tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57330935158442616852024-03-13T21:12:50.686-05:00The Music of LifeHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-4820744204782897112015-08-04T16:28:00.000-05:002015-08-04T16:28:55.046-05:00An Outpouring of Words I feel like the inspiration to write anything long and noteworthy has departed my brain since about 12 days ago. I nearly wore myself out with writing this summer, just not on here. In the last several days I have started a blog post several times only to stop because it was sounding too academic and I really dislike reading academic sounding blogs. I much prefer them to be written well, but at the same time very practical and relaxed. Just my opinion...<br />
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Out of my writing this summer, you would find an essay about growing up in the little town of Ladysmith, Wisconsin where the maple trees were spectacular and the first twelve years of my life were established on a dairy farm. <i>(ask my sister now and she'd probably tell you that the farm has been far removed from my blood! Ha!) </i>I wrote about American parenting although I didn't really have any expert advice on the subject. Thankfully, and to my rescue, this is where being required to quote multiple sources came in helpful.<br />
My last writing project was about Nicky Cruz and gangs in America. This one was probably my most thought about project and definitely the one that ignited my passion. I was reminded again that we cannot expect to reach anyone with Truth by just having a good church service and hoping they will attend and enjoy the entertainment. Are you kidding? People don't generally recruit themselves, be it for positions in business, leaders of organizations, gangs, or what have you; they are usually sought after and hunted down. Such is the case with reaching people with the Gospel. I beg you to not turn up your nose at Christians who are willing go into places and situations that most deem as "un-fit and dangerous" to seek out those who are lost and searching for something they don't even know exists. I find that the Life of Jesus and bringing people to Him, is not always starched and white, for if it were, you and I would not be His children. We, with all of our problems and grime would not have been allowed to enter the heart of God because we would have been too dirty to sit beside Him in the throne room. All glory to God that such is not the case. He gladly welcomes our hearts into his, no matter the evil that has been done...Which brings me to speak of my current favorite words: But God. Those two little words offer so much life and hope for every individual that makes up the 7,357,672,900+ people of the nations. I love how those are the words used in the transition of explaining how Christ changes our hearts. Parts of Ephesians 2 in my own words would go something like this: "Your soul was smothered in death with the sins you committed and you were enraptured with your fleshly desires, living as a child of wrath..... <i>But God, </i>saw your state and loved you so much that He reached out in mercy and pulled you out of the Pit, making you alive with the Messiah, forgiving your past life... you are saved because of grace! You were once far away <i>but now in Christ Jesus </i>you have been brought home by the blood of the Messiah." That's outright exciting! So why, I ask, do we hide the Gospel from those that appear unreachable? Why do we prefer to remain in the shadows, on the other side of the wall, hoping that our lamp will shine around the corner and cast a small ray of hope to those in the room on the other side when God really wants us to come out of hiding, into the midst of the room and illuminate the darkness. Is it because of pride? We find ourselves being scared that living out the life of Jesus in public would make people look at us strange. It might. But does that matter? No. Jesus does not require that we maintain a perfectly clean comfort zone. He would rather be loved with reckless abandon.<br />
When we invite the Holy Spirit to live in us, we are asking him to consume our being. We are asking him to work through us in a way that gives God the glory. We are asking him to love others through us. In short words, we are crying out that He would fill us with power to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Lord help us! </div>
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-81912705767787358812015-07-05T23:20:00.000-05:002015-07-05T23:20:25.113-05:00Untitled...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I present you with this picture of the sister and I after we had returned home from a thanksgiving supper with friends. We were supposed to dress up. And yes, it's from all the way back in November of 2014. I'm on top of this people! Can't you see?? I was told by several sources that I looked like some kind of old fashioned, country preachers wife... and Rhoda looked like a business woman with some kind of style!<br />
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Two weeks ago from this very day, I was going to Iowa with Rhoda to see my other sister and brother and sister-in-law. It was grand! We painted the one sisters house and listened to all sorts of happy music, ate cheesecake, had breakfast of pancakes w/ bananas and cream, and went to my favorite thrift store and found bright, happy clothes for 50-80% off! This is precisely why thrift stores are my favorite. :)</div>
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Fast forward to present day. I am in the midst of school and work and planning to move which means packing and sorting and adjustments and finding a new job and transferring to a new college.... Sometimes it feels like a bunch of craziness and it seems like suddenly, everything is happening really fast, and very soon I will no longer be surrounded by the familiar. Instead, I will be surrounded by the unfamiliar and people that I don't know, but I'm honestly excited about the fact that I will be meeting new people and stumbling upon new opportunities and I can't wait to see what God will bring to my life through all of this. </div>
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My boss takes amazing pictures! I stole this one from her Facebook <i>-and she doesn't know it yet-</i> because she lets me do things like that and I had to work while most were celebrating our Freedom in some way or another...hence I missed the fireworks. Yesterday didn't seem like the 4th to me. Most times there is a picnic with friends, but this day I was writing an essay in response to an article on the effects of American parenting compared to that of other cultures from South Korea, Sweden, Finland, and China, to name a few... and then I had to work in the afternoon and evening. When my sister and I were on our way home from work around 10:45 we had to take a different route home because there had obviously been an accident or something blocking our road, but all was well 'cause we went past a trailer park where Fireworks were happening.. so Yay! We still saw some! :) </div>
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This is it for now friends. More will come another day when I get around to writing the things I have been thinking. Please enjoy what remains of the summer and eat lots of watermelon and roast marshmallows and eat smores...and go swimming and all that good stuff...</div>
