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uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>253</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-8223438212148897940</id><published>2017-07-10T18:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2017-07-10T18:27:39.029-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New gel pens - whoop whoop!! </title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;In the past few years, I&#39;ve become obsessed with adult coloring books, and my choice of pen is always a good gel pen. The colors just seem to POP more with gel pens than regular markers or crayons. &amp;nbsp;So I&#39;m THRILLED to get to try out&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #444444;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://h5.sml360.com/-/32jlk&quot;&gt;BIC® Gel-ocity® Quick Dry Gel Pen&lt;/a&gt;s thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://h5.sml360.com/-/32jlk&quot;&gt;Smiley360!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;*vs. BIC&lt;/i&gt;®&lt;i style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Gel-ocity&lt;/i&gt;®&lt;i style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Original based on average dry times of blue, black and red. Individual dry times may vary by color&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I was also diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease and have been in and out of treatment for that, which I may talk about more here as time goes on. &amp;nbsp;It&#39;s been a whirlwind of learning new terms, more medical jargon that I thought I&#39;d EVER use (even working for a doctor!), and vacillating between feeling horrible and &quot;Eh, ok&quot; depending on the hour/day. &amp;nbsp;More on that later...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;helvetica neue&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Anyway, just thought I&#39;d pop over and see if this blog was still here (thanks for holding my spot, Google!) and say hi to those still hanging around. I&#39;m seriously amazed that I&#39;m still getting hits here after this long of a break! &amp;nbsp;*mindblown* &amp;nbsp;Anyway, thank you!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/feeds/606481119715928290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3634273836008986752/606481119715928290?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/606481119715928290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/606481119715928290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2017/05/holy-lost-year-batman.html' title='Holy Lost-a-Year, Batman!'/><author><name>~Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07932486174263212809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_owKfaJZIYBQ/Smn_EXxngFI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tfJownti3sg/S220/me2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-955796673755435604</id><published>2015-01-05T12:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2015-01-05T12:47:44.969-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello, Mornings!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m a total night-owl. &amp;nbsp;I seem to get a burst of energy around 10pm, which doesn&#39;t make for great mornings-after! &amp;nbsp;I can lay in bed and read until 2-or-3am with absolutely no problem. &amp;nbsp;Of course, that means I am certainly NOT getting up at any decent hour. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m very well aware of how important sleep is, and that I &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;really&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt; need to use my time more wisely -&amp;nbsp;which means&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt; not&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt; sleeping until 9 or 10am and rolling into work at noon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(don&#39;t hate me because I have flex hours!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m kind of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;so over&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;making New Years Resolutions, but I AM going to try to make better use of my time in 2015. &amp;nbsp;I found this awesome resource that I&#39;m hoping will help. &amp;nbsp;I plan to use my blog to document this process, as well as my other 2015 goals &lt;i&gt;(not resolutions!) &lt;/i&gt;including completing more craft projects, my Goodreads Challenge of 50 books for the year, maybe learning some new crafts, finishing some Pinterest projects, and some super-awesome family stuff coming this year! &amp;nbsp;*squeeee!* &amp;nbsp;Oh! &amp;nbsp;And my new &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dollar Tree &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;obsession &lt;i&gt;(did you know how much amazing stuff you can get there??)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Join me and the other Hello Morning! ladies if you&#39;d like to get your mornings started on the right foot in 2015. &amp;nbsp;Leave a comment and let me know that you&#39;ve joined so I can keep an eye out for ya!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I attended an essential oil party awhile back and the hostess had these AMAZING peppermint patties made from coconut oil, dark chocolate, honey, and peppermint essential oil. &amp;nbsp;I wanted to try and recreate them and make them THM-friendly, cutting out the honey. It was surprisingly easy, and tastes just as delicious and refreshing!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;* 85% dark chocolate (or Skinny Chocolate, of course) - melted&lt;br /&gt;* 1 cup Coconut oil (melted)&lt;br /&gt;* Peppermint extract&lt;br /&gt;* Stevia and/or Xylitol - I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019LPM0C/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;psc=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NuNatural Pure Stevia Extract powder&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141823;&quot;&gt;1. Mix the coconut oil with a few drops of peppermint extract&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;(or peppermint essential oil if you prefer &amp;amp; are well aware of how to use EOs&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;&quot;&gt;safely in the kitchen!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #141823; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141823; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;2. Add stevia to taste. