tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68217340920021528772024-03-05T04:11:53.971-06:00To Not Decide . . . Is To DecideORDER My FIRST Book BELOW!!! (Look in my blog post entitled Word of God, SPEAK! AFFIRMATIONS of TRUTH for Your Soul for the ordering link if you cannot see it in your view of this page!)Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-60705860509249489742019-06-29T21:52:00.000-05:002019-06-29T21:52:18.691-05:00Word of God, Speak! AFFIRMATIONS of TRUTH for Your SoulOh. My. Goodness, y'all! I just can't! God has truly outdone Himself this time! So amazing! I am in shock!<br />
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Here's a video I did LIVE on FB to announce the amazingness of my FIRST BOOK being PUBLISHED!!!! (The ordering link and remainder of the blog post are just below the video if you scroll down!)<br />
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If you have been following my blog from its humble beginnings so many years ago to the more recent days of its dormancy (my life has gotten quite a bit crazier over the years!), then you KNOW this has been a LOOONG time coming!<br />
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BUT GOD! He put this together in His amazing way! Something I never planned, intended, nor imagined! Yet it's just exactly what I PERSONALLY needed right now and I KNOW it's what so so many need as well right now!<br />
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If you resonate with it as I described it in the video and gave you a sneak preview, please do click below to order it and even consider sharing about it and/or giving it as a much-needed gift to those in your circle! (and do let me know if you have any issues in the ordering process so I can help you through it! My email is Decide2day2live at gmail dot com )<br />
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Thank you in advance for all of your love, support, encouragement, and most of all PRAYERS!!!<br />
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HaelieHaeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-22321944855323838022016-01-08T14:06:00.001-06:002016-01-08T14:06:10.364-06:00Call to PrayerHi everyone!<br />
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I haven't gotten my new site fully set up yet, so I don't think I have a way you can subscribe to it yet other than its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InterruptedByGrace/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.<br />
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In the meantime, just wanted you to check out the new post I wrote over there today:<br />
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So, before I continue on with my somewhat chronological introduction to Qatar for you, I will introduce you to our exposure to and experience with celebrating Christmas here.<br />
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No, I am not having another baby. Lol! </div>
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I have been working on a new blog to share with you! :) No, I am not deserting this blog. It will still be here and I will eventually come back to it and freshen it up as I have been hoping and planning to do for quite some time.</div>
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However, in the meantime, I thought that this new time in our life really called for a new, fresh blog on a different platform (meaning different functionality and all). </div>
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It's still not perfect (and never will be), and I'm still getting settled in there, so please bear with me as I make changes along the way to make it more of what I hope for it to be for you and me.</div>
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All that said, I am ready to share it with you! I have even backloaded a couple of posts to make it feel more "homey". I even created an <a href="http://interruptedbygrace.com/about/" target="_blank">"About" page</a> that I hope you check out when you are there. And, I am working on a Facebook page and even a Twitter account and a Gmail for it.</div>
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I have named it "<a href="http://interruptedbygrace.com/" target="_blank">Interrupted by Grace</a>", which you can read more about on the <a href="http://interruptedbygrace.com/about/" target="_blank">"About" page</a>. Please jump over there now and enjoy being <a href="http://interruptedbygrace.com/" target="_blank">Interrupted by Grace</a>!</div>
Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-16987830307607640202015-12-01T15:35:00.000-06:002015-12-01T15:35:02.719-06:00School Daze and Beignets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
If I thought August was a blur, I was wrong. </div>
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September. </div>
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Did September happen?!</div>
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Lest you forget, this was the month that we were counting down the days to the big flight to see Daddy and move over here to this land that was once foreign to us---and is now our home-away-from-home.</div>
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To begin the rewind of this month, I will remind you (or tell you if you missed it) that we started homeschool for the first time ever during the very last week of August. We worked together on getting our homeschooling groove going the best we could before shaking up our lives even more with the big move.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of his first papers written for his Institute for Excellence in Writing homeschool writing class.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My uncle who is also a science teacher helped him dissect owl pellets one evening! Yucko! But they had a wonderful time and found lots of bony treasures!<br />
And in case you didn't know---owl pellets are the vomit of owls, not the poop.<br />
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Okay, so now that you are good and grossed out, I just have to throw in a sweet mommy/daughter toes pic. :) </div>
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My sister painted Baby Girl's toenails. Not an easy job!</div>
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One day Big Brother and I made an unplanned, impromptu visit to his daddy's college alma mater. I attended there as well for my first couple of years of college, then switched to the local nursing school to complete my bachelor's degree in nursing. My husband, however, was able to complete his full degree at the same school and graduated when our son was just a few months old. :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the building (in left picture) where my husband completed most of his upper-level coursework as well as where he worked a student-worker job.<br />
He was a Kinesiology major. He is now a Strength & Conditioning Coach.<br />
We owe a lot to the great education we both got at this school. Great place!<br />
Look at us now!<br />
(Hubby's the 3rd from the right. Has his hands in his pockets.)<br />
Worldwide travelers, thanks to his career.<br />
I've traveled a bit with mine as well and could have traveled farther with it but chose not to so that I could be the kiddos mommy full-time. :)</td></tr>
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Back to science! This kiddo loves science! I love that he loves science! Anything we can do to foster that love and learning, we will.<br />
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Soooo, at his request and at the suggestion of my uncle, my son and I did the "Gatorade DNA extraction lab." Google it. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaaRrR-ZHP4" target="_blank">(This is the one we used, but there are several options out there.)</a> </div>
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Very easy and pretty cool. We didn't have Gatorade, so we did the alternative version with salt water. (He needed to gargle salt water anyway for a mouth ulcer he had.) He wants to use real Gatorade next time, though. ;)<br />
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You may not be able to see it, but the little white speck and stringy looking things are tiny strands of his DNA from inside his mouth. Cool! Gross! Eeew! I mean, COOL!</div>
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And now that you're grossed out again---or intrigued, whatever---here are some more cute Baby Girl pics. (Do you like how I help you out that way?)<br />
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In the first ones, she is doing what we call flossing her teeth. She loves to pull that string through them. :) Guess maybe she was trying to extract her DNA, too. lol! (Sorry for the blurry ones. Have to move fast to catch her cuteness.)<br />
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We just had to visit our beloved NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana) one last time. No, really, we just had to visit some sweet relatives one last time. My in-laws, myself, and the two kiddos loaded up and headed south, even stopping to put one last load in our storage in South Louisiana along the way.</div>
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We spent the weekend with my husband's brother and his sweet family.</div>
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While we were there, the ladies and the kiddos took one last trip to <a href="http://neworleanscitypark.com/" target="_blank">City Park</a> and visited <a href="http://morningcallcoffeestand.com/" target="_blank">Morning Call</a> for one last order of yummy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beignet" target="_blank">beignets</a>!!! :)</div>
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And now, I will leave you with some precious pics my mother-in-law took of Baby Girl in a dress that my mother-in-law wore as a baby. If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was specially handmade for her. :)</div>
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The rewind has been fun! Hope you enjoyed it as well! </div>
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The next post you see, and many more to come, will be of our new life in the deserts of Doha! (Qatar, that is.) Oh, and not sure if you remember, but I mentioned I have been working on a big surprize for you. I'll have to share that in the next post as well. </div>
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Until next time...</div>
Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-41588537944921116882015-11-28T05:52:00.001-06:002015-11-28T05:59:25.654-06:00Zoom! Did you see that?!<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Zzzoooommm!!!!</span></b></i><br />
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Oh, yeah. It was the rest of August flying by.<br />
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With that said, here are a few of the random pics I came across from the second half of August.<br />
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Another picture dilemma. I can hardly get non-blurry pictures of her because she is ALWAYS moving! ;) The ones above were my attempt at her modeling some cute leggings a sweet friend of mine from South Louisiana had sent us for her. So, here is the much-delayed sharing of the cute pics.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with her brother and playing with his Minecraft Diamond Swords and his Jurassic World Velociraptor Claws. She still plays with them often. :)</td></tr>
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I can't for the life of me remember why we drew what looks like whiskers on her sweet, chubby cheeks. Neither can her brother. But it's cute anyway. :)</div>
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On another note, the kids and I went with my mother-in-law to an antique store one day. Believe it or not, my son loves to go to antique stores.</div>
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Anyway, while we were there I just had to take a pic of a couple of cute signs and such that they had.</div>
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The one on the left is in honor of our former dog...Sadie, the mini-dauchshund. </div>
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She lives with a new family in New Orleans now. </div>
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The one on the right, well, it just says it all. lol! </div>
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"Louisiana Girls. Just like you, only prettier." </div>
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"It is not great men who change the world, but weak men in the hands of a Great God."<br />
I added the one on the right, because it fits quite well with the sentiment as well as with our lives.</td></tr>
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We had the blessing of hanging out with lots of sweet cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents, etc., etc., etc. while we were in Northwest Louisiana!</div>
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And finally, some sweet, food-face smiles in, of all places, <a href="http://www.walmart.com/" target="_blank">Walmart</a>! </div>
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(Never thought I would miss that place, but I do. I miss <a href="http://www.target.com/" target="_blank">Target</a> more, though.)</div>
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Getting so much closer to finally being able to share lots of our Middle East life in Qatar with you!</div>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-38247897457712637292015-11-27T16:07:00.001-06:002015-11-27T16:14:07.257-06:00Grateful for Life and LoveOn this, the day after Thanksgiving, I wanted to take a minute to share some more of the precious family and moments I am grateful for.<br />
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Yes, by the way, we did celebrate Thanksgiving here in Qatar with some American friends as well as new friends from all over the globe. We even met a new friend who is from a very small town in Louisiana (where we are from as well).<br />
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And, yes, we had the typical American Thanksgiving fixings available for us to stuff ourselves.<br />
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And we did.<br />
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See? Even Baby Girl looked stuffed here. lol!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, that's Fried Okra (made by our new Louisiana friend) and Turkey & Sausage Jambalaya (made by my husband, a la Emeril's recipe)!</td></tr>
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While we were in Northwest Louisiana, we got to celebrate Big Brother's 10th Birthday! :) We had some fun times. </div>
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On the actual day of his birthday, we got to take him and some of his cousins to the local indoor trampoline park called <a href="http://www.flyairu.com/" target="_blank">AirU</a>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His little girl cousins were coming after him with their dodgeballs! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CANNONBALL!!! This one was for Daddy, he said! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Racing his cousin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing out of the foam pit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's one of his little girl cousins on the right. She ran on this so funny! She had straight legs most of the way and looked like a little robot or something. :) So cute!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She sure could jump in, though!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left is another of his little girl cousins (she is about a year older than the one in the other 2 pics above). She had a very cute way of going down the lane, too. She jumped up and down the whole way. I got pics. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Told ya! All the way to the end! :) Sweet girls! I love all of my nieces...and nephews, too!</td></tr>
