tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79107595962725177682024-03-12T17:00:15.836-07:00Pilgrims Passing ThroughReflecting on being a pilgrim and feeling inspired by this verse from the Bible "..To God's elect,strangers in the world,.....who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood:...
from 1 Peter,1:1
Of course this is also a journal of sorts,and so often has mundane jottings as well as deeper thoughts!pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.comBlogger433125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-54036171244896459002013-05-28T08:34:00.002-07:002013-05-28T08:34:21.592-07:00our own garden!<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So this is so exciting for me I have to post!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I now have a fenced in garden with raised beds and everything. There are lots of finishing touches I'd like to add but we have the foundation for garden goodness laid!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And, I have basil growing in the new garden. My own basil that I do not have to fork over $$ every time I want to make things with basil!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">These years since we've moved back to the US have been both inspiring and frustrating for me, especially when I visit the farmers market. It looks so great and creative and healthful but part of me just wants to say, I can do this myself! Especially when I see the price tags. It's just hard to fit much into the budget. But now after almost 6 years, I have my own super cool growing space again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">By God's grace! Wow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Off to bathe Dragonbaby!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~Pilgrimama</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-38254487639182762502013-04-13T13:18:00.004-07:002013-04-13T13:18:59.119-07:00teething makes a week interesting!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">can't find playmates? Squirrelgirl's solution: use stuffies<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We are at the end of a very long week of dealing with Dragonbaby's teething issues.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I think we may be on the upswing end now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Maybe. We've counted 7 teeth now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Will he get an 8th one in time for his 8 month birthday next week?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Time will tell!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We were gifted some of the <em>Naked</em> brand of drinks last night that have chocolate in them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The number of items Squirrelgirl has soiled while drinking them is astonishing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Jess had a very challenging soccer game this morning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Ah well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Lee,alex,and Jess all went out this afternoon to play football at the park. I think that was a more relaxing time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Lee is hauling hay for the goat and I need to wash dishes before we go have dinner with family.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Happy Saturday!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-20483898828082627062013-04-02T15:32:00.000-07:002013-04-02T15:32:00.342-07:00dragonbaby's mood today..<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorta ok....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">teary..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">teary...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Dragonbaby has a cold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">He is not experiencing a great day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Poor little dude.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Right now he's nursing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Then I may feed him a bit of a fresh plum.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Then maybe he will hang out with his sisters while I take a bubble bath.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Hhmmnn.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: Courier New;">Happy Tuesday!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Courier New;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-49557579590736800332013-04-01T06:06:00.002-07:002013-04-01T06:06:50.325-07:00Easter from a parent's perspective<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So Easter, one of my favorite times of the year, is over.<br />
Praise God, Jesus is Alive!<br />
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This year I found myself really thinking about Easter from a parent's perspective,thinking of how Abba Father let His only child be cruelly killed.<br />
I would shuddder to let one of my abundance of children go even for a "good" person's salvation.<br />
The Father gave his <u>only</u> Son.<br />
For anyone.<br />
Stuart Townsend says it better.<br />
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"How deep the Father's love for us,<br />
How vast beyond all measure<br />
That He should give His only Son<br />
To make a wretch His treasure<br />
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How great the pain of searing loss,<br />
The Father turns His face away<br />
As wounds which mar the chosen One,<br />
Bring many sons to glory"<br />
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There are no words for this kind of love.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And thank God for the beautiful sunshine this morning! I find it so cheering and cheerful!</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Happy April,everyone!</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I think we've gotten through the winter!</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-35810758397210861932013-03-26T13:14:00.001-07:002013-03-26T13:17:11.551-07:00choosing joy in the snow<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Usually on the 26th of March Spring is in full swing around here- at least so I seem to remember. Or at least starting nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Today, it snowed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">But the sun came out quite a bit too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I am choosing joy in this day, in this sunshine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The days can feel heavy with cranky babies, loads of schoolwork and teaching decisions, a woodstove that I long to shut down for the summer and etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">To choose joy is important!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Today we pulled the pig and cow? bib out of storage for Dragonbaby.