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Play around with the taste until it&#39;s how you like it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;3. Put the coconut oil mixture into candy molds or mini muffin tin. I found adorable little ice trays with silicone bottoms that make it super easy to pop these yummy treats right out when they&#39;re all done! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b style=&quot;font-size: 13.63636302947998px;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are several ways you can do this, but I find this method works best:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;** Spoon a bit of chocolate in cup first, put in freezer to set up (around 30 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;** Add a bit of the coconut mixture on top of that, put back in freezer to firm up.&lt;br /&gt;** Add more chocolate on top, put back in freezer or fridge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When firmed up well - pop out and store in an airtight container in the fridge. Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You can also make these in mini-muffin tins with the paper liners,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;but I just think these are TOO cute!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&quot;This was both encouraging and entertaining! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Do you have a blog or other writing venue? If not, you should consider it!)&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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That was a reply I got to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/groups/trimhealthymamas/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; post this weekend, and is the reason I am writing this now. &amp;nbsp;Sometimes the &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;least&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; little encouragement is all we need, right ladies? &amp;nbsp;And this one touched my heart deeply, as I love writing but seldom make the time to do it (&lt;i&gt;as you can easily see by this blog right here&lt;/i&gt;!). &lt;br /&gt;
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So about 4 weeks ago, I stumbled upon something that seems to - thus far - been pretty life changing! &amp;nbsp;I fell down the Google Rabbit Hole and landed at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.trimhealthymama.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Trim Healthy Mama&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;This book/page has apparently been around for a couple of years now, and since I&#39;m always looking for the next &lt;i&gt;get-thin-quick&lt;/i&gt; scheme, it&#39;s downright amazing that I never heard of it before. &amp;nbsp;Or maybe that&#39;s exactly &lt;b&gt;WHY&lt;/b&gt; I never heard of it before now. &amp;nbsp;Our God, He does work in mysterious ways...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Anyway&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, I started loosely following it and below is a post I made on their Facebook page the other day. &amp;nbsp;I hope it encourages someone else out there. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;For you ladies who are discouraged and frustrated the scale, who are trying so hard and not seeing those numbers move.... Take your measurements!!! I actually went up on the scale this past week and was not a happy camper at. all. I did, however, take my measurements when I started loosely following THM about 4 weeks ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;I do pretty good most days, but still slip in meal-skipping (there&#39;s just too much to eat! what kind of &quot;diet&quot; is that?! &amp;nbsp;) and doing some accidental crossovers, but doing &quot;ok&quot; considering I just got the book 2 days ago. Well, I decided this morning that I&#39;d check my measurements and see if this was really working at all - ya know, other than the better sleep, more energy, skin clearing up, and better moods.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;I &quot;de-robed&quot; (aka, got nekkid), grabbed my measuring tape and a note pad and went to work. I looked at the numbers I wrote down after each measurement and thought &quot;Ugh. Still huge.&quot; (not remembering my previous ones, they are in my MyFitnessPal phone app).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;Opened the app to enter the numbers and compare... To my astonishment - down .2&quot; on my neck (bigggg deal, I thought. Blah. Better than nothing though, right? Hrmph.)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;Continued on...1.5&quot; on my waist... Wait. What? But the scale said I &lt;u&gt;gained&lt;/u&gt; weight!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;2&quot; on my hips. About that time my jaw hit the floor and I did a little jig, right there in the bathroom, all by myself.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;So to those, like me, who have been slaves to the number on the scale - remember this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;Satan - 5 letters, starts with S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Wow, it&#39;s been a loooooooong time since I blogged! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;This morning I was looking online for a photo of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lproof.org/aboutus/BethMoore/default.htm%E2%80%8E&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Beth Moore&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;i&gt;ok, in the interest of full disclosure, it was for my Instagram #wcw ... I do love me some Beth Moore teaching and I think she&#39;s super stylish!&lt;/i&gt;) &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;In my searching, I happened upon a blog by a 
woman who disagreed with Mrs. Moore&#39;s statements that she&#39;s &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;heard God&#39;s 
voice&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&quot; and went on to condemn her for being a &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;false teacher&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&quot; 
because she claims to have&amp;nbsp;heard from God directly. &amp;nbsp;Of course, the writer also used the most unflattering picture of Moore she could find to hammer home the point... &amp;nbsp;*smh* &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;God spoke to my heart one Saturday 
morning while I was preparing for Sunday school: &quot;My child, in between more 
intense rests, I want to teach you to take Sabbath moments.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I’m gonna tell you something right now, Beth, and boy you write this 
one down, and you say it as often as I give you utterance to say it . . 