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So, a couple of days AFTER his actual birthday, we had a Saturday birthday party at the glow-in-the-dark bowling alley! Lots of his local cousins and friends got to come. It was a great time!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have that autographed souvenir authentic bowling pin here with us in his room in Qatar. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Indominous Rex is about to eat the Birthday Boy's finger off! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jurassic World cake in the dark. It had glow-in-the-dark, edible paint on it, too. And even the Indominous Rex was edible (Rice Krispie Treat!)! My husband's talented cousin made the cake. Check out her business - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Royalty-Sweet-Shoppe-607213115964411/" target="_blank">Royalty Sweet Shoppe</a>! :) Baby Girl wasn't too sure what to think! ;) </td></tr>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-14799371250465800992015-11-23T16:01:00.000-06:002015-11-24T14:57:32.781-06:00Sweetness Overload at the Blue Bell CreameryIn our rewind through the summer, we have now moved into August.<br />
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During the first week of August, my children, my mother-in-law, and I attended the second of two <a href="https://www.classicalconversations.com/" target="_blank">Classical Conversations </a>Homeschool Practicums (a.k.a. conferences) in order for me to learn as much as possible about the homeschool curriculum I had selected for this new journey we were soon to embark upon. </div>
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This practicum took place just outside of Houston, Texas (in Spring, Texas), so we had a mini vacation over the course of the three days we spent in the area. As we were headed back to Northwest Louisiana, we made a bit of a detour in order to visit the <a href="http://bluebell.com/" target="_blank">Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory</a> in Brenham, Texas.<br />
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Yes, our visit was during the excruciatingly extended time that the factory was shut down due to the infamous contamination. So, no, we didn't get to tour the factory itself...BUT...the offices and gift shop were still open. We actually enjoyed ourselves quite a bit and got to meet some nice people who worked there. The gift shop lady told us some of the harsh realities of the shutdown, which included many layoffs and such. Thankfully, at the time of our visit, production was very close to beginning again. Literally any day, though even the gift shop lady had not yet been told a date.<br />
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Anyway, even though there was no ice cream to purchase, we did support them the best we could by making a couple of purchases in the gift shop. It was quite sad, however, to see the ice cream shop so bare and void of both ice cream and visitors.<br />
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I guess we did them a favor by bringing some sweetness back into their facility. :)<br />
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So, with all of that said, here are some pics of that adventure as well as a few random pics including kiddos and grandparents.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet baby fell asleep in her high chair. Full tummies make sleepy babies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lady at the practicum in front of me came fully prepared with her own supply of hot tea. :)</td></tr>
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On the left, an excerpt from a book called The Core written by the creator of Classical Conversations. Yet another reason I am glad we chose this curriculum.<br />
On the right, a tutor's tri-fold memory work board at the Classical Conversations Practicum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl LOVES her Pops!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Baby Girl LOVES her Lottie, too! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Brenham, Texas we ate lunch at a historic saloon and steakhouse. This sign they had inside was PERFECT for my little man!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Man with his Lego Dinosaur who came in to eat with us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Man ordering a root beer at the historic saloon.<br />
You really have to see this place in person to appreciate the beautiful woodwork and lighting.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Little Man in the parking lot of the Blue Bell Creamery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Those big white silo-looking tanks behind him are FILLED with yummy Blue Bell Ice Cream ingredients. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">They are marked with what is in each one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A couple have granulated sugar. A couple have milk. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EC5AY15m6vphWMV-Lo-7MhhuED05f_pGDsnZaYF8GzOsa2TrKQFfZs-3ZKkBx8lLlUuJEl2Fqf5WfSLTeembOq5eNxUKTfzmYjs2cEjYkY1KffZH2b5gK_5jttuBTGJeoL0niCSaVH8/s1600/2015-08-05+15.28.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">And, oh my goodness, a couple have CONDENSED MILK!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">No wonder that ice cream is so addicting!!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and the kiddos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foot-stompin' mad about the tour and ice-cream factory being shut down!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Empty ice cream cartons...behind glass...and pictures of ice cream cartons...he is soooo dreaming!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drooling over empty ice cream cartons again. ;)<br />
And that door behind him is the door for the tour...the one that is not happening...hence the zero minutes on the clock. :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He and his Lego Dino friend are sad that all of those ice cream tubs are EMPTY...FOR DISPLAY ONLY! :(<br />
And all of those ice cream service tubs at the serving counter are completely EMPTY as well.<br />
Truly this was a depressing site thinking of all of the bustling that was normally happening in this ice cream shop.<br />
No patrons (except us). No servers.<br />
All of the tables were EMPTY as well.<br />
The only staff we came in contact with were the gift shop ladies and the secretary/receptionist in the other building.<br />
A sad day at Blue Bell. But still very glad we got to go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such an understatement. Such a perfect shirt for him. We bought it. And a couple of other things. He still wears the shirt often. Even in Qatar.<br />
And he still mentions Blue Bell every time we eat ice cream or even authentic Italian gelato. He misses Blue Bell. :( </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying goodbye to the lonely Blue Bell Ice Cream Parlor.</td></tr>
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That's the elevator to the Ice Cream Parlor and Gift Shop we are standing in front of, by the way. Cute!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you tell I have a hard time picking which pic I like best?! Tell me you have the same problem...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Didn't I tell you this was a SWEETNESS OVERLOAD post?! ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mommy and her kiddos</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl looking sweet and pretty in her Sunday best</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl hanging out playing her piano</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ending it where I started it. Sweet Baby Girl sleeping in her high chair.<br />
Yep! She ate herself into a stupor again! ;)</td></tr>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-81149194270549774602015-11-21T03:58:00.001-06:002015-11-22T08:48:56.084-06:00Camp IwannagothereCamp.<br />
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I miss camp.<br />
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I wish I was young enough to go to kids' camp or youth camp again.<br />
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I'm not. Oh well. Such is life.<br />
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But thankfully, our son is in the prime time of his camp life. And thankfully, we have been able to send him to kids' camp with our church children's group for the past 2 or 3 years. He LOVES it!<br />
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The camp they go to is WONDERFUL! It's in Northeast Mississippi out in the country on a beautiful plot of land nestled in the deep woods with its own lake and all kinds of other goodies.<br />
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No, it's not called "Camp Iwannagothere"...that's my name for it. Because I wanna go there...and stay! ;) This year I (and my mom and Baby Girl) DID get to actually go there to drop him off and go back to pick him up. It was somewhere we truly enjoyed hanging out, if only for the brief time of drop-off and pick-up. By the way, it's called <a href="http://www.lakeforestranch.com/" target="_blank">Lake Forest Ranch</a> in Macon, Mississippi. I highly recommend you and your family try to go for one of their Labor Day Weekend Family Getaways if you are able. We haven't been for that yet, but I would LOVE to go.<br />
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Anyway, I took some pics there as well as along the way back after dropping him off and on our way back to pick him up again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, not a camp pic nor a travel pic. I just HAD to share my beautiful manicure my little niece gave me one day while I was staying with my sister's family. I think she did pretty well. Never thought hot pink was my color, but she picked it and I think it looked nice. ;) (I NEVER wear nail polish other than maybe clear. BIG step for me to wear that manicure for a few weeks...until it ultimately peeled off.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pool time with family. Just love how hats look on baby girls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously. Are you diggin' my nail polish?! Yes, it's all over my thumb, but this aunt doesn't care. lol!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, first camp pic for you. This is my Little Man by his bunk (the bottom bunk) with his brand new camp t-shirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Little Man on the right with some new camp friends. He didn't have any of our church buddies in his cabin, but he makes friends quickly, so it didn't bother him a bit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Little Man with his favorite counselor EVER...Justin! And their whole cabin crew.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Y'all. I know you can't see it well in this pic, but there is a lady by the van down there in the dark clothes.<br />
She. Is. Ah. May. Zing!!!<br />
Her name is Mrs. Lori. She is our wonderful pastor's wife.<br />
She (at the time) was also the Children's Leader at our church and had been for years (someone recently allowed her to take a much-needed break from that role and accepted the position full-time, though she is still highly involved).<br />
She is more precious than I can begin to explain.<br />
We love her (and her husband) dearly!!!<br />
She has helped us in our times of need more tangibly than many ever could or would.<br />
She was especially supportive during the time of my husband's absence while we were still back in the States<br />
(when I was pregnant, working full-time, son was in school, and sometimes didn't have any family in town to help).<br />
Just had to stop for a second and publicly appreciate that highly-deserving, humble lady.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's our boy in the green headed off with his friends to their first pow-wow at camp for this year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maw-Maw (a.k.a. Marmie, a.k.a. My Mom) and Baby Girl on the left on the steps of Big Brother's cabin.<br />
His cabin was the upstairs left side one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was in Hickory Lodge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl hanging out with Mommy & Maw-Maw by the cafeteria before we left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with Baby Girl at camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canoes by the lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful sunset as we leave </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Getting a bite to eat at DQ on our way home. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">(We have a DQ here in Doha, too!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet baby talk!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Random, I know. But I was just TOO impressed with this AWESOME baby seat in the DQ bathroom!!!<br />
What a treat for parents of young children!!! Take note! We need more of these.<br />
(However, I saw one of these here in Doha, but instead of in the stall next to the parent it was up on the wall, ABOVE your head, at the end of the sink counter!<br />
Yes, for real. Not cool. lol!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just sharing cuteness now.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you've ever seen Dumb & Dumber, she's puttin' out the vibe! ;)<br />
(If you haven't seen it, you're missing out.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of her first times to pull up on things. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was on the porch of the restaurant my mother and Baby Girl and I ate at which was part of our own "camp" we stayed at on our way back to pick up Big Brother. It was called Lake Tiak O' Khata in Louisville, Mississippi - very near Big Brother's camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 beautiful young ladies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Brother and Maw Maw taking a stretch break at a rest stop along the Natchez Trace on our way home from camp. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My precious mother-in-law took these beautiful pics in her bedroom. Love them!</td></tr>
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Until next time...</div>
Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-82059381818610329012015-11-20T03:18:00.001-06:002015-11-20T04:06:51.867-06:00Greeeen Acres!<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sing it with me!</span></b><div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Greeeen Acres is the place to be.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Faaarrrrm livin' is the life for me.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Laaaaannd spreadin' out so far and wide.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Keep Manhattan. Just give me that countryside.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Can you tell I'm missing large, lush, green spaces?! </b></span></div>
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Yes, we have a few here in the Deserts of Doha.</div>
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And, yes, some of the most prominent green space is thankfully not far from my home.</div>
