Archive for December, 2009
Next Entries » Saturday, December 12th, 2009Seeing the blue skies of my life!
I live close to this bridge now – the view is always amazing here. I am so thankful to God.
Friday, December 11th, 2009To My Best Friend
This blog post is written to my best friend who explores my blog on her cell phone. If you know me, you probably know Karen as she has been my sidekick since high school. During my sophmore of year, she moved to my block. I didn’t realize that she had moved to my block right […]
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Hope in Furniture
When we moved into this new house, we decided to start with new furniture. The former owners installed a brand new kitchen the year before and we no longer needed our charming curio cabinet. The curio cabinet was from an unfinished wood store and came with plain handles. Lee painted it and put modern brushed […]
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Home Depot Poor Customer Service Brings this Store Down
We ordered fencing and sheds from Home Depot. The store set up delivery for 11/28/09. During the afternoon, we called the store because we hadn’t heard anything. The associate who answered the phone would not even check on our delivery/order because she said we needed to wait until 6pm for all deliveries to […]
Monday, December 7th, 2009Spotlight: Etsy Sellers: Snowmen Stained Glass!
I have been collecting stained glass for many years. My new home has a huge kitchen windows that overlook our yard. I decided to make that snowman central. I love snowmen and they always make me smile. From the Glass Awakening Shop: From the Kalamazooartglass shop: From the Glass Menagerie Shop: I do not know […]
Friday, December 4th, 2009Advent is Here – Quick Advent Calendars
A friend and I were talking at work about Advent. It’s now underway and here’s some quick ideas that I loved from around the web: Print this charming Advent Calendar from ReNest The Santa Advent Calendar that you make from a quick print out and you add a cotton ball to Santa’s beard each day. […]
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009It takes a Village to Fail a Child…
I work in a school with gifted learners – the best and brightest.. And they truly are an amazing group of kids. The way they think and process information is extraordinary. Sometimes a certain kid in a class stands out to me because of their skill or personality. Six years ago, it was a tall, thin boy by the […]
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