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What Doesn't Get Said in the Christmas Letter 2007-12-03 22:52:00 My purse is full of Kleenex, three flavors of Riccola, Honey-lemon Halls and Germ-X.
My most used phrase is, "That is your shirt sleeve, this is a Kleenex--No, don't use ME!! Gahh!!"
If I'm not saying that it's, "Don't touch me until you wash your hands.” Yes, thank you, I am such a sensitive mom.
School is getting done, we have clean clothes to wear and dishes to eat off of. The tree, garland Read more:Christmas
, Letter
The Angels Cried 2007-12-19 17:22:00 The Angels
Cried
(Alan Jackson with Alison Krauss)
They came from near,they came from far
Following a distance star to where He lay
Not being sure of what it mean,but
Knowing it was their way
And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent His son
From up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see and
Twelve Days of Christmas: Author's Blog Tour 2007-12-19 16:28:00 On the eighth day of Christmas
, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Unexpected Blessings
God's Gift of Unexpected Blessings
by Angela Hunt
The arrival of our daughter from South Korea wasn't exactly unexpected—we'd spent years longing for her, and then months praying for that little baby's safe arrival in our arms.
And as I look back over the experience, I can't help thinking of Mary, who Read more:Author
, Twelve
Adeste Fideles 2007-12-18 23:00:00 Adeste fideles,
Laeti triumphantes;
Venite, venite in Bethlehem;
Natum videte,
Regem Angelorum:
Refrain:
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus Dominum!
Deum de Deo,
Lumen de lumine,
Gestant puellae viscera;
Deum verum,
Genitum, non factum:
Refrain
Cantet nunc hymnos
Chorus angelorum,
Cantet nunc aula caelestium:
Gloria, gloria,
In excelsis Deo!
Refrain
Ergo qui natus
Die
Wordless Wednesday 2007-12-18 18:17:00 Swimming in Circles
There are some days that this is what life feels like. Visit HQ for more Wordless Wednesday
Angels We Have Heard On High 2007-12-18 13:13:00 Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Refrain
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Refrain
Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended Read more:Heard
, Angels
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Authors' Blog Tour 2007-12-18 01:24:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Uniqueness
God's Gift of Uniqueness
by Tosca Lee
I used to hate my name. "Tosca" was too
Christmas Tour of Homes 2007-12-17 00:01:00 We love snow! In theory and in pictures anyway.
And last year thanks to BooMamaI had more fun than watching HGTV by visiting all the homes on her bloggy tour. I have to share that was something I wanted to do. But you can't be part unless you have a blog--so somehow that was one of the motivators for me to start this one.
So welcome! Kick off your shoes and watch out for the cat, who will Read more:Christmas
, Homes
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Author's Blog Tour 2007-12-16 23:59:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Unconditional Acceptance
God's Gift of Unconditional Acceptance
by Lisa Samson
Clearly God Read more:Author
Beloved Castaway 2007-12-16 23:46:00 Just received a new book from Glass Road Public Relations. Kathleen Y'Barbo recently published Beloved Castaway with Barbour Publishing. This looks to be an exciting book. Once again I get to read historical fiction--a definite favorite.
From the promotional material: Isabelle Gayarre was born of dubious parentage. The illegitimate daughter of a rich white gentleman and his quadroon mistress,
Good Christian Men, Rejoice! 2007-12-14 11:36:00 Good Christian
men, rejoice with heart and soul, and voice;
Give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus Christ is born today;
Ox and ass before Him bow; and He is in the manger now.
Christ is born today! Christ is born today!
Good Christian men, rejoice, with heart and soul and voice;
Now ye hear of endless bliss: Joy! Joy! Jesus Christ was born for this!
He has opened the heavenly door, and
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Author's Blog Tour 2007-12-14 00:03:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Imagination
God's Gift of Imagination
by Jack Cavanaugh
Christmas is a holiday for the Read more:Author
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Author Blog Tour 2007-12-13 14:46:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of God's Patience
by Griffin Smith
(written by Todd & Jedd Hafer)
Thanks for reading, everybody Read more:Author
Venturing Out Again... 2007-12-12 12:30:00 After two days of imposed, but much needed, weather-related vacation I think we are ready to face the world again. At least I know I am. Because of ice in our area we stayed home for two blissful days of going nowhere, baking sweets and doing blissfully little else. We stayed in our jammies, showered and then put on clean jammies. "Tis time for some real clothes…
My prayers are offered for those Read more:Again
Twelve Days of Christmas: Authors' Blog Tour 2007-12-12 12:22:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Restoration
God's Gift of Restoration
by Rachel Thoene
When I was but a wee child, I had
Nothing beats a good Kiss... 2007-12-11 10:01:00 ...unless it's a "Holiday Pretzel Kiss"
Oh the weather outside is frightful…
But yesterday was lovely.
