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WE POSTED OVER at Perfectly Pink today. I invite you to stop by and read Living Beautifully:  You're The Queen.  Wishing you a happy day! *** "We look for visions of heaven, and we never dream that all the time God is in the commonplace things and people around us." ~ Oswald Chambers ***

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HALLELUJAH... we're back!  Talk about having a shock yesterday morning when I went to check my blog to find it wasn't there.....anywhere....  What I did find was a note from B*logger saying that it had been removed. My beautiful life blog, as well as the other two blogs I have. Thankfully computer savvy nephew was home from work for the day, and so he helped me go through the info

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IT'S THE ODDEST things that make me happy sometimes!  Most satisfying too. At work in the wee hours... by the way... I recently started doing a part-time cleaning job at our local performing arts center.  I'm glad it's not cleaning grocery stores or downtown offices...nothing wrong with that, but there's a certain romance in putting to rights messed-up dressing rooms. Maybe there's a

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1.  Sewing on a wobbly loose button -- there's something quite satisfying about tying that knot so the button feels secure again. 2. Sooshing out a wrinkled pillowcase with the steam iron, leaving it smooth and crisp. 3.  Losing 1/2 pound this month. Although my intent was two pounds, we're still pleased, because, well, after all, now we're less than when we started...

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A Little Drowsing "There is nothing sweeter than their peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than their life when in motion."  Found this link on facebook -- it's sooo sweet, I had to share! Hope your Sunday afternoon is as purr-fect and peaceful!

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WE PROBABLY ALL experience the occasions when we browse our bookshelves for something we're not even sure what exactly, and so find ourselves drawn to a particular title or book cover or even colour.  And, when we browse through it, we're drawn in to read further.  For we have found exactly what we need at that moment. To my way of thinking, it's a little gift from heaven (and I oft

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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ~ Eleanora Duse (1859 - 1924) I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this colour combination -- vivid deep blue and white -- the contrast is just soooo satisfying!  Wouldn't you agree?  Wishing you your own heart-satisfying glimpse today! Photo source:  Glitter-graphics.com

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If you must, take a trip to the shops... Or to an old world rose garden... What about to the coffee shop for a latte with a good friend? Or even to another country, for pete's sakes!   But don't even bother with guilt trips. The memories will be awful, never mind the collection of  'negatives' from the photography

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WOKE TO SNOW this morning.  It started blustering and puffing last evening, but we've got a winter wonderland today.  First snow since long before Christmas.  I'm enjoying it, but then I'm not the one out in the cold shoveling its powdery piles (smile). Thanks so much to everyone who stop by and leave notes in my comment box. I treasure them. Yes, I am around...but I've been busy with

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  ...In No Particular Order... 1. heart to heart visits over coffee 2. rainy days 3. children’s laughter 4.  something new to read 5.  nice surprises from out of the blue 6.  packages in the mail 7.  books that inspire and cause me to 'dream' 8. reading in bed 9. a frosty glass of water 10. small chocolate surprises 11. kitty cats 12. inspiring people to see new possibilities

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A SIGH OF relief... all for the satisfaction of a job completed and nicely done. I just e-mailed my blogging column to the editor of our writers' fellowship quarterly newsletter. (Sorry to admit, it was due today -- but can I crow about the fact that the previous column was submitted three months early?  I must say, I prefer the previous feeling of being ahead instead of squeeling in just

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JUST A WEE note at the end of a lovely day spent with family.  Our usual tradition is to order in a feast of Chinese food.... and once again we enjoyed our favourite dishes, which always includes ginger beef no matter what else we decide on. Hubby offered to wash up the last of the dishes.... and later we're going to snuggle by the fireplace and watch a movie.... well, unless eyelids

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"And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown. And he replied: Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way." ~ Minnie L. Haskins ONE THING I am certain, whatever unfolds, I continue to have the confidence that the same God

