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Fun Fact For Ya!

Did you know…………… A female kangaroo that has recently become a mother holds a reserve embryo inside of her after her first baby has crawled into her pouch.  This embryo is an “emergency backup” baby, that will develop should the first one die prematurely. Isn’t that fascinating?  All of God’s creatures have such amazing attributes,…
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Hummingbirds

I have always loved hummingbirds.  This photo reminds me of the dozens of hummingbirds that would come to the feeders that were hanging outside our kitchen window when I was growing up.  I have gotten a few hummingbirds at our place, but nothing like my mom always has at her feeders. Legends say that hummingbirds float…
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A Great Big Hug

Living your life in God is like getting a great big hug every day – and it lasts forever!
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Just 6 Months Away!

Did you know that Christmas was 6 months away from yesteryday?  I know it is hard to think about Christmas in the middle of the summer when it is 90 degrees outside.  But, if you start thinking about Christmas a little bit, maybe it won’t be so overwhelming come November/December.  As you are going through…
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Fun Fact For Ya!

The average woman in 17th Century America gave birth to 13 children! OH MY!  Thank goodness I was born centuries later!  I could barely handle delivering, let alone, raising the 3 I have!
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82 Days of Summer Fun

For the past few years, I have tried to make our summers fun with a little bit of routine so that our days don’t get away from us.  With 3 children, I didn’t want to hear the constant “I’m bored” or “What is there to do” from the kids.  So, I came up with the…
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Schools Out For Summer

School was dismissed for the summer today at 1:00 PM!  I am usually not quite so excited about it, except this year I have been doing a long-term substitute teaching position for the last 6 weeks, so I was ready to be done! Starting tomorrow we will have 82 days of summer until school starts…
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The Frogs

For the past several nights, we have been able to sleep with our bedroom window open, which I love.  I love sleeping and feeling that gentle, cool breeze coming in.  Outside our bedroom window is our neighbor’s back yard with a pond.  In that pond are a couple frogs (or toads…not sure of the difference). …
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A Friday Chuckle

One day a little girl notices that her mother has several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brown hair.  She looks at her mother and inquisitively asks, “Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?”  Her mother replies, “Well, everytime you misbehave, one of my hairs turns white.”  The little girls…
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Missing My Friends

Six years ago tonight I lost my “friends”.  I am talking about my “friends” from the hit TV show “FRIENDS”.  Tonight, back in 2004, I was watching my “friends” say their goodbyes, laughing and crying and wondering how such a great show could come to an end.  After ten seasons, they had become such a…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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