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Monday, 23 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
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Okay, so seekinHISwisdom had blogged about her kitchen and was interested in seeing other people's kitchens. She also asked what some of our favorite kitchen items are, so I added a few pics of some of them, too. I probably went overboard on pics here, but enjoy....
Oh, and by the way....I had to do some serious cleaning up this afternoon to make my kitchen look this good. I did take before pics but am scared to post them. I doubt anybody lets their kitchen get as awful as mine!!
Mail piled up, children's projects all over the bar, jars that need to be taken out to the garage, dirty dishes and groceries that never got put away...plus more all make for a very messy kitchen!! 
Those closet doors are hiding my laundry "room". I will pan around to the left and take you all around my kitchen.....
The doorway to the living room is between these two pictures.....
...and then the doorway on the left of the pic below leads into the hall way and we are back to where we started from.
~Kitchen Decor~
One of my favorite kitchen "tools" is my flat top stove. I LOVE not having to clean under burners!!
We got this stove like new for $100 through the local paper!! I also LOVE bargains!!
Someday I hope to get another hood. The one that is there is missing all the guts for the light, but the fan works fine. I would LOVE to have a light over my stove. It gets pretty dark back there in the evening!!
My favorite steal of all....we got this beautiful hutch for $140 or so on Ebay!! It was local so we were able to pick it up and save any kind of shipping fees!
I was able to bring all my good dishes in from the garage and unpack and actually USE them....and all our school books are kept in the bottom doors along with some of my bigger Tupperware pieces and my silverware chest.
So there....that is the basics of my kitchen.
When we came to see this house for the first time before moving, I fell in love with the kitchen!! It had plenty of cupboard space and I absolutely LOVE the huge island!!
Early 2008, I painted it the color it is now. It had been white and I had brought all my apple decor along south that I had used in the last couple houses we lived in, in PA. I sold all my apple stuff on Ebay, and replaced it with coffee theme decor!
Time for a cup of coffee....anyone want to join me?? I'd love to see YOUR kitchen!
Saturday, 26 September 2009
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Reviving My Blog...
Back some time ago I had created a blogspot, but didn't do too much on it. It was more for family and close friends to keep up with our lives and I was going to make it more personal to those who had supported us in prison ministry. I decided to revive it and then got to enjoying it...the only drawback is that it's harder and takes longer to add pictures, but for now I am going to be doing all my updates on there...I will let you know here, when there are new posts, so my Xanga friends can stay in touch!! :)
Here's the LINK
If you have a blogspot or something similar...feel free to friend me!!
Today is my 32nd birthday and my dear hubby is taking us all out for supper...he's says I am not allowed to cook today!!
I've had a wonderful birthday weekend so far!!
Monday, 21 September 2009
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Co-op, Wild Adventures
Friday was the second day of the homeschool co-op carpentry class. They reviewed what they learned the first week and then worked at planing down their boards the rest of the time....
Danny planing, Austin catching his wood...
Carmen planing, Maria catching...
This was Dylan's first time, so Rocky helped him catch up to the rest.
Look at ALL that sawdust!
And that pretty pecan wood!
Saturday morning a group of us met at 6 AM to go to Wild Adventures for homeschool day. The sunrise was very beautiful, the sun so HUGE when it first came up, but my window of opportunity to photograph it was very small and I missed it! We had prayed for a beautiful day since there was still a 40% chance of rain. GOd answered our prayers and we had a nice, rain-free day! It was a 2 1/2 hour drive and we are so thankful for safety as well!
So here are the pics....
The Ant Farm roller coaster is a good starter coaster for the day!
Dan and Hannah Grace are in the 2nd car, blocked by the post, Danny & Jake Weaver in the 3rd car and Rocky and Silas in the 4th car...
There is Danny, Rocky and Silas...
A view of the ferris wheel...Dan and Tamara and Hannah Grace were in car 11
A view out over the one part of the park, from atop the ferris wheel....
Tamara
Hannah Grace
Heidi and Toby in the petting zoo area...
Carousel rides....
We ate lunch in the picnic area in the parking lot. You are not allowed to take food into the park, but at least they provide an area for you to eat in the parking lot!!
The Dan's....
I thought this sign was cute!
Dan & I riding the big swing to dry off after a water ride...thanks for the pic, Caroline!
Samuel and Danny and Dan and Tamara riding the Aviator...
Up high!!
The BOOMERANG!!!
I actually got up the nerve to ride this! But...I probably won't again...roller coasters just make me feel sick Bummer! I'd enjoy them if they wouldn't make me feel bad!
A "car" pulls you up to the top, then realeases you through a few loops, you go up the other side and stop, then go backwards the whole way again!
There's Samuel, Beth, Leah and Katy in the first car, being released from the top.....
Our family spent a few hours in the water park...we all enjoyed the slides and then the kids played in this big park while Dan and I rested under the shade!
The "cup" on the top just got full and tipped over....people are about to get drenched!
A little boat ride...Frontier Flume
Thanks Sammy for taking a family pic for us!
Taking off for a Wild Adventure....
One more Aviator ride...
Tamara and I took another ride on the ferris wheel....
while the guys went on Bug Out one more time.... (I took this from the ferris wheel!) Notice they are higher than the trees!
Beautiful red, white and blue!
One more carousel ride....
Waiting for the rest of the group by Starbucks...
Susan, Dan, Rachel, Leah, Tamara, Danny, Katy, Samuel and Caroline
Looking forward to the next time.....
Monday, 14 September 2009
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I have got Tupperware stock coming out my ears!! My goal this fall is to sell as much of it as possible to help us pay some debts. My deepest desire right now, apart from growing closer to God, is to be completely debt free and I know that won't happen overnight! But here is one step in that direction!
Take a look at my Picture Trail albums of all my stock...if you see anything you need/want, gimmee a hollar! I will even be happy to ship out of state as cheaply as possible!
Here is the link to my Tupperware Clearance.
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