.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I remember being a &quot;baby&quot; Christian and wondering about 
people who &quot;&lt;em&gt;heard God&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&amp;nbsp; I wondered if I would ever have that type of 
relationship, that I would be able to hear His voice as clearly as my 
own.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Frankly, I&amp;nbsp;never thought it would happen and I kinda thought those who 
said they heard from Him were possibly ...(whispering) *&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;a little on the crazy side&lt;/span&gt;*.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Then it happened.&amp;nbsp; When my then-boyfriend/now-husband had 
a massive heart attack at age 37.&amp;nbsp; I was at the hospital in the middle of the 
night, waiting alone in a little - very cold - room outside the cath lab for the 
doctor to come tell me what was going on.&amp;nbsp; I was shaking and crying and praying 
&quot;&lt;em&gt;Please don&#39;t let him die. Please don&#39;t let him die&lt;/em&gt;.&quot; over and over and 
over again.&amp;nbsp; I remember it being &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;SO COLD&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; in that little room!&amp;nbsp; After a few 
minutes, as I sat there with my head in my hands, rocking back and forth and 
praying - I felt what I can only describe as&amp;nbsp;the warmest blanket being wrapped 
around my shoulders and a voice saying &quot;&lt;em&gt;It&#39;s not his 
time&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I was startled. I jerked my head up, looked around, and 
saw the empty room. I got up and walked to the door, looked up and down the 
deserted hallway....no one was there.&amp;nbsp; I had just heard - and felt - 
&lt;strong&gt;God&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;m as sure of this as I am that I have 10 fingers and 10 toes.&amp;nbsp; No one will ever convince me that it was anything less than God speaking 
to me, and it brought a comfort that I can&#39;t put into words.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;My question is: why is it so hard for someone to believe 
that this happens?&amp;nbsp; Especially a person who, like this blogger, says that they 
are a devout Christian who studies the Bible regularly?&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;John 10:27-28 
ESV says &quot;My sheep hear my voice, and I know them...&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; I believe 
this&amp;nbsp;verse is as true today as it was in Biblical times, when Jesus himself 
spoke to the disciples and the crowds in His human body.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Since that moment 12 years ago when I heard God speak in 
the hospital, I&#39;ve felt/heard Him speak many more times on various situations in 
my life.&amp;nbsp; I think the thing that separates those who hear God and those who 
don&#39;t is a FAITH that He can and will speak to us - if only we will listen.&amp;nbsp; 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;What do you think? &amp;nbsp;Have you heard God&#39;s voice in your own life? &amp;nbsp;Or do you think those who do are faking it and are &quot;false teachers&quot;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85775/mpayne9205/53a3a230278874cab3b34409e3147fdc.png&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0 !important;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/feeds/9067672124599004874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3634273836008986752/9067672124599004874?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/9067672124599004874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/9067672124599004874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2014/04/hearing-gods-voice.html' title='Hearing God&#39;s Voice?'/><author><name>~Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07932486174263212809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_owKfaJZIYBQ/Smn_EXxngFI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tfJownti3sg/S220/me2009.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AIqYeyXfRh9I_d_GH1EdQXC3iDh_as0izbzaJY5wzN4NfA2szN9RwMToFxwkBrX6uBcj-2aEyiAdUMYP5KP5pv-mZUOworaYukbi39TRGty0T-0eGAjxEIHGqxsjme2i95jjSTOpzGnI/s72-c/download.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-429815421514827973</id><published>2013-10-10T06:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-10-10T06:48:31.832-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As so she returns....</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;If anyone is still out there,
I&#39;m still alive! &amp;nbsp;My &quot;blogging challenge&quot; was a colossal failure
earlier in the year - I think when I put pressure on myself it just makes my
internal 4 year-old scream &quot;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;NO! Not gonna do it!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&quot; or
something.&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;*shrug*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;So after a Spring...and Summer...of basically no writing at all -
I&#39;ve decided that maybe I need to return to this outlet of expression. &amp;nbsp;I
love writing, I rarely do it for various reasons, but it&#39;s one of my great
loves and frankly - I&#39;m not getting any younger so why not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I&#39;m not sure where this blog is headed, but I&#39;m hoping to get back to
