Eating Well…

…twice a day. We’ve found some fun cafes and have also enjoyed meals in the spas we stayed overnight in. For us older folks it works well to limit ourselves to 2 meals while traveling. We’ve been splitting dishes, too. Fish tacos, granola crusted french toast, an omelette stuffed to the gills and covered with gravy [...]

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Oh Ye of Little Faith…

We have been having weather that is just perfect for Dear and me. We saw lots of beauty today and have seen and heard the power of our Creator. I’ll share more when I get back to my little corner of the world. Until then we are finding sunshine in the most unexpected places… Hope [...]

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Leave it to Us…

…to pick the worst weather days of the week to head out on a road trip to Oregon. No worries because we are sure to drown our weather sorrows eating lovely plates of food like these. If you don’t see anything new around here or don’t see comments from me on your posts you’ll know [...]

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Glamorous…

“It would have been pretty darn difficult for actress Dina Merrill to have ever pulled off playing a commoner on stage, film or TV. She just had too much class. The epitome of poise and glamor, the New York-born socialite and celebrity was born in 1925 the daughter of financier E.F. Hutton, the founder of [...]

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He Took My Feet from the Miry Clay ~ Traditional Spiritual

He Took My Feet from the Miry Clay He took my feet from the miry clay, Yes, He did! Yes, He did! And placed them on the rock to stay, Yes, He did! Yes, He did! Refrain I can tell the world about this, I can tell the nations I’m blest, Tell them that Jesus [...]

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Watching…

…the news from the East Coast and hoping for the best for all the people who live there. Praying for all those who will be in the path of Irene. We are paying close attention and our daughter is getting updates from Camp Lejeune, her and Andrew’s home in the near future. Camp Lejeune is [...]

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FFF~ Evergreen State Fair

It’s time to link up at Susanne’s Living to Tell the Story with your favorites from this past week. It’s finally summer in the Northwest so we decided to go to the Fair! This week my favorites are all from the Evergreen State Fair that my daughter Katie and I attended on Thursday. #1 ~ [...]

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Ten Years!

August 25, 2001 was their wedding day! Our son Josh and his lovely bride Laura! What a fun celebration it was 10 years ago. I said it 10 years ago and every year since “God blessed us all when he brought these two together!” They are a blessing to each other, to their parents, to [...]

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Signs of My Summer…

It’s that time of the week again when I scramble to find photos that will fit the Alphabet letter of the week. This week we are up to the letter S. I know it’s Wednesday and not Thursday yet but I’ve got something special to post tomorrow… Jenny keeps us all on track with Alphabe-Thursday [...]

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Pasta Carbonara ~

Head over to Mennonite Girls Can Cook for the recipe. I’m happy to report my son got Katie and me off the couch last night and we walked over to the local high school and had some exercise. Mostly I walked while Katie and Josh did some jogging and running around the track. After the [...]

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