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And, yes, we even have a little patch of grass on our villa property. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, it's not that green in this pic, but it does turn nice and green as long as it stays watered well. At least it was freshly mown. :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See?! The cute little patch of grass to the right?! And you thought I was kidding about it being just a "patch." And, you're welcome. Here's a pic of the front of our villa...AND our vehicle! Yes, this is much more than I got to see before the kids and I moved here! Consider yourself blessed. lol!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And just so you can see that there is great potential to make our patch much more cozy, here is a view of our neighbors on one side. I LOVE all of the lush greenery and established trees they have. People do as much as they can here with their green spaces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And our neighbors on the other side even have some nice greenery as well. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And just in case you wanted to see the nice, quiet, brick "street" of our compound we live in. Seriously, it is super quiet. Hardly any cars come through here. And we are in the back corner. We are the next to last villa on our side. Maybe our son will FINALLY learn to ride a bike! At TEN years old! And we are even a short, safe walk from a nice bike & walking path...that also has green space along it...AND geocaching!</td></tr>
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Still, though. </div>
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Nothing here compares to the American countryside.</div>
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And, of course, nothing compares to our sweet family's farm/garden space in Northwest Louisiana.</div>
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By the way, no, I don't get lonely here. (at least haven't yet)</div>
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There is no time in my daily busy stay-at-home mom & homeschool mom & sports coach wife life to be lonely. </div>
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Really.</div>
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However, just because I don't get lonely doesn't mean I don't miss our special people and places back in the grand ole USA.</div>
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Which brings me to the true content of this rewind post. </div>
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Here are some pics of my in-laws' beautiful garden/farm property beginning with a couple from their back screen porch where we often started our day eating breakfast and watching hummingbirds as well as many other birds and animals.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I have peace just looking through these pics.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And now for the real, real content of this post...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Our Little Farmer Girl!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Baby Girl helped me pick veggies from the garden. :) She had quite a fun time helping.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy!</span></b></div>
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<br></div><div>And there you have it! Hope you enjoyed this rewind!</div><div><br></div><div>Until next time...</div>
Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-7561408286375541022015-11-02T09:32:00.001-06:002015-11-20T02:15:26.515-06:00More RandomnessI know...I know...you're probably getting a little bored with our boring ole American life, but I simply must share it.<br />
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Really, we had very little time to be bored in those last few months in the States. And, I have a few more pictures to prove it before we move on to our new life.<br />
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Hope you're enjoying Memory Lane with me! :)<br />
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So, while I'm toting kids all over the country back in the States, my husband is occasionally continuing to send me pics of him at various beautiful beaches and tourist destinations throughout Europe...not the least of which was Italy. One day...one day...<br />
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Anyway, I was also continuously asking (BEGGING) him for pics of our house he had finally found and moved into over in Qatar. (A girl's gotta know what she's working with, you know. Not to mention that all of the rest of our family was continuously asking me for the same.) Being the surprise loving person that he is (or actually the hard-headed person is more like it), he acted like he never got my request messages. Then once in a while I would get a pic or two of items at IKEA (yes, we have an IKEA) accompanied by him asking which one I liked better or something of that nature.<br />
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Here are a couple of examples:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was asking if I liked this baby bed. I said yes. But, before he purchased it he ended up finding a different one. I like it, too. You'll see that one when I tour our house for you. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first of 2 futons he sent a pic of to see which one I liked. It was going to go in our upstairs living/homeschool/play room area, but ended up going in our son's HUGE bedroom as an extra piece of furniture for him. I liked them both, and for various reasons we did not decide on this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the futon we chose. Boring, I know. But a little more comfortable if being used as a bed by company. Guess what it's being used as right now...a Lego work/play table! Yep! My husband's idea. Genius! :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was showing me the bedding he was getting for our son's room. Avengers Assemble!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first pic I got of the actual house...sort of. Guess the TV was most important to him at the time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is a long story, but basically it's our countertop cooking burners and our indoor countertop grill. We now have them arranged differently and have a countertop convection oven as well. Yes, we could probably very easily have a full range oven in this house, and yes it did have one in it when my husband first moved in. However, the one that was in here was in dire need of replacement and he got tired of waiting for the owner to replace it...soooo, being the non-confrontational guy he is, he moved it out of the way and made up his own set-up. Different. I know. It's working pretty well for us, though, at least for the time being. So, I guess it will stay this way a while.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After begging for another pic of the house, he sent this...a pic of the ceiling in one of the living areas. Can you tell he can be a bit smart aleck when he wants to?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And finally, he did send me this pic of our bedroom. Not to show me the house, but to show me the bedding set I picked out for it. (from some other pics he had sent that I have since deleted) I have now turned the comforter over so that it is mostly showing its solid white side with just a little of the purple hydrangea colorful artwork peeking out. (We had purplish-blue hydrangeas as our main wedding flowers.) </td></tr>
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So, those are the house pics you get for now. You just have to live with it, since I had to for so long. ;)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thought this little phone notification was timely. She's so sumptuous you could sop her up with a biscuit...as we say in the South!</td></tr>
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Hubby's real Italian gelato...in Italy</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband kept sending pics of his yummy gelato from all over Italy, so I sent him this one day. Our favorite Greek yogurt, in America at least.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son and his summer neighbor buddy hanging out playing video games</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who doesn't love a good game of Rock, Paper, Scissors?! These boys sure do.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got to go with several cousins and grandparents to a live performance of Mary Poppins while in North Louisiana. Such fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My boy with Bert & Mary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crawling all over the grandparents' house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being cute, as always!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think she didn't know what to do once she got there. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And in case you wondered if our kids look like me, well they both do look a lot like my husband, but I don't have any of his baby pictures on my computer. So, here are a couple of mine.</td></tr>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-15753353937374830852015-10-26T10:58:00.002-05:002015-10-26T14:08:29.192-05:00Dem BonesWell, if this isn't perfect timing for this post!<br />
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By the way, I am just going through my Dropbox Camera Uploads folder of pics that I have uploaded from my phone over the past several months and recapping for you as I go. Sooo, the next pics up are...drumroll...<br />
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The Museum of SKELETONS!!!<br />
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Yep, you got that right! Actually, more technically, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skulls_Unlimited_International" target="_blank">The Museum of Osteology</a> (a.k.a. <a href="https://www.skullsunlimited.com/videos/10/Skeleton-Inc-3net-3D.htm" target="_blank">Skulls Unlimited, Inc.</a>). At the time, it was the only one in the country. Since then, the same people have opened a <a href="http://skeletonmuseum.com/" target="_blank">second one in another state</a>. However, the original...the first...at the time, the one and only...is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma!<br />
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No, really. For real. Yes, it is.<br />
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And we went there with my precious dad and step-mother and uncle when my awesome uncle (who is a glutton for punishment) took a several-hour road trip (8-11 hours depending on who you have along for the ride...namely a small baby, among others) with me and my littles to visit my dad and step-mother in OKC before our big move overseas. Mind you, I and the littles had only been living in North Louisiana for a few DAYS after our big move and road trip from the south before we turned around and did this even bigger road trip.<br />
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Whew!<br />
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Anyway, my uncle originally told us about this place and he had been there once before after convincing my dad to go with him on a previous road trip he took up there. My uncle, by the way, is a science teacher. So, between him and my son who LOVES science and bones and all that fun stuff, this was quite the museum opportunity. If you ever have the chance to go, please do! It's well worth the trip, and not very heavy on the pocketbook, either.<br />
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Well, I took lots of pictures, so I will try to let them do most of the story telling for you.<br />
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Here you go!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance display (once you pay in the lobby and enter the main door from the lobby). However, in the lobby they have a very cool, live display I didn't think to take a picture of. It is a glass case which has flesh-eating beetles "cleaning" a bone, so you can see how the museum does part of their bone cleaning process. Really cool! (*eew!*)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling. Also in the background is an elephant skeleton. (This place is 2 stories tall with the second level looking over the railing down to the first level. That's how tall the elephant is.) Also in the front right side of this pic you can barely see the leg bones of the giraffe skeleton. It's huge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandaddy Joe (my dad) and my son having a deep conversation about the hippo skull in front of them. Particularly those horrifyingly huge teeth and the position of them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's saying, "You don't want to get caught in between those!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little birdie skeleton and a squirrel skeleton. The displays in this place were really creative, by the way. And as far as the two fingers up, peace-sign-like gesture, I apologize in advance for all of the silly finger gestures you will see my son do. I don't think any of them mean anything bad, though if they do it's truly innocently that he is flashing them. It's just his silly new picture thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish this one wasn't so blurry. Oh well. #realLife Anyway, that's a racoon skeleton...eating Milk Duds! I told you they were creative. Oh, and there's those silly fingers again! ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom left corner is a Chihuahua skeleton (yes, I googled the spelling of Chihuahua!) and to the right of it is a Great Dane skeleton.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large one in the center is a lion skeleton that was used in a reality TV show about them called <a href="http://theautodidactintheattic.com/2014/01/02/skeleton-inc/" target="_blank">Skeletons, Inc.</a> Actually, they have been featured in several shows including Dirty Jobs and Ripley's Believe It Or Not.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Though I don't personally believe in evolution (as you can see from countless posts of mine over the past few years), I do think it's cool that they have the "Lucy" skeleton.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More about the "Lucy" skeleton...although I don't buy it. I believe it to not be scientific proof of evolution. I won't get into that here, though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cheetah! (And the fingers again...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mole. Had to zoom in on that one for you. It's ONE of the smallest ones...but there is one smaller.<br />
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The SHREW! The smallest skeleton in the museum, to my knowledge.<br />