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Coolness!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Squirrelgirl used to wear it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Happy <span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">late March Tuesday!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Courier New;">~ pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-33523924551965672852013-03-25T14:09:00.000-07:002013-03-25T14:09:05.183-07:00little happies on a snowy monday<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">sending a brightly colored envelope full of happy and stickers to friends</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">sprouts that are almost ready for consumption</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">two lovely plates of <span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">happy spring cookies<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> that my girls happily decorated last night</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">children playing joyfully in the snow</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">awesome lego creations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">the new moveable chicken coop by the front door</span></li>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Happy Spring and happy Monday!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~<span style="color: black;">pilgrimama</span></span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-31116048906215348282013-03-06T17:10:00.001-08:002013-03-06T17:10:23.004-08:00the paparazzi !<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh! Hi!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool toy,huh?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Help! It's the paparazzi!<br />
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<br />pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-15685813680345499002013-02-28T17:40:00.001-08:002013-02-28T17:55:23.149-08:00babies,babies!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three new kids were born here last week!</td></tr>
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This guy has lived here for a while....<br />
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We are preparing for company this weekend.<br />
And maybe a show at the local planetarium.<br />
Maybe some work on the raised beds too?<br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"> Good times!</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-67976055347837644752013-02-23T09:50:00.002-08:002013-02-23T09:50:48.441-08:00me loves him!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Me loves this little guy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">He is sunshine on gray winter days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I'm supposed to go to the pottery studio today...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">That should be an interesting feat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Ha<span style="color: magenta;">ppy </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Satur</span><span style="color: magenta;">day!</span></span><br />
~pilgrimamapilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-13678849915250947922013-02-16T16:16:00.001-08:002013-02-16T16:16:30.174-08:00pie talk and wrestling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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tonight there's an oatmeal pie baking in our woodstove's oven.<br />
i like making extra pie crust and being able to whip up a quick pie!<br />
the other night i made broccoli cheese quiche with the other 2 crusts.<br />
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this evening i will have everyone eat leftovers and then they can have pie eating rights. especially since i've done oodles of dishes myself today.<br />
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also, a lot of this goes on around here-the wrestling.<br />
The Wrestling can be hard on a mother's nerves. <br />
Green grass, you are welcome to come soon nd be a wrestling mat.<br />
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happy saturday!<br />
~pilgrimamapilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-434800385697267502013-02-14T13:10:00.000-08:002013-02-14T13:10:27.101-08:00photo prop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">So Alex got me to buy Dragonbaby a "newsboy" style hat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Or did he pay for it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I can't remember but it doesn't matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's too big but it makes a way cool photo prop!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Behold!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Love Day 2013.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Chocolate dipped strawberries by the aunt, fancy mailboxes by the oldest girl of this house.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Power went off more than once this morning and something went wrong with the water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's all fixed now,happily!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are grateful for many small blessings!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-11868714007040327662013-01-22T09:29:00.000-08:002013-01-22T09:30:08.055-08:00forward motionstill can't upload pics-frustrating!<br />
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the pipes froze last night. jesse and alex were instrumental in getting them unfrozen!<br />
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lee worked late into the night building drawers for the island/bar. 2 drawers to go equals awesome!<br />
then i think we stain and stain.<br />
we're almost done.<br />
maybe we can start being normal again!<br />
or at least move the mess outside.<br />
there are raised beds to make and i've got visions of garden glory!<br />
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things are not too exciting for the pilgrim family right now.<br />
but forward motion is happening. that's what i keep saying to myself. <br />
focus on the forward motion.<br />