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NO TIME FOR for a long cozy chat today..... I am taking these days between Christmas and New Year's to crack open my new books and disappear between their inviting covers for a while.  In the middle of that, I also have to finish up an article due on the editor's desk next week (I did try to get it done before, but alas...) Christmas was wonderful... and in the mix of some

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Folks may have different reasons why they celebrate Christmas and each reason can add special layers of meaning and joy to our lives... I, too, have lots of reasons why I love Christmas and why it's my favorite time of year, but here's my very first reason for celebrating.... "Love came down at Christmas... The star and angels gave the sign." ~ Christina Rosetti The Light

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HERE'S A LIST you don't have to check twice, and you don't have to admit if you've been naughty or nice either.  Just a little fun as we count down four more sleeps! 1. Are your lists done or are you still working on them? Some years I'm all done by this time, but have to admit I've still got a wee gift list as well as a food shopping list to finish by Friday. 2.  Hot Cocoa or mulled

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I'll NEVER FORGET the day last year, right around this time, when Miss Kitty came and asked me to move her pillow from her chair to the table that sits in front of the bay window. She was very clear about what she wished...  so in retrospect as I remember her today... I'm posting those photos again....as Miss Kitty waits for Christmas.... Miss Kitty instructed her staff to place her

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YOU WILL RECALL I found a lovely set of Christmas cards the other day.  I so fell in love with this Little Lamb nestled on the Shepherd's lap that I basically took several cards from the box and propped them around my house... on my desk, by the lamp on my bedside table, and a-top a bookshelf that I pass by often. I even had one tucked inside my Bible, until today when I felt to

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     IT'S' MONDAY MORNING... the skies are bright with sunshine.... all is calm, all is still....  (well, all is still except for the Baroque Christmas CD playing in the other room).   Smells of homemade chicken-vegetable soup simmering in the kitchen now wafts past my nose as I sit here, while a vision of sugar plums of a surprise-my-husband-when-he-comes-home-for-lunch dances

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FOR TODAY.... Outside my window... the sun has risen and the sky is that not-too-ambitious pale December blue. It promises seasonal temperatures minus the biting winds.  I am thinking... about a quote I found recently by William Blake -- In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.  I think that might be something to ponder a bit. Question of the day...do I know what

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WHEN NEW POSTINGS and word combinations seem to come up on the short side of things, how lovely is it to find something that, even after all this time, still fits the occasion.   Below is a piece I wrote for my mom one Christmas, my little tribute and thanks for her ever-present love to her family over the years. Although she doesn't sew as much these days, we still love to reminisce

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  December 2011 My dear beautiful friends, You probably wonder where I am.... I'm wondering where I am too.  Because at present I have no concrete thoughts to share with you.  The flow isn't there.  It's not that I'm not thinking of you and it's not that I'm not taking moments for wee visits...but the desire to write about anything, even about my favorite time of year, pales at the

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MY DEAR BLOGGING friend, Delisa, over at Dance with Yarn just presented me with the Liebster Blog Award.  How sweet is that... thank you SO very much!! Let's see...I know Liebe is German for love -- as in Ich liebe Dich... I love you. In the love languages department, receiving/giving gifts is my primary love language.  For me, it also includes the gift of 'words of affirmation'....

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I'D COME VISIT awhile and leave some footprints in your comment boxes, but I'm in the throes of some Christmas baking for a party coming up this Friday evening for our healing rooms prayer team. So I can't join the party line at present.  I'll share recipes and pictures next time (if we don't eat it all first)! In the meantime, here's a question about Christmas baking.  If you do any baking,

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  EVER WONDER WHY why your favorite potato dish turns out better some times than other times?  Well, a few years ago I finally discovered that a potato is not a potato is not a potato (sure, just call me Mrs. Potato Head). In case you've wondered that yourself and want to know how to choose the right spud for your next potato recipe, just click on my recipe blog here.... Sometimes

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