Faith Like Potatoes

Watching this with the youth from our church today...



POWERFUL!

We open our home twice a month to 10-15 rowdy teenagers and feed them.
We normally do a bible study.
Right now we are focused on the book by Jerry Brydges
"Respectable Sins"

It is also powerful.

It is changing how I live my life.

Seriously.

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On another note, I know I haven't been around much lately but I've had a bit going on....

be back tomorrow with an update :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

All popped up and ready to go

It's no secret that I was floundering for ideas for pumpkins class for Valentine's Day after what I like to call the big candy cane fiasco!

And good old blog land came through for me once again.

Thank you to you all that sent me emails with ideas.

I so appreciated them.

I nearly made these ...

and I still might...

But then I came across this post

and like a bolt of lightning I was inspired!

What little girl doesn't like

ELECTRIC PINK POPCORN!

thanks to Alish and Whitney at Sisters' Stuff, I was on my way...

then in a moment of genious and a conversation with my mother...

We took it up a notch and added drizzled white chocolate and pink M&M's

Packaged so neatly with sandwich bag goody labels by the so talented Amy at Living Locurto
found here




oh the simpleness.
oh the completeness.
Oh the thankfulness for the simpleness and the completeness.



A big thank you to those that aided in making my 5 year old's Valentine's Day treat a success.

I am Super Mom once more...
for now....

January Block Swap

My mailbox has been overflowing with goodies for my month of the

Tethered Threads 2 block swap!

I couldn't be more delighted!

Here they are so far in no particular order...

So far I have received blocks from 6 of the 11 ladies in the swap...

I can't wait to see what treasures the other ladies come up with!

this final block is the one I made myself.

I wasn't happy with the positioning of the trees but I have seen and heard that many other ladies were also have a tricky time of it...

here's what Knittin Brit in WI had to say about it...

"Kelly, the secret to getting the trees on the triangular pieces the right way is to draw a template of the piece on scrap paper, then place it on your tree fabric so that the trees are in the right position and cut it along the diagonal line. Worked perfectly for me."

and then I had an "of course!" moment!

duh!

I'm going to try it tonight...

Dear John...

Two years ago today...
You are loved, you are spoken of often, your advice still taken, your memories remembered.
You are missed.

Love your daughter.

3 things I've learned today...

Number 1:

These,

however cute they are...

are harder than they look... (tutorial here)
Do you think pumpkin's class could share one?


Number 2:
Laundry does not do itself...
technically I already knew this
and yet I still wait in anticipation for the laundry fairy to drop by...

Hey--there's a tooth fairy--why not a laundry fairy?


Number 3:
Supper, not unlike the aforementioned laundry,
does not make itself...
I guess I'd better stop fussing with those candy canes
and come up with something for dinner...
any ideas?

I have something to say

and you might not like it

but I'm going to say it anyway...

This

Is not acceptable attire at the public pool.

Especially while swimming with toddlers

and 12 year old boys.

There I've said it.

Go buy a one piece.

or a tankini.

Keep your string bikini's for the beach.

I don't care how smokin' hot you think you are for your age!

Even if you're 40 and have the body of a 20 year old...

act your age--not your waist size!

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okay I'm done now.

yes.

I'm fine.

sound off :)