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The end of May I was in Colorado for my sister Naomi's wedding. It was a lovely day. The kind of day that gives you warm, happy, excited feelings all the way down to your toes. It was also beautiful in that there were tears of joy and happiness and healing. The whole day was full of God's goodness and that always makes any day just so much better. </div>
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The morning of the wedding my cousins <i>-Allison and Chels- </i>did every ones hair and make-up. They do a fantastic job, just sayin'! </div>
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These girls were so adorable! Makes me want to be a flower girl. :)</div>
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Naomi was a stunning bride. She had this same smile going on all day! And this is random here but I just <i>love </i>sister weddings! Think i'm a little prejudice? No..not really.</div>
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The new Mr. & Mrs. Eric Hunsberger! </div>
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Bridesmaids. It was so fun meeting these girls..</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>most of the photo credits go to <a href="http://daughterwithavision.blogspot.com/">Chelsy Bontrager</a></i></span></div>
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February 1st. That's the last time I blogged. 126 whole days ago. It's been a crazy spring, and I know I don't actually need to say that. I think it's fact that I just stated the obvious of everyone else's life too.... surprise! </div>
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In January I began my first semester of college for my Associates degree in accounting. I enjoyed it a lot and now that summer has arrived I'm studying Human Relations and taking my Comp 1 class.. for which I will nervously tackle my essay writing abilities. I think perhaps a love/hate relationship is developing between me and English. I just don't normally include colons and semi colons in my writing. And I don't usually spend much time thinking about when to use 'their' or when it sounds better to say 'his or her' instead...Help! </div>
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So far this spring I have had great fun making wedding cakes for 3 of my friends, as well as a ton of graduation cakes which I will not post here, lest it turn into a food-blog-that-is-linked-to-on-pinterest-all.the.time. which is exactly <i>not </i>what I intend. I did post the wedding cakes though. Just because. </div>
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Above is a picture of my sister and I with Mom at my sister Naomi's wedding. I have a few more pictures which I will post in a few days. Let me just say that it was a beautiful wedding full of good things. :) One of those weddings where you keep wanting to go back and have all the happiness all over again... </div>
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And now we are here, experiencing today. Yesterday is gone, never to return and tomorrow is on a countdown to the exciting unknown. This post is a very random, non-deep-thinking return to what will hopefully be a more frequent string of posts in the near future....</div>
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Until then... please smile at someone who looks sad. They need to be able to see your joy. What's more, a smile just might save their day! :)</div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-83569672526079779832015-02-01T00:11:00.001-06:002015-02-01T00:11:37.850-06:00The untitled post of my thoughts this evening.<div class="MsoNormal">
“Hannah! Come quick!” I left what I was doing to go see
whatever it was that was causing the urgency in my boss’ (I’ll call her Audrey)
voice. “Look!” she said, “That’s the girl that my husband said he loves. The
one in the gray pants.” I looked at the lady she was talking about. She was shorter
and fluffier than Audrey “How can he say that?” she asked me. I don’t remember
what I said and to my regret I don’t remember saying anything. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That is just one example of the frantic-ness which occurred
often in the 4+ months I knew her. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was a daily occurrence. I would get to work at 7 in the
morning and shortly after that Audrey would get there. She usually seemed to be
hung over from the night before and it would take about 3 hours for her to come
around. When she did start talking she was usually mad at the person above her
(the manager of the store where I worked) and there was always a story from her
time at the bar the night before or it was a story of how she sat down by the
pond fishing till midnight or 1:00 in the morning… and every day there were
tears. They usually lasted through the whole day. Many days she spent a good
fourth of her day outside on the phone crying. There was deep hatred inside. And the lies…to
customers, to us girls working under her, to the guys above her… lies to
everyone about everyone… it was better to just figure something out on your own
than trying to ask her because what she would tell you, you would soon discover
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The last time I saw her was back in August 2014. She had
left work that night muttering hatred and threats aimed mainly at the store
manager. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I haven’t ever been able to stop thinking of her. At times I
want to but for the most part I don’t. What I do want to forget is the stress
that was there for 4 months. What I don’t want to forget is her. I want to
remember what God had to teach me about loving the unlovable. I remember so
clearly thinking how she is equal to me. Sure, I was raised in a Christian home
and at the age of 18 my life was vastly different then hers at 50. Much more
‘good’. While I may have never had abortions, gotten drunk every night, slept
with every available man or what have you, I still couldn’t have any pride in
thinking God loved me more. Because He doesn’t. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I wish I could say
that she came to know Jesus and that the whole entire situation changed but I
can’t. What I can say though is that God showed me a whole different meaning to
the word love. And when I see how He loves people like Audrey it’s very
squelching to any pride that He would love me more because of how much ‘better’
I am. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t work at that particular store anymore, but it’s
interesting the reactions I get when I tell people what I miss the most from my
17 months there. I tell people honestly that the thing I miss the most is
working with the people. I miss working right beside them every day. I miss
being in on their lives. It was my all time favorite activity of the day to see
a co-worker sad and have them laughing and positive till they left that night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know some people think
it wasn’t a very good environment to surround myself with. “What terrible
company for a young person…” I can almost hear them thinking… It was dark. But God was also at work there. I
felt His Spirit there. Some days when the darkness and stress was so heavy that
it felt claustrophobic another worker would tell me how glad they were that I
was there. I would give them a hug. Tell them how glad I was to know them…or
give them a compliment. It would make their day just hearing words of kindness.