expressing more spiritual matters that are on my heart. Whether anyone sees them or not is of no real consequence, though I hope I can encourage someone out there along the internet superhighway (&lt;i&gt;who remembers that one??&lt;/i&gt;). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;God seems to be reminding me daily of
P&lt;span style=&quot;background: white;&quot;&gt;hilippians 4:8 -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: purple; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;... whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: purple; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;This is my new goal. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;No pressure to blog daily. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;No pressure to organize every inch of my home (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;though that needs some work, as well!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;No pressure to produce a Pinterest project on a regular basis (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;really, who was I kidding with that one??&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Just this...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I decided last week that my laundry room/pantry needed a makeover, or at least needed to not look so incredibly depressing and cluttered.&amp;nbsp; So I went to my local Dollar Tree &lt;i&gt;(the mecca of cheap storage containers) &lt;/i&gt;and got to work on it this morning.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;It quickly occurred to me that
 all those **&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;perfectly&lt;/span&gt;** organized room pics on Pinterest must be by fake &quot;&lt;i&gt;normal women&lt;/i&gt;&quot; on fake blogs created by companies like the 
Container Store and Ikea to boost sales.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;It also occurred to me that I will never have such a picture perfect room.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;But I made some progress!&amp;nbsp; It took all of 30 minutes and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;I&#39;m much happier when I walk in there already.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;I still have a lot more I want to do in there - but this was a simple morning project that made a huge difference &lt;i&gt;(even with a terrible allergy headache!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Well, my &lt;a href=&quot;http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2013/01/52-in-52-pinterest-challenge.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;52 in 52&lt;/a&gt; isn&#39;t coming along as I&#39;d planned.&amp;nbsp; I keep getting orders for embroidered items and have no time to work on any other crafts!&amp;nbsp; Not the worst problem to have, mind you.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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But here are a few things I&#39;ve done in the past 4 weeks.&amp;nbsp; I have tried some new techniques and embroidering on different types of fabric, etc.&lt;/div&gt;
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A little &quot;thank you&quot; gift for my very first paying customer:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The past month has been rough.&amp;nbsp; I failed my Blog 
Challenge, but I&#39;m giving myself a pass and looking forward to getting back to 
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&lt;i&gt;Nana &amp;amp; Popoo - circa 1930&#39;s &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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wasn&#39;t well.&amp;nbsp; She had taken a turn for the&amp;nbsp;worse after battling an infection for 
a couple of weeks.&amp;nbsp; I guess because we&#39;d been through this so many times, we all 
kind of assumed she&#39;d pull through again.&amp;nbsp; But we sat with her in shifts 
throughout the weekend, as she slowly declined.&amp;nbsp; She was unable to speak, but 
would moan and blink in answer to questions.&amp;nbsp; We would gather around her room 
during the day and chat with one another and encourage Nana as best we could.&amp;nbsp; I 
had the night shift, and spent many hours in remembrance of the times I&#39;d spent 
with her when she was well.&amp;nbsp; I watched her and listened to her breathe, and it 
reminded me of when my children were babies - that anxious listening and 
watching their chest heave up and down...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I wouldn&#39;t have been anywhere 
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;My beautiful grandmother passed away on January 21 at the 
age of 102.&amp;nbsp; People keep saying &lt;i&gt;&quot;You&#39;re so lucky you had so much time with 
her.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp; But I wonder if it makes the grief worse because we &lt;i&gt;did &lt;/i&gt;have so much 
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;She was a beautiful woman, always.&amp;nbsp;My sister and I wrote 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cittyfh.com/obituaries.php?id=495&amp;amp;op=view&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;her 
obituary&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and I can&#39;t really add any more at this point other than 
to say that I miss her so much already.&amp;nbsp; I want to write about much she touched my life, but I need more time to process and put it all into words.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;She was like a 2nd mother to me, since 
mine was a working/single mom for much of my early years.&amp;nbsp; Nana&amp;nbsp;taught me so 
