Valerie on February 27th, 2010

I’ve added some links to my sidebar. Tammy’s and Maggie’s blogs have been on there before at different times, but Kimi’s and Amy’s are new. Check them out! Luke brought home an old Mac from his work for me to use, and I have found a little more time to read blogs again. … Not [...]

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Valerie on February 24th, 2010

Last week on Ash Wednesday, I started a Lenten devotional. Neither Luke nor I could figure out how ‘they’ counted 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, until I read in one of our library books on Christian festivals that ‘they’ count only weekdays up to the day before Good Friday, and do not [...]

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Valerie on February 13th, 2010

We have reached a lull in our stormy twins experience. The rains will not likely subside until the babies are delivered, and some emotional aftermath is to be expected, too. For now, though, I actually have many days in a row that I barely think of her, while am almost constantly thinking of her. Still, [...]

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Valerie on February 11th, 2010

Sometimes one thing succeeds as a result of another thing’s failure. Getting all the children down to rest at one time during the day is one non-negotiable in our home, but I allow the older ones who can read to look at books during these hours. They must figure out early on that if they [...]

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