Other days it was them giving me a hug. But lest you think I always embraced
the stress and every other chance I had to show complete Christlikeness… I didn’t.
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All that said…Don’t shy away from loving the ‘unlovable’.
After all, who is the unlovable? It’s us just as much as it is them. <b><i>Open
up your life and let Jesus love them through you.</i></b> You won’t ever regret
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It's Human nature. We were made to worship. Something. We feel the need to devote our life to something. Our energy. Our time. Our <em>worship</em>. <em>What we worship is what we crave</em>. It's what we sacrifice our time for. I don't need to list all the things that could possibly fit in this description. You already know it. Just look inside your self and if you're very honest you probably won't have a hard time of knowing what it is that is the object of your worship. <br />
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Here I'm talking about Jesus. We have grown up being told what our "worship" should look like but is that really truth? <br />
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There's more to be discovered about the heart of God. <br />
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There are multitudes who have no idea what He really wants. To many of us He is portrayed to be a God whom we are to serve by way of our good deeds and works. As a way of somehow hopefully paying Him back for the suffering He endured when He paid for our sin. Right there you have it. He paid the price because He knew we couldn't. So why do we think we can <em>pay it back?</em> If Jesus paid our debt because he knew we couldn't..... that's that. He didn't do it to suffice until we could... he did it <em>instead</em> of us. That shows us right there that God is not interested in our works of 'payment'. He wants our worship.<br />
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In the past I have had a very shallow understanding of worship. In fact I didn't really know what it was. I felt that there was much more to it than what I saw portrayed. I had this idea that Christ died for me so that I had a reason to serve/give back to Him. I didn't get it that He was actually doing what He did so that I would know that He loved me. That He wanted a relationship with me. <br />
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I have grown up singing the song <em>"I Stand Amazed"</em> but it wasn't until recently that the words <em>...He shed no tears for His own grief but sweat drops of blood for mine...</em> actually sunk in. I was singing the song with a group of others and suddenly my thoughts ran wild like this: <em>"Wait! What are the next words?" </em>and<em> </em>then it was:<em> "Really? I never knew it said that! O Jesus thank you! This changes everything</em>..." And then there were various other thoughts that I don't remember as exactly.<br />
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The main point is this: How we view God determines how we view worship to Him. <br />
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If we believe the lie that we must work hard to repay Him -out of love of course- for what He did for us then we will also -most likely- feel as though we are never good enough for Him. Like we will never measure up to what He deserves to have from us. We will feel insecure about offering Him nothing but ourselves. On the flip side when we realize that we can't repay Him and that His whole reason for dying was to bring God closer than ever to man and also to show us just how great His <em>unconditional</em> love is than our response is naturally one of thankfulness, praise, love, <em>worship.</em>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-24323918088031915662014-10-25T13:06:00.000-05:002014-10-25T13:06:31.927-05:00God in a $0.40 CD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She was at a thrift store with her sisters. She was looking for something exciting. That one thing that had 'her name' on it. She did what she always does first and went to the clearance section of the store. To her left was a gigantic rack of music. She went there next since she can't leave a store without looking through the music. There it was, close to the front. A 14 yr. old CD that was marked 80% off its original price of $1.99! When this particular young lady sees music for $0.40 it just has a way of going into her cart. And most times it doesn't go back on the shelf. Just imagine. 11 songs for $0.40?!<br />
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That was me. Hannah, the person writing this. That music was probably the favorite thing I purchased all day. I haven't stopped listening to it since. The whole album is full of God's Spirit. I needed that. I love it when a song has been around for 16 years<i> -a popular song at that-</i> and suddenly you find that version of it that is instantly your favorite. It's anointed. It's different from all the others.<br />
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I had specifically been asking God to reveal Himself to me in some way. He did. In a way that I wasn't expecting. It's those little things that cause my belief in God to grow bigger. How do I know that He cares about the very small things? Because He made Himself known to me through a very small thing. It was nothing big and/or sophisticated. Simply bringing to me 11 songs <i>-for practically free- </i>that have blessed me over and over.<br />
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How has God made Himself known to you today? Maybe it was a hug from a random friend. Maybe you were going through something difficult or outright <i>hard</i> and that person who had no idea gave you chocolate for no reason at all or maybe they spoke words of life to you right when you needed it the most. Maybe God spoke His love to you through flowers from a child or by simply watching the leaves dance around in the wind. Or the sunset... or who knows, maybe someone posted something on Facebook that was just what you needed for that day. A moment of Light. Truth. Promise.<br />
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Look around you. Most times God doesn't throw a big party when He tells us He loves us. A lot of times it's in the small things. The things that make our hearts happy. It's when we realize these things are gifts, that we know. Without a doubt. That He really and truly cares. Because we are His.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-61960368071212039142014-10-19T15:40:00.000-05:002014-10-19T15:40:50.113-05:00Jacob & Dorcas - The weddingAnd so it was. My sister got married. And it was beautiful! I have so many memories from that day that I could talk for hours about it. But since no body wants to spend hours reading a blog post I shall condense it to these 36 pictures & a few words.<br />
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It was a most lovely wedding. It was beautiful. God was present. It has been marked in my head as one of my favorite weddings ever! So I shall begin:<br />
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We started the day with our cousin bringing us coffee drinks of our choice to drink while the hair and make up was being worked on... It was quite pleasant of her I thought...<i> :)</i></div>
