December 2007

Happy New Year

December 31, 2007
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Tonight we will be snuggling in our cozy abode with a roaring fire and the white lights on the Christmas tree providing holiday ambiance for the last time before the tree, ornaments and other decorations are packed away on New Year’s Day in keeping with our tradition. This is the time of year when we […]

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Friday’s Feast #173

December 27, 2007

Appetizer Name 2 things you would like to accomplish in 2008. I plan to reach my ideal weight before December 31, 2008, and intensify and maximize my flute rehearsal and study time. Soup With which cartoon character do you share personality traits? Lucy. Topics: Friday’s Feast

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Carnival of Family Life ~~ Christmas Edition

December 24, 2007

Christmas Edition Welcome to the very special Christmas Edition of the Carnival of Family Life! I extend my thanks to each of the participants whose contributions have made this edition exceptional because of the thought-provoking, heartwarming, and memorable articles shared covering a wide breadth of topics. Topics: Blog Carnival, Carnival of Family Life, Family Life

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Melancholy Mood: Mine it and Write?

December 24, 2007
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Keeping Christ in Christmas

December 22, 2007

Keeping Christ in Christmas An entry in the Group Writing Project sponsored by On the Horizon and The Next Step. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, […]

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Wordless Wednesday (Saturday Edition)

December 22, 2007

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Photo Hunt: Light

December 21, 2007

This week’s theme: Light Christmas 1991: #1Son was 4 years old and Mattie-Boo just a few weeks. These two are the lights of my life! Topics: Photo Hunt

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What Christmas Means to Me

December 21, 2007
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At Christmas Time” by Dan Fogelberg (from “The First Christmas Morning”) Sandy Carlson at Writing in Faith tagged me to participate in this meme. The instructions are: Write a paragraph next to the last paragraph in the tag that is passed to you, and add a link back to your site. Use a title that suits […]

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Aloha Friday Holiday Edition

December 21, 2007

My pal Kailani at An Island Life hosts this great meme, Aloha Friday, based upon a very popular term used in Hawaii when island residents take it easy and look forward to the upcoming weekend — kind of like T.G.I.F. The meme involves no long posts, no deep soul searching revelations … just a little […]

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Wordless Wednesday (Friday Edition)

December 21, 2007

Christmas 1987: My first as a mother! Topics: Wordless Wednesday

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Thirteen Memorable (for the Parents) Visits with Santa Claus

December 20, 2007

Thirteen Memorable (for the Parents) Visits with Santa Claus I received these in an e-mail and laughed so hard, I just had to share them. For parents of older children, these photos will bring memories of similar experiences. For those of you with little ones, they might be painful reminders of very recent incidents! Let them serve […]

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Wordless Wednesday

December 18, 2007

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Can You Write Every Single Day for a Whole Year?

December 17, 2007
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That’s the challenge that has been extended to bloggers. As if NaNoWriMo weren’t intense enough (and so much so that I could not, due to my other commitments, participate this year), now comes Blog 365. The description of the program queries, “Are you ready to keep the NaPloPoMo spirit going?” (Apparently, NaPloPoMo stands for “National […]

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My Wall

December 10, 2007
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Back in March 2005, I founded my site on Blogger. My goal was simple: I just wanted to write. And I hoped someone would read my writing. But more than anything, I just wanted to memorialize my thoughts, opinions, ideas. As the end of 2007 approaches and I contemplate where my blogging has taken me […]

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Photo Hunt: Long

December 7, 2007

Yes, that’s me with long hair in 2001. It grew even longer before I began cutting it. Gradually, I ended up with this: Topics: Photo Hunt

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Friday’s Feast #171

December 7, 2007

Appetizer

What was the last game you purchased?
An online game subscription for my kids. They have to maintain good grades or I will discontinue it.

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Name something in which you don’t believe.

Reincarnation. I just can’t buy into it, particularly since I find no support for the theory anywhere in the Bible.

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year to Write

December 3, 2007
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Tis the season to decorate our homes, shop for gifts, and attend oodles of school programs and events, office parties, and church and community functions. Between all of those activities, will you have time to write? Everyone loves a happy ending, of course. And what kind of stories have the best happy endings? Stories in which […]

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A Walk Along a New Path

December 2, 2007

I took a walk this past week: Out of the office I have occupied for the past two-and-a-half years, out of the position I have held for the past three years, and out of the organization where I have worked for the past seven years. On Monday morning, I will walk into a new workplace, be assigned to a new office and areas of responsibility, and begin getting acquainted with new colleagues.

On Monday, I will begin to walk along a different professional path.

I make it my practice not to write here about my professional pursuits and coworkers, other than to reveal that I am an attorney. That will not change, but I do feel it is appropriate to note this milestone and the new direction my life path is taking.

I was blessed to have spent the past seven year performing work that was meaningful and, I believe, important. But for many reasons, it was time to move on. Fortunately, once I made up my mind, a completely unexpected new opportunity presented itself and I jumped at the chance to make this change.

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Photo Hunt: Red

December 1, 2007

My sister and I still laugh about our family’s artificial white Christmas tree, decorated every year with red ornaments. Here I am with my parents in 1969: Topics: Photo Hunt

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