many things that I will carry in my heart for the rest of my life - from how to 
cook things that every Southern woman should have in her recipe repertoire, to 
how a lady should never leave the house without lipstick and her hair &lt;i&gt;just 
so&lt;/i&gt;...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I try to remember the lipstick &amp;amp; hair, but sometimes a girl has 
to run to the Walmart without them...I&#39;m sure she&#39;d understand.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rest in Peace, Nana...knowing you 
touched many and truly LIVED life.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My sweet friend, Jessica, had a great idea for 2013: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://52pinterestprojects.blogspot.com/2013/01/1st-project.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;52 Pinterest Project in 52 Weeks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;!&amp;nbsp; This, combined with &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2013/01/farts-and-blogging-and-embroidery-oh-my.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my resolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; to finish more projects and start new ones that make me happy, inspired me to do the same.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My next Pinterest Project will not be embroidery.&amp;nbsp; Need to mix it up, right?&amp;nbsp; I think I&#39;ll try the twine-wrapped-soup-cans since I&#39;ve been saving the cans and need some cute storage containers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: purple;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: purple;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;Tune in next time to see what I come up with!&amp;nbsp; And thanks, Jessica, for the inspiration!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;.4&lt;/b&gt; pounds lost in 5 days.&amp;nbsp; No, not four pounds - &lt;i&gt;point-four-pounds&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; .4&lt;/b&gt; -- not even a whole pound. I&#39;ve lost the equivalent of a standard portion of chicken.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;: / &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I should be happy the scale moved downward, and I&#39;m trying - I &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; am.&amp;nbsp; But it&#39;s so hard when my hubby, who has NOT counted &lt;u&gt;every bite&lt;/u&gt; he&#39;s put in his mouth for the past 5 days &lt;i&gt;(which I have),&lt;/i&gt; nor has he worked out at all &lt;i&gt;(which I have just a tiny bit&lt;/i&gt;) - has lost &lt;b&gt;7.5 lbs&lt;/b&gt; in the same amount of time!&amp;nbsp; Oh well, he has more to lose - at least that&#39;s what I am making myself think. But doggonit!! I want to lose 7.5 lbs in 5 days!!&lt;br /&gt;
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I have been working on some embroidered burp cloths for some new babies at church, but I can&#39;t post the pics yet since their mommies may see them and that would ruin the surprise.&amp;nbsp; So you&#39;ll just have to trust me - I am making progress on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2013/01/farts-and-blogging-and-embroidery-oh-my.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;F.A.R.T.S. mission&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85775/mpayne9205/53a3a230278874cab3b34409e3147fdc.png&quot; style=&quot;background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0px none ! important;&quot; /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/feeds/2907524925909430700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3634273836008986752/2907524925909430700?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/2907524925909430700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/2907524925909430700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2013/01/resolutions-and-such.html' title='Resolutions and such...'/><author><name>~Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07932486174263212809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_owKfaJZIYBQ/Smn_EXxngFI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tfJownti3sg/S220/me2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-2576823139069170766</id><published>2013-01-03T10:15:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-03T10:20:08.760-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FARTS and Blogging and Embroidery -       Oh my!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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I decided that I was going to do 
a 31 day blog challenge in January, to get past my Blogger Block and back on 
track.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s now January 3rd and well, here&#39;s my first post of the year!&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;I 
don&#39;t count the deal post yesterday, that&#39;s just copy &amp;amp; paste stuff...I want 
to get back to really delving into real, important - to&amp;nbsp;me - 