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The flower girls were most adorable I thought. They became friends very fast which was adorable to watch! On the way to the place where pictures were to be taken they sat in the back seat counting each others freckles... It was entertaining. </div>
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Our family. Just us. Somehow we all grew up and it seems as though we're all the same age. Just look at us being all adult and everything... haha! <i>:)</i></div>
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And then there are the rest of us...</div>
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These two played beautiful prelude music! Every time I think of it I remember how the bridal party was all down stairs and we could hear the music while being told stories of times when people have fainted while standing up front and we were being mildly instructed on what to do should we began to feel light in our heads and so on... It was a little entertaining. </div>
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Jacob welcomed all the guests..</div>
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All of us sisters had a spot in the bridal party along with one of our cousins. Somehow it felt organized to me to be in the middle. I know it sounds weird but it just was that way. It seems to me that Dorcas was probably coming in at this time judging by all our expressions.</div>
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"The Prayer" Let me just say that God totally sang that song for me. Practice did not go well. At rehearsal it went worse yet. I went home and prayed over that song. The next day I felt like it was going to be completely fine. It was. My God is awesome! </div>
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The reception was beautiful! It was relaxed and fun...</div>
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So I'll start. Two of the sisters were coming for a week. The one has 4 kids & the other had just gotten engaged a small while before .. and since she was in the middle of planning her wedding it would be the perfect opportunity to have her Mom and sister make her dress. <i>--This wedding is going to be in just 2 weeks from Saturday and I'm so super excited 'cause I get to have the fun of doing the cake/cupcakes and being a bridesmaid.... and then I will have pictures to post from that as well! ---</i></div>
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Some nights we stayed up late to keep her company while she sewed and then Aubrey would get to stay up with us...and we would eat ice cream and other good things 'cause it's just so much fun to have a 7 yr. old niece to have night parties with! <i>:)</i></div>
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And the poor baby kitty's got way more attention then they were asking for I believe. They put on a real display of long-suffering through the week! </div>
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I made them each their own little cake. the picture is kinda bright so you can't see very well... Kyler had a Thomas cake, Aubrey had one of those that looks like a princess with a big frilly skirt and for Mya's I cut the shape of a kitty face and gave it eyes, ears, a nose and whiskers and whatever else might go on a cat face.... she was pleased as punch and didn't seem to notice that it had pale green eyes and whiskers. <i>:) </i></div>
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And a Lego airplane!</div>
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Once we took the kids to feed the fish. $0.88 bread from Walmart works great and is severely cost efficient and Mya seemed to think it was tasty as well. She usually got 1/2 of her slice before the fish got any! </div>
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My current cover photo on Facebook. Just 'cause I like it...</div>
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This child has gorgeous blue eyes! </div>
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Kyler found so many little frogs. It was amazing how many he could fit in his hand too! Once he was holding so many that he said they "were sleeping" in his hands. <i>:)</i> Love his imagination! </div>
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Stories with Dorcas...</div>
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We had an abundance of fresh peas over that time thus they made there appearance at nearly every meal. Looks like Mya stopped for a while to diligently shell them.</div>
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Walking along the lake. Gorgeous.</div>
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At the end of the week more of the family came. Here it's Jacob & Dorcas and Eric & Naomi</div>
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Miss Mya Grace and her Daddy...</div>
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It was the third weekend in May. My brother was moving to the beautiful state of Wisconsin and it just worked that we could help him out that weekend. Which was quite lovely indeed!<br />
And for me it's always exciting to see the great sign because seriously. How many other states have their sign hanging happily on giant logs? <i>-please excuse the blurriness... Mom was driving fast! ;)</i></div>
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And here is a picture of my brother Micah and his plane. He flew it up and we drove his car. And we could text while he was flying which was entertaining! I miss him dreadfully but I'm so super excited for him at the same time... There's just something about people being right where they're supposed to be that makes me happy. And happiness is good.</div>
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Once upon a time, a long time ago, it was a a chilly Sunday morning in Wisconsin. My sister and I were both in the same Sunday school class at the time and we were sitting on the front bench with the rest of our class. We were asked if there was a song we wanted to sing. I immediately stuck out my hand and announced boldly: "God our Father". <i>{ It was my current favorite from some Acapella recording. Don't ask me why it was a fav 'cause I don't know.}</i> The song leader looked at me with a small laugh on his face -that I thought nothing of- and asked me if I could please start the song for him. I, of course was not afraid to sing my most favorite song. So I did. I started singing: "God our Father, God our Father." No one joined in like I was planning they would so I kept singing: "Once again, Once again, we bow our heads to thank Thee...." still nothing.But when your that far in to a short song it makes no sense to stop so I thought I might as well keep going. " We bow our heads to thank Thee, Amen, Amen." I was thanked for singing and later that day I learned that pretty much no one else knew my favorite song and that my sister was too embarrassed at me choosing a song <i>-that no one knew-</i> to help me sing it!! Sibling loyalty in the greatest degree right there! <i>:)</i> <i>jk!</i><br />
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And that my friends. Was the day I sang my first solo. As far as I can remember I enjoyed it!<i> :)</i><br />
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<i> </i>Here is a slightly blurred image of Rhoda & I at about 6-7 I think.<br />
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And my favorite picture of us now! </div>
