I just found this incredibly amazing blog written by a 20 year old serving in Africa. Wow…Here is a quote pulled from her blog:
There is a common misconception that I am courageous. I will be the first to tell you that this is not actually true. Most of the time, I am not brave. I [...]
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Courage is taking the first step
Posted in Leaf Turning, Prayers please, We're all connected, general musings/writings on August 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Catching y’all up
Posted in Leaf Turning, christmas, general musings/writings, large family on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s been forever since I’ve really blogged! The holidays will do that, I suppose.
Let’s see….I’ll try to fill you in on the happenings here and post a few funnies that happened over the weekend.
Christmas here at home: We spent Christmas Eve and Day here at our home. It’s always [...]
It’s another Thrift Store Thursday!
Posted in I'd love to hear from you, Leaf Turning, general musings/writings on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I went to the thrift store again yesterday. This time it was because I was hoping to find some cheap long sleeve shirts for Mr 11 that I could cut the sleeve off one arm for his cast. It’s getting colder here and his long-sleeve shirts won’t fit around the bulk of his cast.
I didn’t [...]
And now for the Thrifty total!
Posted in I'd love to hear from you, Leaf Turning, Thrift Store Thursday, large family on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tonya was the closest guess with her guess being around $20 – 25.
Here’s what I acutally paid:
$14 total for the 4 skirts
$3 for the shirt
That equals $17 !!! Yay!!
SCORE!! Care to guess what I paid?
Posted in I'd love to hear from you, Leaf Turning, Thrift Store Thursday, We're all connected, general musings/writings, large family on October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I posted below about heading to the thrift store in our area to look for some church skirts and fall shirts. I didn’t find any frames but I totally found some great clothes!
Here’s what I bought for me:
Talbot’s Petites Long Gabardine Heather gray skirt with slit up the back, straight, slim NEW with tags!
Talbot’s Petites [...]
How I lost 24 inches….
Posted in Leaf Turning on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I mentioned in an earlier post (http://ramblinamblins.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/final-jenny-craig-update/) that I have lost 30 pounds and 24 inches. Spring was asking how I did it…So I thought I’d try to answer a bit more in detail.
First, the 24 inches is a total taken from 4 areas (chest, waist, abdomen, and hips). I lost roughly 6 inches in chest, [...]
Final Jenny Craig update
Posted in Leaf Turning on September 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Since I have had a few people ask….
For those of you wondering, I finished Jenny Craig this last month. I lost a total of 20 pounds on Jenny and 10 pounds by myself before starting Jenny. Brings my grand total to 30 lbs and 24 inches (yes…24 inches!!!!) in a little under one year. I [...]
WFMW Fast healthy and yummy meal in under 30 minutes
Posted in Leaf Turning, Works for Me!, recipes on December 5, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Shannon at www.rocksinmydryer.typepad.com is doing the weekly Works for Me Wednesday. She’s asked us to give our best quick “yikes what’s for dinner” recipe. Ours is a Cuban meal (of course!). Frijoles negros or black beans & rice for y’all who don’t speak Spanish.
Ingredients:
Cooked rice
2 cans black beans
diced onion (1)
diced green pepper (1)
2 garlic cloves
olive [...]
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? no…It’s a new post!
Posted in I'd love to hear from you, Leaf Turning, We're all connected on December 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I know…inexcusable. No posts for a month. Yikes! I’m really sorry. Life gets busy and going around the holidays for us and I just haven’t been online a whole lot.
Jenny Craig is going so well! I’ve lost 9 pounds and 8 1/2 inches in 5 weeks. I am so excited! Even my skinny [...]
Jenny Craig, Day one
Posted in Leaf Turning on October 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I decided I needed a little outside help (sounds rather interventionist, doesn’t it?!) to lose this pesky 20 pounds. So yesterday, I signed up for a free trial of Jenny Craig offered through our insurance company. It seems like this will be a good fit for me: outside accountability, structure, meals planned, lower calorie intake, [...]