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I got some inspiration from my sweet hubby and more again this morning from &lt;a href=&quot;http://beingfrugalbychoice.blogspot.com/2013/01/farts-month-3.html&quot;&gt;F.A.R.T.S.&lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today, the F.A.R.T.S. post says:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Learn a new useful skill that also brings you joy&lt;/i&gt;.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;For my birthday/Christmas, hubby TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY shocked me by giving me an embroidery machine!&amp;nbsp; I literally was so shocked and excited that I hugged the box when I opened it.&amp;nbsp; My mom later asked &quot;&lt;i&gt;Did you hug him first?&lt;/i&gt;&quot;&amp;nbsp; Umm...well....not &lt;i&gt;first. &lt;/i&gt;The box was closer, he was standing across the room...that&#39;s my story and I&#39;m sticking to it.&amp;nbsp; Don&#39;t worry, I showered him with hugs and kisses after I let go of the machine.&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Anyway, it&#39;s the Brother SE400 and it&#39;s&lt;i&gt; &lt;b style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;FAB-U-LOUS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. &amp;nbsp; So the useful skill I plan to master in 2013 is - obviously - embroidery.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;ve made a couple of bibs for my great-nephew &amp;amp; grandson, but only using simple built-in fonts that came preloaded on the machine. I&#39;ve since downloaded about a gajillion designs for both embroidery and applique.&amp;nbsp; (&lt;i&gt;I&#39;m still afeared of applique, so I need to really work on tackling that.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Any blogger friends do machine embroidery?&amp;nbsp; I plan to post some pics of projects here and hopefully the quality will improve greatly over the next 12 months.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What useful skill do you want to learn in 2013? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I&#39;m suffering a severe case of Blogger Block.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven&#39;t blogged anything substantial in...well, I can&#39;t remember how long it&#39;s been.&amp;nbsp; I&#39;ve posted deals and coupon match&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;ups, but really, I feel like that&#39;s just redundant given how many &quot;deal&quot; blogs are out there already.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My brother, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/jon.knight.391?ref=ts&amp;amp;fref=ts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jon&lt;/a&gt;, told me once to look at the highest rated entry I have and &quot;write about that!&quot;&amp;nbsp; (for those that don&#39;t blog, you can see how many people read each particular entry)&amp;nbsp; Well, the post that got the most hits of all time was &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2010/11/homemade-dogfood-for-health-savings.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Homemade Dogfood for health &amp;amp; savings!&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;And &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;rankly, that&#39;s about all I have on that topic.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;: /&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;he 2nd &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;most-viewed was a&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;n entry abo&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;ut seeing my father for the first &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;time in 32 years.&amp;nbsp; Talk about a change-up in topics!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;So, I face the questions that I&#39;m sure all bloggers do at some point: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* What do you, as readers, want me to blog about?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
* Do you want me to blog about anything??&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
* Do I just blog &quot;from the heart&quot; - which is what I&#39;m feeling led to do - and open myself up to being virtually vulnerable about some personal stuff now &amp;amp; then?&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
* Or do I shut the whole thing down (which I really don&#39;t want to do simply because I put a LOT of hours into building this site over the years!!!)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Comments on this are obviously welcome and appreciated!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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 </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot; align=&quot;CENTER&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;il_fi&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ9P3Ds15iIc3_t8aIVEwcKwxbLcXB27A9_7s1c5cyGgOKhT53Vvg&amp;amp;t=1&quot; name=&quot;graphics1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;139&quot; width=&quot;199&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;btAsinTitle&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;I just finished reading a book called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/The-American-Way-Eating-Undercover/dp/1439171955&quot;&gt;The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee&#39;s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table&lt;/a&gt; and I&#39;m thinking more and more about WHAT I put into my body, and my family&#39;s.  Most people think it costs more to eat healthier, but that is simply not true!I highly recommend this easy read if you want to learn more.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piedmontlocalfood.com/&quot;&gt;Shopping locally&lt;/a&gt; is always the best bet in the long run, for MANY reasons &lt;i&gt;(the food is MUCH fresher, you&#39;re supporting local farmers, less dependence on fuel to transport food, getting organic for much less than big stores!&lt;/i&gt;).  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;But did you know that you can also find coupons for healthy products to use at your local grocer or health-food store online?  