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It's funny what age does to a person 'cause back then Rhoda would have totally been the 'not scared of strangers' sort where as I was more cautious. Now, even though she's still more outgoing than me, <i>(in some</i> <i>ways)</i> I would probably be the first to introduce myself/carry on a conversation with someone I don't know. But my life would be boring with out her and she says hers wold be very boring without me so it's all good! </div>
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Yep! That's pretty much the make up of this post. I took these pictures recently on a very warm and sunny spring day but when turned black and white they looked more sentimental & contemplative which is how I'm feeling at the moment.... The picture below was not meaning to be taken but it turned out pretty well for being an accident....I thought. It looks kinda like a storm. If I'm very honest I'll admit that recent situations in my life and the unknown of the near future have not been all song and dance. {Forgive me for speaking in a parable but I don't feel like now is the time to go into detail.} </div>
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At the beginning of the year I felt like something good & exciting was going to
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I've sorta come to this realization: If these experiences were easy, then we wouldn't be changed. If they weren't hard, then we wouldn't learn that God is really, truly <b><i>all</i></b> our strength. That He is Sufficient. If we weren't stretched, our life would remain as it is. And that is definitely <b><i>not</i></b> what God wants for our lives. </div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-14028635417302192512014-03-28T13:45:00.000-05:002014-03-28T13:45:05.453-05:00Of late birthday gifts and days offI came home from work Wednesday night to find that my sister Rhoda had locked herself in the bedroom and I was not allowed in. So I talked to her from the other side and made her laugh and I was helpful and sent her a scissors under the door..... Finally she comes out with a package wrapped up in snowman paper {'cause that's usually all we keep on hand :)} and gives it to me. She said it was a birthday present. My birthday was in October & I told her I thought she had already given me a present but she had forgotten... or something.... but who declines to two birthday presents? <i>{note: we do normally wait about 5 months to give each other presents 'cause that's normally how long it takes to find that one thing that would be perfect. }</i> I felt the package like always and discovered it was a book. But first there was the most funny, delightful card with a Winnie the Pooh quote on the front that needed to be read first. <i>{Seriously people. If you have never been privileged to read one of her cards than you're missing out on some really encouraging humor. -or humorous encouragement, however you want to say it! }</i> I tore through the snowman paper to discover that it was what I thought it was. Run Baby Run. She knew I had wanted this book for ever so long but since I had 'thought' she already got me a present, I wasn't expecting it! I read the book for about an hour before washing the supper dishes. I like it. :)<br />
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I told Rhoda that I don't feel like I have good teaching skills when it comes to things like this.But a few of them did turn out looking like they came straight from a cup cake shoppe! Yay! </div>
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I find days off to be exciting and usually relaxing.... sometimes to the point where I don't feel like I get anything accomplished.. ? But that's just reason to look ahead to the next weeks day off and decide what you will do that day. Sometimes it works, <strike>sometimes it doesn't!</strike> Sometimes it is a relaxing repeat of the previous week! :)</div>
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I'm excited 'cause I get to see my brother & sis-in-law this weekend! Yay!</div>
Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-11363109135943205452014-03-22T12:55:00.001-05:002014-03-22T13:01:03.574-05:00An accomplished surprise. You'll have to forgive the odd title. I say titles are the worst part of a blog post. Agreed? ---- I am a little behind in this post 'cause it was last weekend that my sister came and surprised us! It was grand! She came to the restaurant where we work & we had no idea she was coming, which is why I say it was an 'accomplished' surprise 'cause I have this thing for figuring out almost every time someone plans to surprise me.... it's awful I know. It was great fun to have her here. We went on long walks & talked & talked....<br />
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The finished product. I didn't feel like making a bunch of different colors so I just did green for the leaves & grass ('cause they wanted to see the grass <i>:)</i> ) It doesn't look like the most 'put-together' cake I have ever done but it was really good! </div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-41004062804911932062014-03-10T21:51:00.000-05:002014-03-10T21:51:32.287-05:00It begins to feel like summer. Today....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The beautiful night sky! After supper Rhoda & I went out and did jumping jacks & jump roped... the latter didn't go so well for me but they say practice makes perfect! For which I am grateful!<br />
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-57568538018271158362014-02-01T23:48:00.000-06:002014-02-01T23:51:14.745-06:00Sunshine of TodaySo I'm sitting here and it is snowing the most beautiful snow outside and it reminded me of this post I was going to write awhile back. Quite honestly, I was going through a difficult time and due to some circumstances I didn't know how things would turn out. For the most part I'm a take-it-as-it-comes kind of person and things rarely stress me out. But now it felt as though clouds that were far off in the distance suddenly came close fast... and I was challenged by a song that I'd heard a long time ago that spoke specifically about not letting the clouds of tomorrow steal the sunshine of today. It was so what I needed to hear/remember... and suddenly I felt like there was nothing to worry about anymore. I felt that somehow God had already taken care of it all. -And He has.- <i>{and if this sounds like I don't ever struggle with doubt. Rest assured. Just because the spiritual gifts test shows Faith doesn't mean I always feel completely un-worried!}</i> I started taking notice of the "sunshiny" things in my life and it's amazing everything that suddenly popped out as a gift from God! I find that life is much happier when one is intentional about finding good things in every day...<br />
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<li> While I was telling my boss about some of the above mentioned stuff that was going on she promptly stopped what she was doing & prayed for me. I'm so blessed. God couldn't have given me a better boss! </li>
<li>Being able to send random packages to random people. Yup. I do love giving gifts! :)</li>
<li>Seeing people all happy about a deal you were able to give them on doughnuts at the end of the day. <i>Happiness is contagious. </i></li>
<li>Turning on the radio to hear my favorite song being played.</li>
<li>Getting new music that is now my new favorite. </li>
<li>A co-worker that seems like my sister-<i>only in a vastly different aspect! </i>:)</li>
<li>Seeing God work out details. <i>This is huge people.</i></li>
