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…which you’d think would have been obvious before.
1. If you live on a dirt road in a particularly windy geographical area, you will be dusting much more often. Much, much more often. Particularly in warm weather, when the windows are open.
2. Goats are great for eating weeds. But they don’t know the [...]

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Want to give your children a wonderful treat?  Leave them at home.
I’m well aware of the struggle to find time to go on a date with your spouse.  I’m also well aware of the struggle to find time with the whole family, and the guilt that goes along with that.  It’s tempting to forgo the [...]

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Saying Goodbye

She teetered out onto the wet rocks, groping behind her with one hand to grasp the hand of her son. In her other hand, she clutched a cardboard box tightly to her chest.
Those of us who’d stayed on the shore held our collective breath, not exhaling until she’d reached the outermost rock, the one [...]

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Pete found out a few weeks ago that he’s been nominated as a deacon for our church. This was a huge blessing, considering the discouragement he’s experienced in the past year or so.  It’s also a great idea on the part of the person(s) who nominated him (no, it wasn’t me, though I was [...]

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Hi Ho, Hi Ho

It’s off to a wedding we go.
Or went, actually.  Sticking to my commitment to not tell the blogosphere that we’re going to be out of town until we’re already back, I didn’t post about my cousin’s impending wedding, but I can post about it now.
This was my last cousin to walk down the aisle.  Or, [...]

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I grew up in a football-loving household. And I’m not just talking about the men. My mother whooped and hollered right along with my dad–even louder. It was the perfect training ground for my future role as wife to a Cheese-headed Packer Backer.
I have often heard women complain about their husbands’ fascinations with [...]

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