Check out the latest organic and natural coupons and deals here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Coupons and Freebies:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twiningsusa.com/pantry/?&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FREE  Twining Tea Samples&lt;/a&gt; (Organic Included) &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/enjoylifefoods?v=app_10339498918&amp;amp;ref=ts&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$0.55/1  Enjoy Life Product &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=QNRAXD3TVRTF4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$1/  Jones Dairy Farm Sausage Product &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/mothersmilk/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$1/1  Organic Mother’s Milk Tea &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://goveggiefoods.com/goveggie.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$2/1  Galaxy Veggie Cream Cheese Alternative &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/coupons.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$0.75/3  Larabar, Uber, or Jocalat Bars &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://midatlanticcountryfarms.com/?page_id=237&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$3/$15  Mid Atlantic Country Farms Chicken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.woodsonandjames.com/coupons/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$5/$25  Woodson and James Angus Beef&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.preciouscheese.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$1/1  Precious Galbani Cheese &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/8thcontinentsoymilk/app_297823040253544&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$2/1  8th Continent Soy Milk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/coupons.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$1/2  MorningStar Farms Veggie Food Products &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/coupons.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;$1/1  Willamette Valley Delicious Granola Chips, 6.2 oz &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Store Deals:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Earth Fare&lt;/strong&gt;:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earthfare.com/Welcome-Home.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Free  lb. of Cole Slaw with $5 Purchase&lt;/a&gt;.  Register or log into  your “Welcome Home” account to print coupon.  Coupon is  valid through Sunday, September 9, 2012. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Find the list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thethriftymama.com/tag/whole-foods/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Whole  Foods deals and coupon match ups&lt;/a&gt; over at The Thrifty Mama! &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3 class=&quot;western&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Amazon Deals:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HVX6NK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B000HVX6NK&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=comsenwitmon-20&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sea’s  Gift Natural Korean Roasted and Sea Salted Seaweed Snack (pack of  24)&lt;/a&gt; for only $16.14 or $0.67 per bag after Subscribe &amp;amp; Save!  Thanks, &lt;a href=&quot;http://savingnaturally.com/2012/08/seas-gift-natural-korean-roasted-sea-salted-seaweed-snack-0-67-0-17-oz-bgas/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saving  Naturally&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FBY3YG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B002FBY3YG&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=comsenwitmon-20&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ms.  May’s Gluten Free Strawberry Trio Bar (pack of 24)&lt;/a&gt; for only  $21.47 or $0.89 after Subscribe &amp;amp; Save! Thanks, &lt;a href=&quot;http://savingnaturally.com/2012/09/mrs-mays-gluten-free-vegan-strawberry-trio-bar-0-89-1-2-oz-bars/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saving  Naturally&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85775/mpayne9205/53a3a230278874cab3b34409e3147fdc.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/feeds/2925251555700646681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3634273836008986752/2925251555700646681?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/2925251555700646681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/2925251555700646681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-american-way-of-eating-cheaper.html' title='The American Way of Eating .... cheaper!  '/><author><name>~Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07932486174263212809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_owKfaJZIYBQ/Smn_EXxngFI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tfJownti3sg/S220/me2009.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-7725949276848314505</id><published>2012-09-02T11:51:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2012-09-02T12:08:25.895-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lawson"/><title type='text'>Here he is!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000099;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;Our grandson, Jack Lawson!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0dxeKdHOD9uT13iID5xxsKBR9zI0atcNj1S2Enc_i8kBnmDVyetxd30eCco-Vf9OFVwqBrrYQPh-uJ9ocAnkrMUlHpDF2VCMgu6gB3y8WdyZNyS63Xs-mBTOXyvIOKGp42K-bAly8Kxn/s1600/IMAG1226.