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Cooelest skull of all...to me the techno geek, at least. This is the skull of the owner of the museum...who is still alive and well!!! How did he get his own skull in here, you ask? Was it the flesh-eating beetles and a miraculous survival?! Nope. He had a CT scan (or two or more) done and then used a 3-D printer to print his skull so he could put it on display! Genius!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My son. Always the actor. One day he will win an Academy Award. He comes up with this stuff himself. I promise I don't put him up to it. If anything, he puts me up to it. "Mom, take a picture."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By the way, that's a rhino skeleton chasing him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very special rhino skull</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How unique!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fingers...again! Oh, and the whale behind him. This time from the second floor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the blur. Cute face, though. Oh, and I think we were looking at the baby birds. Can't remember.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay, son! You can count to five with your fingers! ;) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just had to remind you how small the shrew is. Wonder why it's so hard to tame...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alligator snapping turtle shells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this pic! Handsome boy with the giraffe skeleton behind him. He is on the second floor and level with its head while its feet are down on the first floor. That is also the whale skeleton behind him and the giraffe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They also had several fun, educational things throughout the museum like this scavenger hunt paper the kids (or adults) could do. Also several educational signs I took pics of but spared you of in case you are getting overloaded with pics. By the way, that's another cool thing about this place. They welcome you to take and share all of the pics you want! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another neat feature is the gift shop at the end. It has some pretty unique things in it, like these gross / scary things. But it also has several bones and fossils and even owl pellets (for dissection) you can purchase. Fun place to browse!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course, I couldn't end the post without the obigatory Baby Girl pics! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I might as well throw in a few from our road trip home, since I didn't catch any of my awesome Uncle John (nor my sweet step-mother) in the museum he suggested we visit. This is him with the kiddos at one of our stopping spots along the way home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An awesome family-style Italian restaurant we found in Oklahoma's Little Italy (Krebs, OK). Highly recommended! (And I've eaten in NYC's Little Italy...several times! Love the atmosphere of this place. And the food. Great place.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And there you have it! The last pic of the post. A sweet, food-faced Baby Girl! :)</td></tr>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-41859323305122443542015-10-24T12:05:00.000-05:002015-10-26T14:42:58.892-05:00Fun Times around the FourthBack again!<br />
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Sorry it has taken me a bit, but I'm working on a little surprise for you (and me). :)<br />
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Anyway, just wanted to check in for a minute and post another little random catch-up post for you. This one will have some random cute pics of my kiddos and also some pics from some of what we did in the early afternoon of July 4th.<br />
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So, off we go!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who doesn't love a sleeping baby?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My boy! Sitting by his mama at a family & friends July 4th pickin' & swimmin' annual event. Love him!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two adventurers sharing a Coke together just a few weeks before one of the biggest adventures of our life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl (on the left) with my mom's lifelong best friend's granddaughter. They are about a month apart in age if I remember correctly. The other little girl is older than my little girl. My Baby Girl was just getting on her knees, but not yet crawling. The other little girl was crawling and cruising everywhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby chat. While my daughter is doing a plank. Wish I had her core strength!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though I was home during the evening 4th festivities that my son and my in-laws went to, they sent me a pic of him playing with a sparkler. They had fun. I was home <a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.qa/2015/09/skin-cancerseriously.html" target="_blank">removing my stitches</a> while Baby Girl slept. It was actually a pretty peaceful, quiet evening...<a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.qa/2015/09/skin-cancerseriously.html" target="_blank">once the stitches were out</a>.</td></tr>
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***UPDATE!!!*** I forgot while reviewing my Dropbox pics that Baby Girl and I also did something fun together on the 4th before coming home and settling in for the evening. We met up with some of my FIFTH GRADE classmates and one of our teachers for a mini-ELEMENTARY reunion! What unexpected fun! A couple of us even got together one more time before we moved overseas and I even brought my son along that time. So, anyway, here are a couple of pics from that reunion on the 4th.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you guess which one was one of our teachers?! Didn't think so! ;) Hint...she's wearing black...and white...oh, okay, she's the pretty one. Oh, okay, well none of that sets her apart for you...she's the shortest one in the pic (other than the babies). You would have never guessed... </td></tr>
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Though we had been on the South Louisiana to North Louisiana road trip countless times before, this time was quite different. This time was our mini-move in preparation for our BIG move. As I mentioned before, we left South Louisiana prior to moving overseas so that we could hang out in North Louisiana with family and friends for a couple of months. </div>
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After working feverishly on packing up and moving out of our rent house until literally the wee hours of the morning...and sustaining a few injuries I forgot about until now...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had a pretty mean fall coming down the short stairs on the side of our house carrying one of the many heavy boxes to my car in the wee hours of the morning. (The ground was slippery, because of course it rained while I was trying to pack my car.) This pic I took reminded me of it. I think I may have stopped and cried for a minute when this happened. Kind of the straw that broke the camel's back...almost literally! But I kept going...and going...and going. Couldn't stop. Wouldn't stop. Little Mama had to get the job done. BTW, this is the back side of my right forearm where I think I hit/scraped really hard on the stair railing. Left a pretty nasty bruise with a little bit of broken skin. All better now!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">...we spent a few hours sleeping in a local hotel then swimming in their pool. As you can imagine, that was some much-needed rest, relaxation, and fun after our long night and before our long (>5 hour) drive north. Of course, just as we got in the pool to swim, it started to rain! It was just a heavy shower, no lightning or thunder, so we stuck through it. No stopping us from having fun!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">After our R&R, we finally got on the road headed north. </span></div>
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Prior to pulling out of town, we got a small to-go brunch for us at a drive-thru. About an hour into our drive, we stopped in Baton Rouge at a Picadilly and had a real lunch together. It was a nice, enjoyable, bonding and refueling time for all of us. A nice man that worked there specially cooked some fried shrimp for my son since they didn't have any on the buffet line. Our waitress was extremely nice and caring. She also shared with us a situation she got a phone call about while waiting on us in which a young child she knew was being put in the hospital with a very bad sudden illness. She asked us to pray for him. We did. My son was very concerned for the child and was so glad to be able to pray for him.</div>
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Anyway, that little stop was really the only time I got pics of our trip. We thought it was cute that Baby Girl tried some of her first solid food (other than a little baby food) while we were there. She had some yummy carrot souffle and LOVED it! :) </div>
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The next morning I took a few pics of how my car looked prior to doing the final unpacking of it. Remember, this is just my car. My mom's had just as much in it! Whew!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those big, colorful duffel bags are the ones we used to actually move overseas as well. We ended up buying one more and buying a large, hard-case suitcase as well in order to do our final move.</td></tr>
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And here is our little "mini-apartment" (a.k.a. guest room) in my in-laws' house that became the cozy home to the three of us for the next three months.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2 full-size beds, a night-stand and baby pack-n-play in between.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somebody wanted to be part of the pics! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pack-n-play complete with the diaper-changing station set-up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocking chair (and cute kiddo) amid all of our bags and such. Oh, and the beautiful armoire. It is full of my mother-in-law's things, so our bags were our storage. I intended to go through all of our stuff so much sooner than the last few days before our big move. It didn't happen...until the last few days...of course. Oh well. We survived.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the rocking chair side of the room. I do love that restful, cozy room. It's a beautiful room. And that boy, oh, that boy! I do love him, too. The fingers in pictures thing is cracking me up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is that beautiful room once my little family vacated it. Told you it is a peaceful, cozy place. :)</td></tr>
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<br />Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-48065168027860255952015-10-16T09:13:00.000-05:002015-10-16T09:13:40.058-05:00Signs, Signs, Everywhere There's SignsThis will be a brief post but just wanted to share a few signs that always interested me in our former hometown area of South Louisiana.<br />
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We came to know and love St. Tammany Parish throughout the last several years we spent in the area. That being said, it's no wonder that there are actually streets named after us down there!<br />
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<b>The Intersection of Pellegrin and Heard</b></div>
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I challenge our St. Tammany friends to find the 2 above streets.</div>
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Now the next one should be pretty easy for those folks to locate. I still always liked how the spelling included our name. :)</div>
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Now switching gears a little, but not much...I just had to get a pic of this. </div>
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May not look like much to you, but this was special to me. We lived in our last neighborhood for almost 4 years. The longest we have lived in any neighborhood or home since we were married 11 years ago. When we first moved into this neighborhood, a business occupied the building and lot directly across the small highway from the entrance to our neighborhood. Not long after we moved in, that business closed and took their signs down. They, however, left the metal sign pole which is cemented in the ground. One other business has been there since then, but it closed down a year or two after it opened. </div>
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Still the sign pole remained. </div>
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And every time I drove into and out of my neighborhood, I couldn't help but look at that sign pole and see a cross. Such a wonderful reminder of God's love and provision and faithfulness for me throughout the ups and downs of my daily life. I think I will miss that cross. Glad I got a pic. ;)</div>
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No that's not our Uhaul. But it IS at our storage facility. You might not think much of seeing a Louisiana-themed Uhaul in Louisiana, but really I usually see ones themed with other states. I guess it was a nice little goodbye as I pulled away from the storage facility that day. </div>
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Type a little, clean a lot, type some more, feed a lot more, type a little more, try to get the baby to sleep (for the 3rd fighting, unsuccessful attempt), finally give up and finish the post via my cell phone. #thestruggleisreal #thankfulforphoneapps </div>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-12058993979039815732015-10-10T10:47:00.000-05:002015-10-27T01:58:47.836-05:00Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.Yes, I know you are dying to see and hear (read) all about our life in Doha, Qatar. And I am dying to share it! (Trust me...I have TONS of pics waiting for you!)<br />
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BUT, I truly do need to finish sharing our summer recap (for myself as much as for family and friends who need/want to see pics of what all we did). So, without further adieu...now, where did we leave off?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">More Wrapping Up Our Time on the Louisiana Northshore </span></b></div>
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(in Southeast Louisiana...our home-away-from-home for several years)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Packing the house we have lived in for over 3 years! Longest we have ever lived in a place and had to pack it up to move. Never an easy task. I say it's like having a baby...you forget how excruciating the moving process is and embrace the joys of new places, new people, and new expeditions.</td></tr>
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I cannot move on from the above pic without telling you how unbelievably <b>selfless, helpful, loving, and amazing my mother is! </b>Y'all...she did probably the majority of the packing of my house while I was away at work every day. She did this WHILE she was caring for my less than 6-month-old baby AND helping me get my 9-year-old son to and from school.</div>
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I wish I could repay her even slightly in comparison to what all she has given me and others in her life.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The things you come across and ponder while packing to move... Our son made this in preschool in New Orleans (actually River Ridge) the first time we moved from South Louisiana to Shreveport (North Louisiana). Doing it again...this time only temporarily before moving across the globe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found this. Just had to share some pics from it. :) This was from the year between Kindergarten and First, which in St. Tammany Parish Louisiana School System is called Transitional First Grade. Anyway, it's adorable! ;)</td></tr>
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Believe it or not, after that load above we still had a TON to do at the house--both in packing and cleaning. By the way, I gave away and threw away a TON of stuff! Sold a couple of things, too. I know it doesn't look like it, but we probably would have needed 2 of these if I had kept everything. No joke!</div>
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It's nearly midnight on the last night we have the house. My mom, myself, and my children are supposed to be driving away in just a few hours (in two STUFFED vehicles that aren't even nearly packed yet) headed for North Louisiana. Instead of being ready to plop in the bed and get some rest at the hotel in town I booked at the last minute (when I realized we would still be in town through the night), I am looking around at the piles of things that are still yet to be taken to "the giveaway place" (a.k.a. Habitat ReStore), taken down to the curb as trash, packed into the last few things to take to storage, packed into the car after we get back from the giveaway place and separately the storage facility, then cleaned (with hopes of getting back our deposit for this multi-year rental).</div>
