Valerie on January 31st, 2007

Psst- anybody still checking the blog this week? Oh, I knew you would be popping by. Valued readers get a real treat today!!!Our Open House is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. I just realized that is Super Bowl Sunday. That, and our Realtor’s admittance that houses don’t usually make sales from open houses, and you can [...]

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Valerie on January 26th, 2007

The neighbors came over Monday right after the snow fell, to take my kids out to play in it. I was embarrassed at how little snow gear I had to dress them in- a goal this year would be to accumulate this kind of stuff all year long so that I’m ready next year. But, [...]

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Valerie on January 26th, 2007

The winner of the first through third grades- doesn’t she look happy? Her winning words were ‘shoulder’ and then ‘variety’. The last word she spelled just slow enough for me to clear some memory space on my camera, but not slow enough for me to zoom in on her, okay? It was so cute. The [...]

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Valerie on January 25th, 2007

I’m excited- we are off to watch a spelling bee in Columbus today. Big A and Big S are coming. In elementary and middle school, I absolutely loved participating in spelling bees. I usually won. The furthest I got in the Scripps Bee was me against a couple others from my school district, and I [...]

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Valerie on January 24th, 2007

I was all set to lay down for a nap with the kids, but decided to check my email first. Toby is still up and down, and I want to keep current. Then I went to Mommy Life, and she has her pictures from the 2007 March For Life in D.C. up. Then I had [...]

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Valerie on January 24th, 2007

Tell Aaron and his sons, This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:The LORD bless youand keep you;the LORD make his face shine upon youand be gracious to you;the LORD turn his face toward youand give you peace.Numbers 6:23-26 We all need God’s blessing in our lives. It is as fundamental [...]

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Valerie on January 23rd, 2007

As I went through my morning yesterday, I was compiling a sort of “Day in the life of…” post, to share with everybody what it is like at our house on a normal day. At about mid-morning, I read over what I had written, and yawned. The kids were behaving so well, and the day [...]

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Valerie on January 22nd, 2007

“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.”~Mother Theresa I found this pic at Ukok’s Place

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Valerie on January 20th, 2007

Well, not the whole thing, but I got fifth, which means I win a book by Barbara. Yea! Thanks to all who voted for me. I don’t know if the nifty but annoying banner up all week had anything to do with it or not. Or me threatening to charge readers who didn’t vote. Maybe [...]

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Valerie on January 19th, 2007

On Tuesday, January 16, Jaylynn Freeman had surgery at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. The name of Jaylynn’s surgery was an osteoplasty of the left femur with application of multiplanas external fixator, pseudoarthrosis of left femoral neck. This means they are starting the process to begin lengthening Jaylynn’s left femur bone. This external fixator is [...]

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