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Miscellaneous Monday…NEW stuff i gotta share

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Happy Monday!

Do you recognize this little fence and gate?  It’s the same gate as my very favorite fall photo from last year…no, two years ago!  Apparently someone put the gate back on its hinges.  Artistically, I’m not sure I appreciate that! :o)

Also…speaking of hinges…I finally searched for a website that I was told had all of Jeanne P Lawler’s music on it.  Jeanne was a dear friend of our family.  She passed away a couple of years ago, but her music lives on!  {Here’s the website}  She wrote the music to the children’s song “Hinges“.  What an awesome lady she was!  I’m going to have to find the photo of her pulling up her pant legs to show off her crazy socks on our Alaskan cruise!  You’ll love it…(when I find it!)

Lastly…I had to share this reference guide for Quaker family history research at Ancestry.com.  Such good information!  I’ve got to get to work…my family history research has been lagging lately.

Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!

 

 

 

 

a NEW photo of my week and a short Sunday sermon

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Happy Sunday!

I thought this quote paired terrifically with this sunrise I captured last Sunday morning.  What good advice!  I am SO far from perfect at doing this…maybe I’d better print this out and post it somewhere very prominent – and work at it!

I also thought this series of videos ‘Patterns of Light: Discerning Light’ went well with my photo.  The videos are about how to recognize divine light and discern it from our own thoughts.   Elder Bednar is such an excellent teacher!

Have a terrific day!  Do or learn something NEW!

 

 

a NEW member of the household

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sallysknives

Happy Tuesday!

So what’s NEW???  We’re getting a NEW member of our household…she moves in soon…she’ll be 82 years old in March…and I rummaged through her kitchen to find the above treasures!!! (with my husband’s assurance that she wouldn’t mind :o)

Yes, my 82-year-old mother-in-law will be coming to live with us once she is released from the skilled nursing facility.  She fell and broke her arm and may have other issues such as heart problems etc.  So, we have lots of NEW changes going on around here!

I’m LOVING the NEW soft box kit my hubby got me for Christmas!  It made shooting these old pans and knives SO FUN!

Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!

I’ll link up to Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday

Miscellaneous Monday…NEW stuff i gotta share

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Happy Monday!

Well, I found out that it’s kinda fun to bring snow indoors and play around with it. :o)…We finally got some NEW white stuff where I live.  It arrived on Christmas Eve!  Beautiful!

What else is NEW?  Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about being ultra aware of things lately.  I started using a NEW budget tracking software system that my sister recommended.  I have always been really careful with our money.  I thought I was pretty ‘aware’ of where our funds went.  But with this system, I’m ULTRA-aware and I think that’s a good thing.  The system is called YNAB (You Need A Budget).

I’m also tracking my eating and exercising more…thus I’m being ULTRA-aware of what goes into my bod also.  It sure takes time, but I think awareness is key to successfully reaching goals.  Tracking is essential!  FYI…there are TONS of food journaling apps etc.

And lastly…I got a NEW “AppleTV” gadget.  I think I’ll like it a lot…I’ll let you know my review in a future post.   I don’t watch a lot of TV, but when I do, my biggest pet peeve is having to watch commercials.  Therefore I have to shell out big money just to have a DVR with our cable system and now the AppleTV…basically for the same reason.  :o)

Have a great Monday!  Do or Learn or BUY something NEW!

 

 

a NEW photo of my week and a short Sunday sermon

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Happy Sunday!  Here’s a NEW photo of my week.  I’m not sure if these are considered berries or if they are some other type of winter fruit leftover on these hibernating bushes.  However, they reminded me of this story about the current bush and the gardener who drastically pruned it…just as the Lord occasionally rebukes and chastens us.   The title of the talk is “As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten”…The very experience of enduring chastening can refine us and prepare us for greater spiritual privileges.

Have a great day!  Do or Learn something NEW!