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Completely overwhelmed. Can't throw in the towel, but want to. Can't imagine how I (and my mom and young children) are going to get this done and get through this. So, I just keep working. Crying a little, but working. Can't stop. Won't stop. Nose to the grindstone. One foot in front of the other. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.</div>
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Then, a bit freakily, in the middle of the pitch-black night, my son starts yelling to me from the front of the house that somebody is coming up our driveway...our long driveway surrounded by trees. SCARY! I come up front and look outside only to realize that this is a young teenage boy that we know from church. (My husband also used to train him for football before my husband moved overseas.) The young man and his friend were coming by in his friend's pick-up truck to take the lawnmower and a few other outdoor things we told him he could have. (He used to mow our yard, also.) I had been wondering if he forgot all day. He didn't forget. God planned for him to come now. The young man probably didn't expect us to still be in town, much less there at the house. But we were. </div>
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So, thanks to my mom's wonderful quick thinking since my brain was far past fried, I offered them a little money if they would help us load up the stuff for the giveaway place and take it there then more money if they would also after that help us load up the rest of the stuff for storage and take it there.</div>
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Not only did they kindly oblige, they even brought back one of my young friend's younger brothers to help. This is all now past midnight at the point that they came back from dropping off their load at their house so they could help us. Let me just say that the next hour or two that they helped us, I kept thinking how amazing this answer to prayer was. I still do. I made a point to use this as a major teaching moment for our son about the power of prayer and God's love for us in all things at all times. I also made sure he saw what kind servants these boys were being, not complaining for a minute. He was helping right along side them as well. I was very proud! And very thankful for these wonderful real-life role models for him. </div>
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Another awesome answer to prayer was that, once again, eveything that still needed to go in storage did fit! And the friend that my young friend brought along had quite the Tetris-like brain for putting the last of our things in the storage unit. He took charge and we were done in no time. Here are the final pictures to prove it. :) Whew! </div>
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Now, even after all of that help, which finished around 2am, I still had to load my car for our move to Shreveport and ultimately Qatar (with a pile that didn't look like it could possibly fit) AND I had to do the final full-house cleaning. All while Mom did her best to keep Baby Girl happy. (Except when I had to stop to nurse her, of course. Oh yes. That too.) By the way, Mom had already loaded her own car all by herself while I was working in the house. </div>
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Oh, and in case you're wondering, I did not plan to take 2 car loads of stuff to Qatar...EVER! BUT, I had no mental capacity to make the final adjustments there in that house that night when I knew I still had at least 3 months before the actual flight out. Also, I did need to bring some things to use in Shreveport while we were there that I would ultimately give away, throw away, or maybe somehow store somewhere (but as little as possible for that one).</div>
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All that said, we pulled away from that house for the last time at 5:30 AM and headed to that local hotel I mentioned earlier!!! Thankfully I am a Rewards Member at the hotel chain we stayed in so I got a discount as well as a late checkout. After we got some good, quick sleep we even got to swim in the swimming pool before we pulled out of town. That was definitely a much-needed time of relaxation and fun together. Another answer to prayer!</div>
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Are you tired with me now? Whew! It stresses me just to think back on this, but it also encourages me to remember the goodness of the LORD as has been so often shown to us in real life through precious family and friends! </div>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-38067182992105194162015-10-09T09:22:00.001-05:002015-10-27T02:06:26.374-05:00Flying the Friendly SkiesAnd now for a brief interruption in our regularly scheduled programming...<br />
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In other words, I'm going to take the liberty to pause our rewind of our summer to catch you up just a bit on our BIG move across the BIG globe.<br />
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Still I will likely use mostly pictures and far less words with these posts in order to move more swiftly through this catch-up time. :) Hope you don't mind!<br />
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After spending July through almost all of September with family in Northwest Louisiana and traveling to visit other family as well as for our son to attend church camp in Mississippi, some of our family drove us to (&/or met us in) Dallas, Texas in order for us to board our nearly 15 hour flight from there to Doha, Qatar (yes, non-stop!).<br />
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You can very well imagine at least a bit of the stress and emotions that went into preparing for and executing this day. Remember, the flight will consist of me, our 10-year-old son, our 9-month-old daughter, and all of the belongings we could possibly fit within our checked and carry-on ("hand baggage") size and weight allowance. (We did ship a few things ahead...fairly small ones...and left a few more to ship periodically as we are ready to pay the shipping fees.)<br />
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As far as the luggage, I used a luggage scale throughout my initial and final packing processes and was fully prepared to have to pay weight overage fees for two bags plus one extra bag fee (which for our airline was $250 USD!). I was also prepared (though very reluctant) to have to throw out some things in our carry-on luggage. All I can say is God truly answered my prayers time and time again throughout this entire move process (as He has since way back when the idea of it even started). More confirmation that we are on His path for us. BTW, we didn't have to pay any weight overage fees nor throw anything out. We only had to pay the one extra bag fee. AND we (me & 2 young kiddos) made it through security as smoothly and swiftly as possible. Not without stress, but only due to all we had to juggle in that rushed space and time. I must praise our 10-year-old son for being so obedient and helpful! He truly was amazing! Love him! So thankful for him! :)<br />
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Wish I had more pics on my own phone from our goodbyes at the airport, but this is a sweet one that I do happen to have. These are my sweet in-laws who let us live with them from July to September. Very bittersweet moment here saying goodbye to them at the airport.</div>
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My mother and one sister and two of my nieces were there at the airport with us also. It was very special and sweet (and, of course, sad) to have them all there! We also had a very nice lunch together with all of them and my other sister at Pappadeaux's in Grapevine, Texas right before we headed to the DFW airport. It was a sweet time as well. So glad we all had that time together.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet, handsome young man helping Mommy and Little Sister :) (You can't imagine how many gray buckets we had to use! Not to mention the items that went through without buckets! We made it though. And no one seemed to get frustrated at us! All were patient and understanding and even helpful! Whew!!!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's that sweet, handsome young man making his way through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put him in the bright green shirt on purpose! ;) Could spot him from anywhere! It worked!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting on our call to board the plane. Looks like Baby Girl was a bit teary-eyed! ;) Me too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl and Big Brother entertaining themselves while we waited to board the plane.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl is excited to fly on a plane for her first time ever! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl watching the horizon and the sunset and the clouds. Oh, the view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Brother LOVED his built-in TV/Movie Theater/Video Game Station complete with headphones! BTW, Qatar Airways is the #1 airline in the world from what I am told. I must say, it truly was very nice. Seats were very spacious (and we were NOT in First nor Business class, though those seats looked AWESOME!).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NO, she did not really drink Coke! ;) Just thought it was a cute pic of the tiny Coke can with Arabic writing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the lighting. Thought I would edit these but decided not to put off the post any longer for that. So, you get what you get and don't throw a fit! (as my niece would say) But anyway, this is a little pic of the makeshift play area I set up for Baby Girl in my foot space in our bulkhead seating aread. The magazine pockets made for a nice toy holder!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl playing with her toys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think she may be a Flight Attendant when she grows up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful sunset out my window!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can barely see it but that is Baby Girl's bassinet on the bulkhead wall in front of my seat. When I stand up, it's about chest height. There were two others (one in each of the 2 sections to the right of us). She slept in it...off and on. Plus I had to get her out if there was turbulence. She even sat up and stood up in it once (with me standing up holding her) and gave the passengers a Pat-A-Cake hand-clapping show! :) It was very nice to have the bassinet, even if only to let her stretch her legs sometimes. Also to give me a little break off and on from holding her...for 15 hours!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to see but the TV screen on the bulkhead wall in the center showed us a representation of our plane and where we were flying at the time on the globe. Was pretty cool to recognize map spots from what we have been learning in Classical Conversations homeschool lately! (We flew over, among other things: Africa, the Red Sea, etc. and our son recognized it all!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried to catch a better, quick picture but really missed the full effect. We were surprized with Meet & Greet services by my husband when we got off the plane, so this nice lady met us with a sign with all of our names on it and guided us to a nice lounge where she handled our immigration as well as getting a man to collect our baggage and escort us and my husband to our car and load it! AWESOME!</td></tr>
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<b>Yep. Just had to rev up an already busy time of life.</b><br />
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During the last few weeks of my employment prior to our <a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.com/2015/06/never-say-never.html" target="_blank">time of transition mentioned in previous posts</a>, I took advantage of a free skin cancer screening being offered at my employing hospital's cancer treatment partner clinic.<br />
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<b>Why, you ask?</b><br />
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Well, no, I had not recently noticed anything suspicious I wanted to have assessed. No, I had BEEN having a spot for nearly 15 years that I knew NEEDED to be assessed. <i><b>(Pics at the bottom of this post)</b></i><br />
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<b>Why did I wait so long, you ask?</b><br />
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No good reason. Truly. I guess the old cliche' that "Nurses are the worst patients" is partially true in my case.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Long story kinda short... </span></b><br />
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Way back in my college days when I frequented tanning salons, I noticed almost immediately after one tanning session that I had a strange, small, black sore on my mid-upper chest. It was about the diameter of a pencil eraser. It scabbed over with a black scab but had a strange burning sensation that went well below the surface. I took months to fully "heal" though it never fully went away. It basically eventually turned into what looked like a scar. However, that spot on occasion would become more pronounced than at other times. I did quit using tanning beds very soon after I noticed this new "friend."<br />
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A couple of years ago during a beach vacation, this formerly scar-looking spot actually opened back up with a small scab in the center that easily bled then scabbed over off and on again. Once again, I should have had it assessed then...but never did.<br />
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Finally, during this year's skin cancer screening I went and had it checked. Crazily, at the time of this long-overdue assessment, it was actually nearly unnoticeable for the first time in years. Almost immediately, however, when I walked into the screening dermatologist's exam room he spotted it and said I definitely needed to see a dermatologist for a biopsy.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward...</span></b><br />
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I found a derm on my insurance plan, had a shave biopsy done during a lunch break from work, waited over a week for results which still did not come. I called to schedule a surgery to be done during the last week of my employment just in case it was needed since he had verbally told me he was certain it would need to come out regardless of results. Time on the job, and in town for that matter, was ticking away for me and I could no longer wait on results to schedule the surgical excision (removal) of this spot.<br />
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The day I came for surgery (during a work day, since this was to be a quick procedure) the dermatologist (who was wonderful and had wonderful staff) told me he had JUST received results the day before and that the results were not definitive (in other words, the pathologist was not able to certainly diagnose my situation). He had even re-routed the specimen to a specialist who then ran every possible test on them that he could and still could not definitively diagnose my specimen.<br />
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All-in-all, my dermatologist said that I definitely had Basal Cell Carcinoma (skin cancer, but very treatable and not one that spreads)...however, there was a possibility that I also had melanoma mixed with it (very bad skin cancer that does spread elsewhere). Either way, he said he was going to err on the side of caution and remove more than he would have if it was just Basal Cell. He also was going to send the tissue he removed for more testing to see if they could get a definitive diagnosis with it.<br />