<li>That feeling you get when God plants a dream in your heart & you just know something exciting will happen! :)</li>
<li>The snow that I mentioned at the very beginning of the post.</li>
<li>Promises form the Bible.</li>
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I am reminded to look for the good instead of focusing on the bad & unfortunate. Because in reality: </div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-88950764147395781372014-01-21T10:48:00.000-06:002014-01-21T10:52:19.787-06:0013 Random Moments....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
...in 2013. Yes, I know I'm a little behind since the year has already
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The moments of sitting around the table talking with family...</div>
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the most adorable moment of Haley & Colson...</div>
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The time I went to see my sister with friends & we went to a coffee shop... </div>
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The time when Micah plays with Colson...entertaining I tell you! </div>
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The moments when we played in the snow with friends beacause we could.</div>
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The time we randomly decided to go eat fried cheese curds & cheesy tater rounds right before making supper...</div>
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That moment when your trying to stay occupied while traveling....</div>
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Walks in the beautiful outdoors with the sisters & the brother...</div>
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That moment when we step inside the door after a random trip to DQ & decide that a picture is in order..</div>
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Conversations...</div>
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This picture makes me laugh every time I see it. You see, I am not
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And we have breakfast with friends...</div>
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Time spent with surprise guests... <i>:)</i></div>
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I'll call her Stacy. I walked into a room and there she was. A beautiful young girl in her early teens. She looked completely helpless and unattached from reality. In her eyes you could see a deep ocean of pain, distrust, depression, lose of purpose in life and anything else you care to throw in there. She told me she had no friends. That she didn't need any friends...she didn't want them. That she was on probation for having done something 'silly'. She told of a lot more pain and past and while she said she wanted to go on to nursing because she's good with people you could still tell that she didn't trust them. But when asked if she finds it hard to trust people after what her life has held she quickly replied: "Oh I trust people". As I looked at this young girl the reality of what is considered normal for so many kids today slowly begin to sink in. They survive. Steal & get caught for it & then lie to talk themselves out of it. They try their hardest to cover their pain & their lonesomeness by putting on a fake front that is supposed to appear confident and self sufficient but under it all you can hear them screaming that they want out. They are begging for Truth and real Love. For a touch of <b><i>Grace</i></b> & <b><i>Mercy</i></b>.</div>
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Stacy's mother didn't want her and she decided that she would live with her brother & his wife, some friends of ours who live just minutes away. Several days ago my Mom saw her and couldn't believe how different she looked. In was all over her face. It shone in her eyes and changed her whole appearance. <i>It's called Grace, Forgiveness, Mercy....</i> it's what happens when a lost heart meets God. It's what happens when a person comes in personal contact with the reality of grace and mercy and they realize what it means for <i>them</i>. I have already been inspired by this young girls passion for truth and for God. Just looking at the situation she came from and thinking about how much she has to learn about living in general could make a person think that she'll never go far. But I can't wait to see what God has in store for her. </div>
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It's me, Alli, Naomi, Mary and Rhoda</div>
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Stories for some of the youngest grand-kids by one of the oldest ones...</div>
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It has sorta become tradition for us girl cousins to spend a night together when we're all around.... there were 7 of us this time but we didn't happen to get a picture. Sadly. The above is some Triple Chocolate Mocha Biscotti that I made for the evening.... since there is always coffee you know! </div>
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So there you have it. A few pictures from my Christmas. I have tons of posts running there course through my brain but they just haven't come to life on here yet. I almost hesitate to say what I am about to say next...but when I was writing down some goals for 2014 I "happened" to mention blogging more. Yes I did. I won't tell you though how often I hope to because...well...just because. You see 16 posts in one year doesn't exactly lay the ground work for some exciting, extraordinary change around the corner.... and 16 posts was the outstanding "record" for 2013. </div>
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Hello to everyone here on this warm, 'spring' day in December! Honestly it does seem like spring. The thin dusting of snow that we had is melting & running away & it even smells like spring... I must say though, the weather is nice. It just seems majorly incorrect to me! But since you probably didn't come for a weather report I will continue. It's been goodness how long since I've posted anything? Exactly 27 & 1/4 days to be precise. Since then my one job has quit until march & the other one has slowed down for the winter & the family was all home for thanksgiving & my sister has gone away to be with my other sister & we will go get her next weekend<i>...</i> Got that?</div>
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Lately I've been very intrigued with making things from sheet music. And with redoing old things to make them look like new things etc.... below are 2 of my recent creations...</div>
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For the picture board I spray painted an old frame that we've had ever since I was old enough to remember things...than I took cork board that I had on hand and glued it to the backing of the frame. It seems to have worked quite well except that a few of the pictures have a problem sticking. For the flower I looked around online until I found sheet music that I liked, printed it off, stained it in coffee and made a pattern & then cut 10 pieces & stacked them. Then I stuck a brad in the middle and 'crunched' all the pieces together. Simplicity I tell you!<i> </i></div>
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The card is one I made for my boss when she got married. I didn't feel like buying a present so I settled for giving money since I hear that it never hurts to get a little unexpected funds when one is getting married....correct? I thought it very boring to just lay funds inside the card so I made a sheet music pocket to dress it up a little. It turned out quite nice but I forgot to take a picture before I wrote in it. <i>:)</i><br />
