Proud to be an Oregonian

And the survey says…? (In keeping with the theme of my last two posts…) Portland has the nicest drivers while the rudest hang out in Miami, Florida. Locals have been back and forth on the news, expressing opinions on both sides of the issue. I’m sure bad driving exists everywhere and we can all attest […]

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I’m a Survivor

For those of you who are planning to watch the finale of Survivor and haven’t yet found the time…come back and read this post later. [Spoiler Warning] I was incredibly shocked and saddened when Dreamz did not honor his deal with Yau-man! Short recap: Yau-man gave Dreamz a $60,000 truck in return for a “gentleman’s” […]

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Winning Family Feud

As I posted in my last blog, my family won on Family Feud. Jill Elizabeth Nelson asked if that put us on Easy Street. I’m sure she was completely serious and I will answer as such. 🙂 It was a complete God thing. I remember praying in the car in the parking lot just before […]

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Eight Random Things

My friends, Susan Meissner and Winter, tagged me yesterday. I’ve never done this before, but it seems pretty painless. 🙂 First, these are the rules: 1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 3. […]

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The Envelope, Please

More than two weeks ago, Joshua had his blood drawn for allergy testing. And the winner is… drum roll…. Everything we eat. Wheat including gliadin and gluten. All dairy products, even casein and goat’s milk. Both the white and yolk of eggs. If you peeked into my kitchen, one glance would be all you’d need […]

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A Special Invitation

Update: One of the conditions of my publishing contract is that no portion of the book be published, so I had to ask Novel Journey to delete the critique in Nov. ’08. A few weeks ago, a new “fan” suggested that I post a scene from my novel to let you all in on my […]

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Bob Barker Would Be Proud

We got a kitten last year. The mother cat’s family said they called the little girl “Squeaks” because she always squeaked for her mommy to come back to the basket. We took the kitten to the vet for a check up and found out surprising news. She was a he. To remind ourselves of the […]

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The Smell of Myrrh

Our Saturday night service fed all our senses. We partook of communion (taste, touch), worshipped with song (hearing), watched the Jeremy Camp song “This Man” with the clips of The Passion of the Christ (seeing, hearing). But smell? I admit, after hearing the service be billed as multi-sensory, I’d wondered what we’d be smelling. We […]

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