Valerie on September 27th, 2007

…a request.I’m still attending Time Management University (Go PDA’s!), and have been trying to come up with ways to free up some time in my day. One thing that might help is if I start fixing slow cooker dinners for most nights. I have a fix-it-and-forget-it cookbook full of yummy recipes, but cracking it open [...]

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Valerie on September 21st, 2007

It’s the time of year again to start thinking about costumes, especially since I am planning on making some this time. I told myself if I was organized enough by the first of October, I should really try to make costumes- and they can work all year long as dress-up outfits. Well, more and more [...]

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Valerie on September 20th, 2007

Luke found out about the scandalous non-coverage by our insurance company- it looks like we will be owing quite a bit for Caleb’s birth. With this new development, we won’t be socking away as much money as we had hoped. I am brainstorming ways to earn money so that we can more quickly get back [...]

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Valerie on September 19th, 2007

Seven years ago this evening, I gave birth to a little girl with a shock of black hair, and life has been an adventure ever since.I thought that today you might like to hear what is on A-Major’s mind, now that she is the ripe old age of seven: I`m going to have a chocolate [...]

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Valerie on September 17th, 2007

I try to avoid decorating magazines and catalogs, because I know we can’t afford the stuff in them, so why be discontent? But, this has developed in me a sort of ignorance. After all these married years of living with hand-me-down furniture, I have to admit that I don’t know what I like, if I [...]

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Valerie on September 15th, 2007

Barbara at MommyLife this week pointed us to a neat story about a suicidal man, Cliff, who was helped by his kids’ VeggieTales videos to turn his life around.Read Cliff’s story here.Phil Vischer’s (the voice of Bob the Tomato) blog is here.Just another reason to love those veggies. Photo: this bookmark can be purchased at [...]

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Valerie on September 14th, 2007

Luke bought season tickets to Ohio State football this year. To pay for the tickets, and, just for fun, he is making buckeye (our team’s mascot) necklaces to sell at the home games. Each buckeye he finds, he has calculated, is worth 65 cents- quite valuable! He originally figured he needed to find, oh, about [...]

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Valerie on September 13th, 2007

a·ro·ma: A pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food Yesterday, for the first time since I knew I was pregnant with Caleb, I donned my running shoes and miserably plodded jogged to the river, about a half mile down the road. My next goal will be to run all the way back, [...]

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Valerie on September 11th, 2007

This is what I posted on this day last year: The morning of September 11, 2001 started out as no different than any other morning. Big A was a toddler, and I was pregnant with Big S. Luke was at school, and we were at home, not doing much. Luke calls me on the phone, [...]

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Valerie on September 10th, 2007

My sister-in-law has the cutest foot stool in her bathroom. When I wanted one like it, we found out that this item had been discontinued. I figure I’ll keep an eye out for something like it at festivals and street fairs. Will you do the same? Thanks a bunch.

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