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/feeds/7725949276848314505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3634273836008986752/7725949276848314505?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/7725949276848314505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/7725949276848314505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2012/09/here-he-is.html' title='Here he is!'/><author><name>~Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07932486174263212809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_owKfaJZIYBQ/Smn_EXxngFI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tfJownti3sg/S220/me2009.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0dxeKdHOD9uT13iID5xxsKBR9zI0atcNj1S2Enc_i8kBnmDVyetxd30eCco-Vf9OFVwqBrrYQPh-uJ9ocAnkrMUlHpDF2VCMgu6gB3y8WdyZNyS63Xs-mBTOXyvIOKGp42K-bAly8Kxn/s72-c/IMAG1226.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-4902553403724212143</id><published>2012-08-30T08:08:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2012-08-30T12:00:53.687-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="deals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifebates"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="savings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vitacost"/><title type='text'>Cutting back on Sugar?  You NEED this deal!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlLhJ_Vc3tEvSswBWPVTwn56gTZpG1YmPM5KI88MVw-ie8hU2Jl9_U3b3sLrWc2g0yhUVO2Ql-4ZLfZ3wFIygPXV4OXI6eNJ4OEq2D1QbvxAy1gzLr1zADzxiAGHbpf__mP7uf71b3NDD/s1600/NuNaturals-NuStevia-White-Stevia-Powder-739223001562.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 109px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlLhJ_Vc3tEvSswBWPVTwn56gTZpG1YmPM5KI88MVw-ie8hU2Jl9_U3b3sLrWc2g0yhUVO2Ql-4ZLfZ3wFIygPXV4OXI6eNJ4OEq2D1QbvxAy1gzLr1zADzxiAGHbpf__mP7uf71b3NDD/s200/NuNaturals-NuStevia-White-Stevia-Powder-739223001562.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5782438249709279666&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:trebuchet ms;&quot;&gt;For my friends who are watching sugar intake but don&#39;t like artificial sweeteners (or if you do like them, but want something better):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/8p8qczo&quot;&gt;Go here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, sign up for your free account, and search for &quot;NuStevia&quot; (&quot;NuNaturals uses the special, highly concentrated Stevia extract, NuStevia™ from which the bitterness of the extract has been removed. NuStevia™ is a natural plant extract.&quot;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:trebuchet ms;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even better: You get $10 off your first order! (check email after you sign up). This makes the 12oz canister only $4.12 + shipping $4.99 = $9.11 total. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=Yn%2BOi6jMN3sHpykaNOGi5w%3D%3D&quot;&gt;go through ebates&lt;/a&gt; and get 4% cash back!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sound like a lot for sweetener? I got mine on 8/11 and have barely made a dent in it after using it every day, several times a day for different things! I only need 1/4 tsp for a big cup of coffee, 1/4cup for a gallon of sweet tea. And this is THE best tasting sweetener I&#39;ve found - EVER. Absolutely no aftertaste and, dare I say, even better than real sugar in my opinion! I seriously love it so much I had to share. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:trebuchet ms;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85775/mpayne9205/53a3a230278874cab3b34409e3147fdc.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 0 !important; background: transparent;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/feeds/4902553403724212143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3634273836008986752/4902553403724212143?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/4902553403724212143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3634273836008986752/posts/default/4902553403724212143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://frugalgrace.blogspot.com/2012/08/cutting-back-on-sugar-you-need-this-10.html' title='Cutting back on Sugar?  You NEED this deal!'/><author><name>~Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07932486174263212809</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_owKfaJZIYBQ/Smn_EXxngFI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tfJownti3sg/S220/me2009.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlLhJ_Vc3tEvSswBWPVTwn56gTZpG1YmPM5KI88MVw-ie8hU2Jl9_U3b3sLrWc2g0yhUVO2Ql-4ZLfZ3wFIygPXV4OXI6eNJ4OEq2D1QbvxAy1gzLr1zADzxiAGHbpf__mP7uf71b3NDD/s72-c/NuNaturals-NuStevia-White-Stevia-Powder-739223001562.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634273836008986752.post-5466189945739088456</id><published>2012-08-15T17:04:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2012-08-15T17:16:49.443-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="deal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="free"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gymboree"/><title type='text'>FREE Gymboree Body Suit and free shipping deal!</title><content type='html'>Since we have a baby grandson now (as of 7/7/12 - Happy Birthday, Lawson!), I was thrilled to see this deal today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just go &lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot; href=&quot;http://gymboree.com/freebodysuit&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;  and  fill out the form to access an online or in-store coupon! 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