The boys and I baked these little goodies.
I first found them at Renee's Holiday Creations and then Boo saw them when I was checking in on Lauren at Baseballs and Bows. "OH MOM!!! Can WE make those????"
Well, yes...I decided we could. So the last time I was at the store I got the Read more:Nothing
Twelve Days of Christmas: Authors' Blog Tour 2007-12-11 09:52:00 On the second day of Christmas
, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Simplicity
God's Gift of Simplicity
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
The Amish people I write about celebrate Christmas in a much simpler way than most of us do. There are no Christmas trees or colored lights in their homes. The gifts they give one another are simple and functional, not elaborate or expensive. Their emphasis at Read more:Twelve
Grains of Gratitude: The Monday Edition 2007-12-10 14:58:00 The lack of my Grains
of Gratitude posting is not indicative of my actual gratefulness. The LORD has been extremely kind to my family in so many things, I cannot begin to express. But I need to try.
I have been grateful for the traveling mercies we have received, these last few weeks, especially. I have been seriously questioning my parenting skills. The weather has been dubious at best and we Read more:Monday
, Edition
The Sovereign's Daughter—a Book Review 2007-12-10 14:47:00 The Sovereign's Daughter
by Susan May Warren and Susan K. Downs
I received this book recently from Glass Road Public Relations for review and felt drawn to it and so dropped some of my other reading and flew through it. I was not disappointed.
The promotional material I received with it was intriguing. How were the authors going to bring a Russian Duchess and a young Mennonite man into
Nutcracker Nation—a Book Review 2007-12-10 14:30:00 Nutcracker Nation by Jennifer Fisher
I had this book on my Fall into Reading list. I started this book at the beginning of the Fall into Reading Challenge. I just painfully finished the book last night. Ugh.
A friend of mine loaned me this book a long time ago. I wasn't too hip on reading it, she and I have very different reading choices, but being a "Nutcracker Mom," I thought I might relate
Twelve Days of Christmas: Author's Blog Tour 2007-12-10 14:24:00 I've agreed to take part of Glass Road Public Relations "Twelve
Days of Christmas
" Blog Tour. I will be posting some holiday thoughts from twelve authors. Here is the first:
Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian Read more:Author
O little town of Bethlehem 2007-12-08 17:26:00 Matthew 2:6 " But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel."
O little
town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years are met
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 2007-12-24 10:44:00 It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold;
"Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From Heaven's all gracious King"
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world; Read more:Clear
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Authors' Blog Tour 2007-12-24 10:29:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of An Uncluttered Christmas
God's Gift of An Uncluttered Christmas
by Cyndy Salzmann
It was
Grains of Gratitude—Christmas Edition 2007-12-22 17:45:00 I am grateful that my husband and I got to watch our sons together on stage yesterday. I was blown away by who they have become. They are very confident young men and I have to admit that I cried watching. I could not help but think my mother would have been so proud. I am so proud. And without planning one of my dear friends had seats for herself and her husband. I was a happy accident, that was Read more:Edition
, Christmas
, Grains
Welcome to Our World 2007-12-21 21:48:00 Lyrics and music by Chris Rice
Tears are falling, hearts are breaking
How we need to hear from God
You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome
Holy Child
Welcome Holy Child
Hope that you don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
But long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home
Please make Yourself at home
Bring Your peace into our violence
Bid our hungry souls be filled Read more:World
Fall Into Reading Wrap-Up 2007-12-21 20:37:00 It seems very strange to be tying up a "fall" reading challenge with the Christmas tree up and carols on the CD player. But the Fall Into Reading
Challenge has ended. I had thirteen books on the list. I actually read fourteen books. But were they all on the list? Well...no. And that has been an issue for me before.
My list was comprised of:
1. Nutcracker Nation by Jennifer Fisher
2. Memoirs of
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Authors' Blog Tour 2007-12-21 13:24:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Memories God's Gift of Memories
by Marlo Schalesky
Memory is a powerful thing. We hear a
Thursday Thirteen 2007-12-20 01:14:00 With Christmas time and some free time coming up, we are planning on playing some games. They really don't have anything to do with "The Real Reason for the Season," but they are fun and if you don't have them and are brave enough to forge off to the toy store, I would highly recommend them.
So I give you:
Thirteen
Games I Like
Uno
Cribbage
Phase 10
Boggle Read more:Thursday
Twelve Days of Christmas: Authors' Blog Tour 2007-12-20 00:06:00 Celebrating the true meaning of the Christmas
season, GRPR is proud to introduce to you the twelve days of Christmas. Twelve
inspired devotional thoughts written by some of the best and brightest authors in the Christian industry.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....
The Gift of Story
God's Gift of Dreams and Story
by Melody Carlson
A dream doesn't always seem like a
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