days to go until NaBloPoMo is finished.  I have been posting every day (some days more than once) since I read about NaBloPoMo.  I think it was a good way to get into blogging and gave me a reason to keep posting even when I questioned whether anyone was even out there.  [...]

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Does this say something about me?

We joined blockbuster online and have movies sent to our house.  So far, I really like it.  There is a feature where the system recommends movies based on  how you rate the movies you have seen.  This came up in my recommended movies under “Documentary”.

Should I be scared?  Should I see a shrink?  Do I [...]

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Kokopelli

I drew a kokopelli onto the potholder and then used it to machine quilt around. Overall I think it came out pretty good. It looked a little plain around the edges so I put stars in the red corner squares. I drew the stars freehand so they would each be a little [...]

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Craftiness Update

I’m still working on potholders.  I feel like I have been working on nothing but potholders lately.  I want to have one for each of my aunts for Christmas.  I pieced a red and cream one this evening and hope to quilt it tonight before I go to bed.  It will have a kokopelli  design [...]

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Winter Reflections

I was looking through some pictures this morning and thought you might enjoy seeing some of what my life is like. It’s rarely dull around here.
Aren’t they cute!

In January it snowed at our house. We live in a valley and rarely get snow. The girls thought it was quite a treat.

She [...]

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Spring Reflections

We spent a long weekend at the coast in March. It was great to get away for a few days relaxation with the girls!
They had a great time playing at the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Hatfield Marine Science Center.

And with all the fun things we did, Emily’s favorite part of the trip was the [...]

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Summer Reflections

I live about 2 hours north of my family and we get together about every 6 weeks. When we do the party never stops and there isn’t enough time to sleep. We usually get together at my parents house around some type of holiday/birthday/food event.
We had a great time being in the parade this year. [...]

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