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Sooo, during the last Wednesday I lived and worked down in South Louisiana, I had minor in-office surgery to remove this spot. All went well. It took several days to get the final results back from the biopsy of the specimen removed in surgery, but they came back as only Basal Cell after all and clear margins (he got everything, in other words). (Please do not worry for me. This was really a very very easy situation compared to what so many other people face daily with regards to cancer and many other debilitating conditions. I just want this to be a warning to all of you that this or worse could happen to you or someone else you know.)<br />
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That all being said, I now have a much larger scar than the initial "scar" that I had learned to live with. That is okay though. Another lesson in humility. ;)<br />
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Now, for the whole point of sharing this with you...<br />
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<b>PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! </b></div>
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<b>DO NOT USE TANNING BEDS NOR LET ANYONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE DO SO!!!</b></div>
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Seriously, my dermatologist said that the UV rays from tanning beds are NOT the same as getting the sun's UV rays at a much more concentrated amount. They are MUCH WORSE and you have a VERY HIGH CHANCE of getting MELANOMA SKIN CANCER!!!<br />
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I documented some of the procedure with pics for you. </div>
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No, not the actual procedure, but the before & after as well as, of course, the room setup!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My "friend" before the procedure...seriously...very small.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few days later...notice the bruising</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After I removed the bandage on the day I was told to. Had to start using petroleum jelly and bandaids or other bandages as directed by the doctor after removing his waterproof bandage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last look before suture removal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And now the stitches are out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Yes, of course I removed them myself. </b><br /><b>I AM WOMAN! I AM NURSE! HEAR ME ROAR! <br /></b>No, really, I almost got a nurse or doctor friend to do it, but instead, I spent my Independence Day evening home somewhat alone (with the baby in bed) removing my own stitches. Yes, I have removed hundreds of stitches (and staples) in my past life as a trauma/surgical ICU nurse. Never my own, though. Was a strange sensation, but not bad. Much better than the unexpectedly odd sensation when the doctor was actually putting the sutures in. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And in case you are wondering, the redness is the beginning of a horrible reaction I had to the tegaderm (clear, waterproof) dressings I was using. I finally just had to stop using a dressing (against my doctor's advice). Never knew I was one of "those patients" who has a strong sensitivity to some bandages. It was no fun. <b>Burned like the dickens...whatever the dickens is. </b>Felt like they were eating through my skin like acid. Blistered and everything. Not fun at all. </td></tr>
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My PSA for the day (no, not the Prostate PSA...the Public Service Announcement PSA). </div>
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Please, avoid potential danger and at the very least discomfort and scarring. </div>
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Yep, it was the summer. It just flew by like the jet plane we are about to board in a couple of weeks.<br />
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And I have been taking pics of it all. What?! You haven't seen them?!<br />
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Oh yeah, that's because I have been sharing them in the blog posts and Facebook posts I have been writing in my head.<br />
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Well, hopefully this is the first post of several that will remedy that a bit.<br />
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I am warning you now that there may not be much writing accompanying the next several posts, so I am hoping the pictures tell some pretty vibrant stories on their own. :) If not...I apologize. Please bear with me. I do have LOTS of pics. Consider yourself warned. ;)<br />
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It's now or never.<br />
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Without further adieu, here is how our summer began (at least AFTER the <a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.com/2015/06/never-say-never.html" target="_blank">last post</a> left off).<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Wrapping up our life in South Louisiana (at least temporarily)</span></b></div>
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Any good southern girl HAS to get one last good "hair-do" from her favorite local hairstylist, right?</div>
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Well, I am no different. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Already missing my sweet Jami at Hair Art Salon in Mandeville, Louisiana.</span></td></tr>
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And since I know you are just dying to see up close pics of the cutest girl in the pic above...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Girl loves her mommy! :)</td></tr>
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Meanwhile, my husband is hanging out with his Gold Medal Winning Qatar Beach Volleyball players and coaches...</div>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-37074751755440668382015-06-14T02:45:00.000-05:002015-06-14T02:56:56.029-05:00Never say "Never!"<div style="text-align: center;">
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Been wondering where I've been? And what I've been up to?<br />
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Well, my world has been quite busy, to say the least. I'm sure yours has, too.<br />
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Here is a little recap of my past year for you:<br />
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<li>I quit my travel job to finally work at a job only 15-20 minutes from my house... a job I had wanted and tried to get off and on for several years. I fit in from the beginning and consider my co-workers to be extended family. </li>
<li>I found out I was pregnant just prior to transitioning from one job to the next. Our only other child is our 9-year-old son. I am not young. 38 to be exact. We also soon found out our new blessing was/is a baby girl! </li>
<li>During the brief time off I took to transition from one job to the next, we were unexpectedly and suddenly presented with a tremendous opportunity for my husband to go overseas to work in the Middle East for a one-year contract. We had to decide in less than a week and he would have to leave in less than a month. </li>
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<li>My very second week on my new job...on a Wednesday, specifically...our son broke his forearm (on his WRITING hand/arm...just before school was starting). </li>
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<li>And ALSO, remember I said it was on a Wednesday?! Well, my husband was leaving for the Middle East on that following Saturday...less than 4 days later!</li>
<li>Did I remind you that I was pregnant?! And had a new job?! Oh, and Summer Camp was out of the question now!</li>
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<li>I got diagnosed with Gestational (pregnancy-related) Diabetes a few months into the pregnancy. (Baby & I did just fine, though.)</li>
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All that said, thanks to the wonderful love and tangible support of so many family and friends...here we are nearly a year later and all is well. </div>
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I specifically must mention and thank my sweet mother and my sweet mother-in-law for their selfless assistance and love-in-action during these several months. They dropped everything and have taken turns coming several hours south of where they live to come stay with us and help us through these months. There were only a couple of months after the arm healed and prior to me giving birth that my son and I were here alone. (and, boy, were those a couple of rough ones...but we both survived!) Additionally, so many of our precious church friends (or family-away-from-family) helped us in tangible as well as prayerful ways. </div>
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My husband did get to come back to stay with us for a month for the birth of our daughter and arrived only a couple of days before her birth. Those were some precious weeks that we all are missing these days. Skype has become a great friend to us. My husband and our son even play Battleship over Skype on occasion. Don't ask me who the better player is...I'll never tell!</div>
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So...with that recap in mind, you're probably wondering how in the world (literally) we manage as a family like this. Well, only through God-given strength and only through knowing He is in control, guiding and protecting us every step of the way. Only through knowing His ways are higher than ours and His plan is for our good and His glory.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~ <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a> </span></i></div>
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<li><b>I said all my life I would NEVER, EVER live in <a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.com/2011/10/content-as-turtle-in-sewage-canal.html" target="_blank">New Orleans</a>, much less raise a family there.</b></li>
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<li><b>God's plan</b> was for us to live and work in various parts of the <a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.com/2010/04/blues-really-jazz-me-up.html" target="_blank">Greater New Orleans area</a> for nearly 7 years (5 years longer than we lived anywhere else as a couple, including our hometown area). AND we fell in LOVE with the area and the people who make it the gem that it is. AND we gladly have been raising children in the area. We consider it our home even more than our hometown.</li>
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<li><b>I said all my life (especially in recent years) I would NEVER, EVER, EVER live in the Middle East, much less raise a family there...(do you see where this is going?!)...</b></li>
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<li><b>God's plan</b> is currently clearly for me and our 2 precious children to move overseas to the Middle East to join my husband/their father for the remainder of his work contract as well as any additional contract he may get after this one is over in January.</li>
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<li>Yep, you heard me correctly.</li>
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So...needless to say...like I said before...I have been quite busy lately.</div>
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Lots of planning & packing & purging & selling & giving & storing. </div>
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I have resigned from my once dream job (which I will be finishing in *gasp* TWO WEEKS...yikes!) and am preparing to embark on another dream job which I never thought would be possible for me and my family. I am going to be a stay-at-home mom and will be homeschooling our son (& daughter, even though she will not technically be in school for a few years). Just never envisioned this opportunity being presented in a way that would be packaged with a <b>MOVE TO THE MIDDLE EAST. Oh my. </b></div>
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In preparation for not knowing how long we will be there, I and our children will be spending a couple of months in North Louisiana and surrounding areas visiting family and friends and celebrating birthdays and all prior to <b>FLYING ACROSS THE WORLD. Oh my.</b></div>
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Thankfully, we do have some precious friends we spent a lot of time with here in our area who moved over there prior to my husband and had lived there (in the Middle East) for a few years prior to us meeting them here in Louisiana. They have 3 young children and homeschool there, so we are blessed to have them take us under their wing and welcome our family into the ExPat life of Doha, Qatar. (Have you ever gotten a passport for a baby?! <b>I HAVE. Oh my.</b>)</div>
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So, as you are watching the Summer Olympics in 2016 (in person or on TV), be looking for my husband, the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Qatar National Olympic (Men's) Beach Volleyball Team. And, who knows, you may also see me and our 2 precious children in the stands as well. Yep, that's the tremendous, unexpected opportunity my husband (& I) accepted by faith. </div>
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Maybe not with a post you would expect, but back on the blog nonetheless.</div>
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I am 38, barefoot <i>(right now, at least)</i>, and nearly 8 months pregnant <i>(and still working full-time outside the home)</i>.<br />
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My sweet son is 9 and is excited about welcoming his new baby sister into this family and world around the week of Christmas. <i>(I'll get back to that sweet son in a second.)</i><br />
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My husband is overseas working for several months and has already been there for almost 4 months.<br />
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All of our extended family lives at at least 5 hours away from us, though we are blessed with many wonderful friends <i>("family away from family" as I often call them)</i> in our community and church.<br />
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Still, some days and moments are tough with just the two of us <i>(and my big baby-filled belly) (and our mini-dachshund)</i> in this house. I could go down the list for you of tough times we have faced in these 4 months<i> (visa issues, financial issues, son with broken arm, illness on both sides of the world, gestational diabetes, strangers approaching my house at night...)</i> but I won't bore you with the details.<br />
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<b>But tonight. I just have to say... </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Who in their right mind came up with the concept of fake, rubber eyeballs to hand out to kids as a fall/Halloween toy?!</b> </span></div>
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(Sorry if you are the innocent culprit and are reading this right now. </div>
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I know you thought it was a great idea, as I would have as well.)</div>
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(And I know anyone who disagrees with even having a Fall Fest around Halloween time will probably soon be saying I got what I deserved, but oh well.)</div>
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My sweet son had the wonderful inspiration to throw this cute little greasy, rubber eyeball as high into the air as he could <i>(INSIDE the house)</i> earlier this evening.<i> (Can't blame him. Most kids would do the same.)</i><br />