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I know this time of year everyone and their dog is doing 'thankful' posts and I guess I shall join the ranks with them... it does make me cringe a little though when I think of how many people <i>-including myself-</i> tend to complain about various things in life that we just really think should be different or we think that life should be treating us more fairly then what it is at the current moment and we forget that life isn't all about US & that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord.....and then November comes along in the calendar year and we suddenly turn all thankful for everything & we participate in the "30 days of thanks" challenge....which is all great and wonderful I just need to remind myself that November is indeed not the only month for remembering our blessings and giving God thanks for them. Thus I shall continue:<br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">Family- <i>This is big on the list! The picture below is only the ones of us that are still at home which comes out to 0.25 + 1 of us kids and both parents so that totals to 0.50 of the immediate family plus there are 2 sisters & 1 brother that have been added happily as well as 7 grandkids! :) get that? :)</i></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Fall! <i>-yes please!</i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Music - <i>if you know me very well at all you know this is true</i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Pinterest <i>-actually, I think this is called being thankful for inspiration. :)</i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Wonderful bosses at both jobs. <i>-Seriously people. This is a big blessing!</i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">My new keyboard that I have owned for barely a year. <i>:)</i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Black Friday!! <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>-this is an awesome way to buy shoes people! Go to the store & decide what kind/size you want, wait patiently for the sale then buy them online! You don't have to go out in the scurry of fierce people & you can often get a free shipping code... $$$$ are saved! :) </i></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thrift stores. <i>:)</i></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Forgiveness</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The power that is available to us through the Holy Spirit<i> </i></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Freedom. <i>-Let me never forget the price it cost </i></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The privilege of being homeschooled</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A house to live in <i>-and nice people to live with! :) </i></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">All the different personalities that make up the people in this world. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>-and like I tell people who complain about a personality opposite their own: "The world would be severely boring if we were all the same." </i></span></span></span></li>
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Hello people! I don't know how it is where you are residing today but I am quite aware that this is an absolutely awesome fall day! I went to work at 8 a.m. & got off at precisely 2:26 p.m. and came home & Rhoda and I listened to all sorts of happy music very loudly & made monster cookies! :) </div>
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<i>You see we really did have to make them because my boss at the bakery wanted the recipe for an extra something to stick in the doughnut case & I had to make sure these were good... y'know how that goes.... :)</i></div>
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After the cookies were done we went on a walk. -please excuse the somewhat blurred self image...<i>as in. this image is not completely clear. :) that's all. :)</i><br />
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<i> </i>We have this gorgeous maple tree abiding in our front yard! I took this picture the other day while it was losing it's leaves and now the tree is almost completely ready for winter! :)</div>
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I am in love with this super simple printable! I so cannot wait for thanksgiving. <i>( more reasons then one here! ;)) </i>I know for sure that the pie eating part will come to life! </div>
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What I'm currently reading. I find it surprising that I am reading 2 books at once! I am so not a reader & for me to really like a book it has to be challenging & beneficial to ones spiritual life plus there seems to be very few writing styles that I actually like. This is like the third or fourth time I'm reading 'The Cross & the Switchblade' & 'gods at war' came in the mail today as a birthday present. I can't wait to read through the whole book 'cause it looks really good! </div>
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That is all for now.... I do sincerely hope that y'all have an amazing weekend! :)</div>
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<span style="color: black;">...we find ourselves in Wisconsin again. You see this is how it works. When one has very good friends <i>(even though those friends are 10 1/2 hours from your current place of residence) </i>then you -or at least I do- get quite excited every time you get a chance to go see them which in some cases it happens oftener then others. Such has been the case this past year. With 2 of our friends getting married we found that we really couldn't <i>not </i>go because this is like a once in a lifetime event and how terrible to miss it!! I am fully aware that we were just up there in august & that to some it might seem like we are addicted to traveling but such is not the case. However, my siblings & I think it would be quite excellent if we could keep up this 'seeing each other every 2 months' like we have in the very recent past..... I feel that by now some of you are starting to drop your heads in wonderment if I will ever stop writing in such boring detail about the things you really didn't come to read about..... </span></div>
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...and practice the grand entering of the bride...</div>
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And then there was the wedding day. We got up and ate breakfast & drank coffee & then there was hair and fun things like that to get ready for the wedding...<br />
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After volley ball we went home to eat whatever we could find which turned out to be leftover chili for some and nearly a half bag of celery with ranch for another <i>-healthy I tell you</i>...and then we decided to have a little contest. There was a jar of quarters and whoever got the closest guess on the amount of money in the jar would be rewarded with $5... thus we proceed to count the quarters & I began to feel a little mentally declined due to the short hours of sleep on which I was living....</div>
