Our Seven Qtpies

Lets just redecorate the whole house!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:47:00 +0000

When we bought our house we also inherited all the window coverings that were in it. That saved me money at the time, but now I am ready to change things up a bit. My neighbors can see in my dining...

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Oh my..

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Donnie likes to complain that the house is decorated all feminine. So, maybe, just maybe, I should give him his room to decorate. What room is that, you ask? The bathroom, of course! haha! I could...

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You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:39:00 +0000

I hesitated in reviewing this book, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing by Allison Bottke, because it is for the "Boomer" generation, and I am not quite that old yet. But the story sounded great, and I...

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Boys!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:08:00 +0000

Sam is just the funniest creature all wrapped up in a tiny body! He cracks me up ever day! Not that he isn't a T.O.T. (Tornado of Terror) on a daily basis, too, but the funny parts keep him...

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Another Green Works hit!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:57:00 +0000

I was given the opportunity to try Green Works new laundry detergent and stain remover recently. I've always been a faithful Tide user because Kaytlin and Sam are both allergic to most detergents,...

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Not a creature was stirring, except me

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:13:00 +0000

I have frequent insomnia. I don't really have a way to deal with it, so I just have it. I don't want to take pills for the rest of my life. I gave up caffeine, that helps a little, but I still have...

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Do you have the time?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Yesterday Sam and I were putting presents under the tree and Cody was getting ready for a swim meet. The girls were on the computer nearby. Cody asked "What time is it?" (expecting Hope-Anne to...

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Christmas events

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:00:00 +0000

This has been a crazy week for us, of course. Drew was planning on coming home Christmas Eve, but the weather has been so bad in South Dakota that the buses stopped service and the state even closed...

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Crazy World Syndrome

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:18:00 +0000

On Wednesday, the last day of school before Christmas break, Devon came home and told us about a note he had received at school. It put us in a bit of a bind spiritually. Who wants to spend the...

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Our family Christmas

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:01:00 +0000

We celebrated Christmas day with just the Qtpies at our house. We were missing Drew for the first time at Christmas, since he was snowed in and no buses were moving where he lives. But we still had a...

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The homecoming

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Do you remember the Folgers commercials every year where the older brother comes home early in the morning and his little sister always greets him before everyone is awake, then they make coffee to...

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Pain

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:03:00 +0000

This past 8 months I have not felt up to blogging or writing my newspaper articles. I force myself to blog, but I can't bring myself to go back to the paper and write about young children. I have...

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Welcome to Our Seven Qtpies!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:42:00 +0000

I am really honored to be featured over at An Island Life as blogger of the week! This is a rough week for me, so my posts are a bit depressing. So, I am going to link to a few of the posts that are...

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The best laid plans, HAHA!!!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:01:00 +0000

Yesterday, Devon turned 17 years old. (he is the boy in the white shirt in the picture) Devon called home sick from school yesterday. He puked twice and the nurse was sending him home. So when he...

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Life changes

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:38:00 +0000

Right now I am sitting in the ICU next to my mother in law's bed watching her being force-fed oxygen. Her chest stops moving, then she can't resist the forced air of her BiPAP and she inhales. I have...

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Joyce

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:26:00 +0000

My mother-in-law, Joyce, passed away on Friday, January 8th, 10 minutes after the Bi PAP was removed from her face. Her two sons were on either side of her holding her hands. I just held my husband...

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The joys of funeral planning

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:39:00 +0000

It is time to see the humor in things now, right? This post is in humor, not complaint. When Joyce passed away Friday night no one had really thought through to the fact that she would die and we...

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I have a confession to make.

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:27:00 +0000

I am not proud of this, but I must confess. I am a liar. I don't know when it happened, but it did. When Donnie and I first became Christians we determined not to lie to our children. We were not...

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I don't make this stuff up!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:01:00 +0000

Tonight Devon came to me with a tin foil pan with a meal in it and I wondered where it came from. He said some little girl with black hair, about age 6, handed it to him at the door. Her, possible,...

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Wowser! Life changes so fast!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:23:00 +0000

These are my birth children. All 7 of them together. Which doesn't happen too often anymore. I enjoy it when it does happen, though. My family is changing, though. In the last...

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Wedding bells are gonna ring!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:52:00 +0000

I am so excited! Drew and Jannessa agreed to wait to get married until March 6th so that we can have a wedding! Her mother and I have been chatting on Facebook and making all sorts of plans! Wedding...

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Living to Cook

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:39:00 +0000

Around here, we cook to live. Lately we have been tired of our constant sicknesses and weight gain, so we decided to make a healthy lifestyle change and start cooking foods that are not pre-packaged....

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Can Trinity be the cause?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:27:00 +0000

Last year Trinity prayed that God would give her a baby sister. I got pregnant that week! So sad that it ended like it did, though. Last week Trinity decided she wanted a baby sister and she decided...

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Finally!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:27:00 +0000

I have been going nuts this year with homeschool. I did not think Trinity was ready. We were learning about the pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving the week of Thanksgiving and she could NOT remember...

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Wedding plans are going strong

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:17:00 +0000

Things are moving along at a great pace and are a lot of fun. (minus the whole $$$ thing, that is a little less fun, lol) On Monday several of us from both sides of the family went along and did the...

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