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Of course, it stuck to our very high, vaulted ceiling. In our house we RENT. That is painted with MATTE finish paint which shows grease stains indefinitely.<br />
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Well, at first, I thought, no big deal. I'll just let it hang out there for a bit and it will eventually fall like those sticky hands and sticky spiders do. And, if not, I can just knock it down with a broom handle. Shouldn't be that bad.<br />
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Fast forward several hours. Sweet boy is in bed sleeping soundly. I am up enjoying some quiet, semi-alone time for once, catching up on reading blog posts that are inspiring me to write again for the first time in ages.<br />
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Finally, as I am dozing on the couch, I look up at the eyeball staring at me from the ceiling (which kind of resembles a security video camera at this point). I can't just leave it up there all night.<br />
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So, I proceed to try to get it down.<br />
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I won't explain the attempted process, but yes, it did involve a broom handle...and much more.<br />
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I was as creative as I could safely be (though probably danced on the border of the safe part just a tad), and then I finally cried <span style="font-size: large;"><b>"Uncle!"</b></span> for the night <i>(among many other rumblings)</i>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I gave in. I threw in the towel. <span style="font-size: x-large;">I quit!</span></b></span></div>
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And the eyeball is still on the ceiling. No longer as round as it was, but now more of a spread out blob. And surrounded by a long, wide greasy streak all over the ceiling...kind of like the trail of a really plump snail.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>See?!</b></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>(</b><strike>no</strike><b> pun intended)</b></span></span></div>
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In the effort of Spring Cleaning and in preparation for Mother's Day (It's May 11th!), I am finally getting to post a review I have been wanting to and planning to post for waaaaayyyy tooooo looonnnnggg!!! :) Please check out my (very amateur) pics below and consider this for a sweet lady or young lady in your life.<br />
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A precious friend of mine is a distributor for a very cool hair accessory line called <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair" target="_blank">Lilla Rose</a>. She is actually a consultant along with her daughter. I had never heard of these hair accessories until getting to know my friend Jennifer. Now that I have been introduced, I am sure to get to know more of their products. :)<br />
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I got the <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/flexi-sizing-and-styling.html" target="_blank">XS (Extra Small) Flexi-Clip</a> from her in a gold tone. It has been so handy and versatile and pretty that I have used it at several stages of my hair length over the past few months. It is so nice because it is one piece even though it looks like it is a separate pin that sticks through the main holder. They are actually joined permanently so you never lose either. And they are very durably made as well.<br />
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I ordered mine when I had relatively short hair, but wore it through several lengths (and color shades!). </div>
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And, when my hair was shorter, I could even wear it all up as in these few pictures. I could have continued to if I had <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/flexi-sizing-and-styling.html" target="_blank">a larger size</a>, which they do make.</div>
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I liked it so much I started noticing who else around me would benefit from wearing it and would enjoy it. I even loaned it to my sister-in-law to wear on Easter Sunday. She, as you can tell, has much longer, thicker, naturally curly hair than I ever will. Yet, the XS worked perfectly for her to wear her sides back as she often does. She will likely be ordering a couple in larger sizes so she can wear more of her hair up in one.</div>
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I also love all of their <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/our-products.html?id=ITQA82bE" target="_blank">other products</a> and look to order some more soon. I really need their <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/our-products.html?id=ITQA82bE" target="_blank">beautiful badge holder(s)</a> since I work in healthcare and have to wear an ID badge all the time. Some other products I like (& my sis-in-law, too) are the <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/our-products.html?id=ITQA82bE" target="_blank">hair sticks</a>, <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/our-products.html?id=ITQA82bE" target="_blank">pony tail holders</a>, <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/our-products.html?id=ITQA82bE" target="_blank">hair pins</a>, and <a href="http://www.lillarose.biz/prettyhair/our-products.html?id=ITQA82bE" target="_blank">beaded headbands</a>.</div>
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So, do yourself and/or some special lady or girl you know a favor and grab one or more of these cool hair accessories. You and they will love them! And you could send a badge holder my way if you want. ;) lol!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">P.S. I did this review for no compensation. These opinions are solely mine...and my sister-in-law's.</span></div>
Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-23190954996319728402014-04-29T20:41:00.001-05:002014-04-29T20:41:05.467-05:00Following Rabbit Trails with #WriteTheWordHi, everyone!<br />
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It's been awhile since we did some #WriteTheWord together. Lots going on around here. I'll tell you more about that in a future post. For now, how are you? Did you have a great Resurrection celebration during the past several weeks pre and post Easter? I did! So much to be thankful for.<br />
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On that note, I want to branch away from Joshua for a bit with this #WriteTheWord and show you something I did on Good Friday.<br />
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One of my pastors preached on Palm Sunday (the Sunday prior to Easter - read about it in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19%3A28-44&version=NASB" target="_blank">Luke 19:28-44</a>). In that message, he mentioned an Old Testament passage that is one of the many prophecies about the Messiah that Jesus fulfilled. For some reason that passage struck a chord with me, so I decided to dig a little deeper with it and used it to #WriteTheWord on Good Friday.<br />
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That passage, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=zech+9%3A9-10&version=NIV" target="_blank">Zechariah 9:9-10</a>, though short has many cross-referenced verses that can lead one on many power-packed rabbit trails throughout God's Word. So, in the pictures below you will see how I followed the cross-references in my Bible. I didn't draw any conclusions. I just wrote---The Word. Good stuff, too!<br />
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Oh, and after you look through my pics, I urge you to check out a new Bible Study resource site I found thanks to a dear friend. It is awesome! It's called <a href="http://biblehub.com/">BibleHub.com</a>. As a matter of fact, <a href="http://biblehub.com/context/zechariah/9-9.htm" target="_blank">here is a link to that scripture passage (Zech. 9:9-10) on BibleHub.com</a>. It finds FOR YOU all the rabbit trails you could ever imagine and then some...including commentaries and maps and everything!<br />
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So, here are my pics from this rabbit hunt...get it...<br />
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In case you have any questions about cross-references, please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to help you figure them out. They typically follow a logical flow, and most often are explained in the front part of your Bible where there is an introduction from the publisher on how your specific Bible is structured. Either way, let me know if you have questions as you start to navigate cross-references.</div>
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I say, have fun with them! It's even more involved and enlightening to look at the cross-references on a verse you were cross-referenced to and go that much deeper and farther down a rabbit trail. I have learned some really neat things that way. And it can be a way to get your self into a Bible-study that can go on as long as you want it to. You can spend several weeks or even months just writing through cross-references of cross-references and keyword searches and more cross-references.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Seriously, this is truly my kind of fun!</span></b></div>
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Now, go be a nerd for yourself and see what the Holy Spirit has to show you through that much-neglected middle column of your Bible.</div>
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Back again and for one last #WriteTheWord "catch up" post. The rest from here forward will be me writing along with you through the remainder of Joshua. In those posts I will also share some more techniques with you to add to your #WriteTheWord repertoire.</div>
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Without further adieu, here are the last parts I have previously written from Joshua which include chapters 13, 14 & the beginning of 15.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-7</b> - Our L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> will continue to guide us & work through us & fight for us---even in our very old age, should we live so long.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.8-14</b> - When ultimately trusting God for victory & following His plan, we will receive the promised land as our inheritance---in spite of impatience, mistakes, & disobedience along the way.<br />
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Oops! Looks like I skipped writing <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=joshua+13%3A15-23&version=NIV" target="_blank">verses 15-23</a>! </div>
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Here they are for you to read over (& write if you would like):</div>
<br />15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:<br /><br />16 The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba 17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country. 22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination. 23 The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.24-28</b> - Valleys, though often difficult & dark, are necessary & special gifts to us. They offer nourishment and times of growth unmatched on the mountain top.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.29-33</b> - Even if you have no known inheritance on this Earth, as a child of God---the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> is your inheritance! You will inherit His riches which He has promised to us.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-5</b> - Sometimes even those in God's service receive no earthly inheritance, yet He always provides for their daily needs while on this Earth. He often does this so that we will depend on Him for our daily bread & draw close to Him in the process.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.6-11</b> - Following the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> produces a strong core, strength, & endurance for the training & trials of life.<br />
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Looks like I left out another small section in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2014&version=NIV" target="_blank">chapter 14</a>. </div>
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Here are <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2014&version=NIV" target="_blank">verses 12-15</a> for you to read (& write):</div>
<br />12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”<br /><br />13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. 14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly. 15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.)<br /><br /> </div>
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<b>Main points of v.1-8:</b><br />
<b>- </b>As we roll away from our valley of trouble we roll full circle back into it only to find it is a doorway of hope & valley of fruitfulness.<br />
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So there you have it! Looks like I left you & me both hanging a bit with chapter 15 (there are a total of 63 verses in it)...sooo, I get to pick up with you in verse 9 of chapter 15 for our next #WriteTheWord session.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, do share what you have learned from chapters 13-15 and/or whatever other portions of Scripture you are currently writing.</span></b></div>
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Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-71640631261184457382014-03-23T23:41:00.003-05:002014-03-23T23:58:48.705-05:00What's next with #WriteTheWord?<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Glad to have you back. </span></b></div>
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I think about you all often in our in-between post times and wonder how your #WriteTheWord journey is going. I love when I get surprised by little posts and comments from you sharing what you are learning.<br />
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Now that we are back, I am getting very excited as we are sort of drawing to a close but really we are nearing a beginning.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What do I mean by that?</span></b></div>
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Well, we are nearing the point where I took a (very long) pause from writing The Word through Joshua. I stopped several months ago around chapter 15. My posts here have been taking you through what I had written and learned prior to that pause (so I have been learning it all over again, and more...definitely needed it!).<br />
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Once I get you all caught up to where I paused, I will begin writing fresh and anew with you the rest of the way through Joshua. (and if you are writing through another portion of Scripture, you can keep writing along with us and sharing what you are learning in the passages you are writing through.)<br />
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While I am catching you up, I'll continue with the multi-chapter posts to zip through. Once I start writing new chapters, I will also start showing you some more extra things I like to do to dig deeper.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Now, here we go with the next group of chapters. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Are you ready?!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Chapter 10 Side Notes:</span></b></div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-6</b> - Put feet to the words of your oath---even in tough times. </div>