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I am in love with the fall colors up there! I know they weren't at their peak but they were nice and bright in contrast to the brown-ish colors we have down here.... I'm not complaining though. We do have an occasional bright colored maple tree stuck in among the oaks every now and then & that makes me happy! :)</div>
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There's also things that I don't have pictures of .... the coffee pot consumed an entire large can of coffee grounds over the weekend and we even fed one of the dear brothers a cup of hot water to stretch our limited resources! here's how you do it: Take a mug that is black on the inside and pour coffee in it so it has the smell you would expect. Next, pour the coffee out and insert hot water and serve it to the person of choice. In my situation the person to which I served the hot water was intently watching Andy Griffith and drank the ENTIRE cup without noticing! YAY!!!! I guess that's what happens when you don't pay attention to what your doing. :) </div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143901953241158382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733093515844261685.post-54546651830592361172013-10-11T09:29:00.003-05:002013-10-11T09:31:50.381-05:00The winner is.........................<div style="text-align: center;">
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<u><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Andrea!!</span></span></i></u></div>
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Congratulations Andrea! An <b>Autumn Harvest</b> candle will be coming your way very soon! </div>
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I hope you enjoy it to the fullest! :)<br />
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To all you others: I apologize. I wanted you all to win but since only one name fits at the top of the list.... maybe you can try again next time! </div>
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<i>*Note: For those of you who are wondering how she won 'cause you didn't see her comment.... a few of my friends entered on facebook 'cause blogger wasn't cooperating. Which is why you didn't see her entry.</i></div>
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So ever since my sister moved to Iowa, my other sister & I thought it would be most appreciated & out right lovely if Dorcas & some of our cousins would come see us & as time went on I was beginning to suspect that there were indeed plans & we weren't supposed to know about them which meant that they were very possibly trying to plan a surprise. I tend not to be a person that gets surprised very easily 'cause I'm always rather suspicious or as in another case once when someone was trying to surprise me, logic just told me that they would be coming- I counted the number of people that were coming & the number of seats in the vehicle & I knew there was a cousin who would find it very convenient to come along. -And she did! But that is not the story this time. </div>
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The last weekend in September my sister(Rhoda) & I were working and she asked me if I would scream if I were ever surprised. "I don't know." I said. "I guess we'll have to wait and see when the time comes." She thought that was no fun at all 'cause she knew she most definitely would scream! :) the weekend went on & I didn't expect any one would be coming because of the days I was scheduled to work the following week but what'd you know? Sunday night we were all in the basement & the dogs started barking loudly outside & then I heard people walking upstairs & I still didn't expect anything and then they started coming down the stairs & my Dad went to look.... & obviously I was having a moment of brain-freeze 'cause when he said, "Oh. It's just you". I still didn't catch on. and then they came running & I realized who was actually here in my house & I screamed! Loudly! Which is what they were hoping for. :) <i>(I even surprised myself here & my sister discovered indeed how I react to surprises! ;)) </i>I discovered that mom had even arranged with my boss for me to work different days which was so happy! :) We had marvelous fun and made good use of the short time that was left until Tuesday afternoon when they were to leave<i>.</i></div>
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Allison/Alice & I- there are so many memories I have with this girl & her sister as well as the rest of their family.... about some things I say: what happens on the bus stays on the bus! ;) ;) haha!!:)<br />
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Since we didn't know they were coming there was no plan of what to do so we got up in the morning & drank coffee/tea and had good conversation about dealing with pain from the past, breaking chains of bitterness & on like that until somewhere in the 11th hour...Dad came in and saw us all sitting there in our PJ's drinking coffee and thought it looked like we were getting a good start on our day! :) We were. It was beneficial to us all. :)<br />
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We then went to town to see what we would do....<br />
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...that ended up being our favorite little cafe in Warsaw because it had been quite awhile since we were there & Chels & Allison had never been there & we were sure they were missing out! :) </div>
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They thought it was very enchanting. Which it is.. and one of the favorite things about it is that it's all healthy! They make all their own desserts/bread/etc... and they use NO sugar. They use natural sweeteners & still the food is amazing! :) </div>
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We sat out on the awesome porch & had more good conversation. It was beautiful!</div>
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Amazing Cream Cheese Pie with Strawberries. I don't think I've even gone there with out getting this! :)<br />
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Sisters are awesome! Just sayin'... I missed all my other sisters that weren't with us. <br />
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Mom made fresh doughnuts while we were gone. They were amazing! They always are.</div>
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Watching 'My Fair Lady' & I decidedly say that I liked it. ;) </div>
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There were french pedicures to be done ...</div>
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and a fun game of dutch blitz to be played...</div>
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I have come to the conclusion once again that there is no price tag for family & friends who love the Lord.</div>
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I am blessed.</div>
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I have also come to the conclusion that being surprised is very exciting! :)</div>
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To see more pictures & another side of the story read <a href="http://www.chelsyrenee.com/2013/10/destinationmissouri-cousins.html">Chelsy's blog.</a></div>
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And in case you haven't yet. There's still time to enter the <a href="http://music-oflife.blogspot.com/2013/10/yay-its-giveaway.html#comment-form">giveaway</a>!</div>
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You can enter through Thursday (the 10th) & I will announce the winner on Friday.</div>
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