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Do what you say. Live what you say.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.7-11</b> - The L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> alone completes our battles. He fights the enemy FOR & WITH us, so we NEED NOT FEAR.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.12-15</b> - Our God can & will stop the sun for us if that's what it takes to win our battles!</div>
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<b>Main point of v.16-21</b> - Don't let your guard down just because you have small victories along the way.</div>
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DON'T STOP! The battle is still on. </div>
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PURSUE YOUR ENEMIES (the strongholds in your life). </div>
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The L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> has given them into your hand.</div>
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<b>v.25</b> - Just as the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> had said to him... </div>
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(Joshua told his army the same thing God had told him.)</div>
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<b>Main point of v.22-27</b> - Encourage others in the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> just as He Himself has encouraged you.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.28-33</b> - When we follow & obey the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> in battle, He gives the enemy into our hand. We have FULL VICTORY with our L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span>.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.34-39</b> - Stay on the offense against the enemy by staying in the </div>
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Win the victory.</div>
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Keep marching.</div>
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Repeat.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.40-43</b> - Our L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> is not a dictator. </div>
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Yes, He is holy & mighty, but He also comes alongside us & carries our burdens.</div>
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He promised us the land. He will help us take it & claim His promise to us.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Chapter 11 Side Notes:</span></b></div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-5</b> - When we are victorious against our enemy </div>
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because our L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD </span>is fighting for us, word spreads!</div>
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Often our enemy will gather larger & stronger forces to attack us, </div>
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but our God is still bigger, stronger, & victorious.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.6-9</b> - Our L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD </span>commands us not to fear the enemy & promises us that He will be our DELIVERER!</div>
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He guides, instructs, & commands.</div>
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We obey.</div>
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He delivers.</div>
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AND He even delivers when we don't obey!</div>
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GRACE & MERCY!</div>
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(P.S. Do you like my superhero sheets to go along with the "deliverer" theme?!)</div>
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<b>Main point of v.10-24</b> - Sometimes we have to wage against the enemy for a long time.</div>
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(Big enemy = satan; small enemies, too, like debt, etc.)</div>
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Once we have taken the entire promised land, </div>
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we & the land will finally have rest from war.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Chapter 12 Side Notes:</span></b></div>
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<b>v.2</b> - Borders are often waterways of some kind.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-6</b> - Even before we reach our Jordan crossing, </div>
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we have some battles to fight & win.</div>
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But once we cross the Jordan the battle is not over---</div>
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there are many more to come.</div>
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<b>v.8</b> - Arabah = plain or wilderness</div>
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Negev = dry, arid; south</div>
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WOW! 31 total kings on west of Jordan.</div>
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<b>Main points of v.7-8</b> - Many lessons here:</div>
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<b>1.</b> We will have many leaders in life---</div>
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often a different leader for each season.</div>
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<b>2.</b> Sometimes YOU will become the leader for the next season.</div>
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Be teachable & ready!</div>
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<b>v.8 (cont'd)</b> - Kings are like CEOs on steroids!</div>
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Even the ones who may have a quiet, humble strength </div>
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I told you there were MORE battles </div>
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AFTER crossing the Jordan!</div>
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<b>Main points of v.7-8 (cont'd)</b> - More lessons here:</div>
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<b>3.</b> Even though our equivalent to crossing the Jordan </div>
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may be difficult & take tremendous bravery, </div>
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life will not necessarily be easier on the other side---</div>
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it may be harder for awhile!</div>
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<b>4.</b> Can you imagine conquering that many KINGS!?!</div>
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With God's help only can you defeat </div>
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the strongest opposition in your life.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WOW! That was a LOT! </b></span></div>
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But every bit of it hit me right square between the eyes all over again! </div>
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It's just amazing how God works like that. I did this part of the study a little less than a year ago, yet it is pertinent and perfect timing all over again. Some in the same way as then, and some in a whole new way for this season of my life.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How about you?! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Keep the updates coming!</span></b></div>
Haeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253828615656058238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821734092002152877.post-83223409380848143182014-03-01T13:04:00.001-06:002014-03-01T13:11:47.861-06:00Movin' along with #WriteTheWord<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Back again!</span></b><br />
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What did you think of that spin I threw you last time? Have you been contemplating any word or words to dig deeper into? Have you already been digging? Can't wait to hear more about that.<br />
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Now, I would like to jump back into Joshua for some more #WriteTheWord.<br />
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Speaking of Joshua, have you been continuing on further in your Joshua #WriteTheWord study? If so, where are you and what have you learned? Please share! Also, I know some of you are using these #WriteTheWord tips and techniques to study other portions of Scripture, so please do share what you are learning as well! LOVE learning what God is teaching others as we journey together in studying His Word!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Back again to Joshua. Movin' along...</span></b><br />
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What I want to do now is share several pics of my pages I have written in the next couple of chapters of Joshua. I want to share more than one chapter this time (even though I know that may be a lot of content for one post...you can handle it!). I want to do this so we can build and keep some momentum and also so we can get to the spot where I honestly left off in my own #WriteTheWord study of Joshua that I am sharing with you now. I am ready to pick it up again and start learning new stuff along with you once we hit that spot. (And besides, you know how my consistent post intentions don't always match my actions, so this way I am giving you extra content to chew on and work through in case it takes me a while to come back and post.)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Chapter 7 Side Notes:</span></b></div>
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<b>v.1</b> - All for one & one for all.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-5</b> - When God's holy anger burns, guilty hearts melt. BUT GOD---uses melted hearts to mold & form new hearts set on Him.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.6-9</b> - Sometimes life will be difficult in the Promised Land & we will question whether we ever should have crossed into it.</div>
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<b>v.11</b> - Don't whine about times when it seems like God has misled & unfairly left you to fail. INSPECT THE SITUATION. You may need to repent of sin.</div>
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<b>v.12</b> - Are you secretly holding on to things that are Devoted to Destruction?! GET RID OF THEM!</div>
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<b>v.13</b> - So thankful that, because of the sacrificial work of Jesus on the cross, God is ALWAYS WITH His children now. His Spirit is INSIDE OF US, unlike in the Old Testament days.</div>
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<b>v.15</b> - SO THANKFUL that Jesus took God's wrath upon Him IN OUR PLACE so we don't have to.</div>
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<b>v.16</b> - Joshua didn't wait to obey. He did it early.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.14-19</b> - What a way to confess! Give glory & praise to the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> first. Then truthfully, openly confess what you have done.</div>
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<b>v.24</b> - Valley of Achor = "deep ravine" - named after Achan but means "trouble" (<a href="http://tonotdecideistodecide.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-little-somethin-different-with.html" target="_blank">Remember my "valley" study in the last post?!</a> God is the BEST weaver of the tapestry of our lives and our studies in His Word!). </div>
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<b>Main point of v.20-24</b> - WHAT'S IN A NAME? Achan = "one who troubles" - The valley where he & his stolen goods were taken was named after him. Achor = "TROUBLE" - BUT that valley later became a valley of REST & a doorway of HOPE!</div>
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<b>Main point of v.25-26 </b>- Again so thankful that Jesus paid the price for our sin, ONCE & FOR ALL. Because of His shed blood, we don't have to face the wrath of our Holy God's anger & can instead bask in His unending, undeserved LOVE & FORGIVENESS and MERCY & GRACE!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Chapter 8 Side Notes:</span></b></div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-5 </b>- Our L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span> has already won the war, but we still have battles to fight. We have to go into battle on the alert but knowing OUR GOD IS WITH US & ALREADY HAS DELIVERED US! NO FEAR! NO DISCOURAGEMENT!</div>
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<b>v.6</b> - Their previous mistake of not consulting God for plans is now being used for good.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.6-10</b> - RISE UP from past mistakes! Seek God & do what He commands & He will turn your past mistakes into stepping stones toward His best for you.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.11-16</b> - Sometimes in battle, fleeing is the right thing to do & the desert is the right place to be. Trust God's plan even when others may think it's crazy.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.17-20 </b>- When God tells you to stretch...you stretch! When you do, victory is sure to rise!</div>
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<b>Main point of v.21-26</b> - <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/matthew-henry/Josh.8.1-Josh.8.35" target="_blank">Matthew Henry quote</a> - "Joshua conquered by yielding, as if he had himself been conquered; so our Lord Jesus...seemed as if death had triumphed over Him...BUT in His resurrection He rallied again & gave the powers of darkness a total defeat."</div>
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<b>Main point of v.27-35</b> - In times of victory & success, we must be very careful to stay focused on The Source of our blessing. We must be deliberate to read & meditate on the Word of God & give Him the praise for favorable outcomes & circumstances.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My Chapter 9 Side Notes:</span></b></div>
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<b>v.1</b> - Lots of description about the kings & their locations & the people.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.1-15</b> - If you do not inquire of the L<span style="font-size: x-small;">ORD</span>, you will likely fall for the enemy's ruse & make a treaty of peace with the enemy.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.16-21</b> - Godly leaders are to uphold their oaths & keep their promises, even when the situations are tough.</div>
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<b>Main point of v.22-27</b> - Some curses can be blessings as well. </div>
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Curse = Gibeonites serve (in tough, hard-working service jobs) in God's house.</div>
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Blessing = Lifelong service in God's house & exposure to His teachings.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So there you have it! </span></b></div>
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3 chapters of Joshua to chew on as you #WriteTheWord along with me.</div>
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And if you notice, I was writing these portions around the same time last year. As a matter of fact, the last page was written on last Easter Sunday. Interestingly, as I write this today, we are nearing the beginning of Lent in just a few short days. (Yep, it's Mardi Gras time here in South Louisiana!)</div>
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Looking forward to your Spirit-led takeaways from this section of Joshua and/or whatever sections of Scripture God has you writing The Word in right now.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do share! :)</span></b></div>
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