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~pilgrimamapilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-91855261741653972722013-01-16T09:50:00.001-08:002013-01-16T09:50:40.056-08:00list of things for 2013<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">list of things i'd like to accomplish in '13:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">collect outdoor tables and set them under trees and amidst the garden</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">start on the edible landscaping process</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">plant a lot of flowers,especially zinnias and sunflowers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">continue working out</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">invite people over for dinner more often</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">make a proper fire pit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">buy plenty of marshmallows when they are on sale and hide them in the freezer so i can be prepared at any time for marshmallow roasts</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">7 things on this list right now. i need to think about whether there are more things...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Pictures aren't working today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">i wanted to show a cute shot of Lee and dragonbaby by the Christmas tree...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">maybe another day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-57071529079135790132013-01-13T13:03:00.001-08:002013-01-13T13:03:38.776-08:00observing ..<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">observations:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">the weather is incredibly warm for january. dragonbaby is sitting on my lap in only a diaper!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">the girls have been making sawdust cakes outside and the boys pulled out the slingshot and tried their hand at squirrelhunting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">this desk i'm writing at is a mess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">lee and i keep editing out stuff that does not work in our small living quarters,thus leaving only the really great and useful stuff. it makes us be awfully disciplined at not hoarding and us two Packrats are getting much better at that!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">the excess boards seem to have left the kitchen. amazing!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">we are getting close to the end of this huge kitchen project and its sawdusty mess. yes!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">lee made soda crackers this morning. he was so proud!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">dragonbaby says let's move on,mom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-51692106536701826942013-01-04T18:53:00.000-08:002013-01-04T18:53:08.753-08:00quiet and full<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">today i started the Jillian Michaels " 30 day shred" program.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">one word. ouch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">i didn't get as much done as i might have liked. we have a sad,teething baby these days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">well,sometimes sad. his smiles are yummy,provoking hugging and kissing fits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">jesse is snuggled on the couch,on his ipod.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">squirrelgirl got me to feed her straight cheese cubes as she stood at the bar Lee is in the process of finishing. this interior reno work can get a bit old.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">chelsea,our early retirer has gone off to bed and i am guilty that i've forgotten to go say nightly prayers before she fell asleep.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">alex and lee are off as Lee celebrates a birthday of a friend and alex tends to things of the collector,the trading of little treasures with the friend's son.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">dragonbaby has finally gone off to sleep after being consoled with a lavendar scented bath and much nursing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">my to-do list has much undone but i am tired.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">i think soon i shall slip beneath my polka dotted flannel sheets and read and probably sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">another january day, coming to an end.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">quiet and full.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">~pilgrimama</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-18763562330413606272013-01-02T05:12:00.000-08:002013-01-02T05:12:11.157-08:00Welcome 2013 & 2012 pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Welcome 2013! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Will this here blog see more posts?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">I hope so!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-8888946352120245242012-11-16T11:16:00.001-08:002012-11-16T11:16:22.269-08:00laughter as well as tears<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the flu finishes taking its course through our home, maybe then we can grasp this new start,this new time in the life of our family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Strange the way you don't see things coming.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here we'd thought this year was so full already.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We hadn't figured in Lee's father dying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Nor the long,long trips as we said our good-byes and laid him to rest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">And all the complex things of the soul and our family's story that are too private to put out there but have an effect on us, leaving us a little quieter than usual, mulling and praying and yet believing in our deepest parts that our Abba Father loves us and our story has good chapters ahead!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">After the weeks of uncertainty, the waiting for the phone to ring, the last times at the bedside, the burying of ones spouse's last parent,the long trips with a packed minivan and a fussy baby it's all over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And then we caught the flu when we returned home the last time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">It took some of us hard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But I think it's a good thing perhaps,giving us extra days to process and then step back into everyday life the better for all of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Dragonbaby is nearing 3 months old now. I can't really remember anymore what it was like to have four children. </span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I guess I am officially a mother of five children, a large family they say.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have made it somehow through the rough first months.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hurrah!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">And though the baby seems to be starting the teething process and my hair is doing a post partum fallout in a big way it's mixed with good stuff like </span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a baby having its first real laughing fit over his big sister's dancing show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I rejoice in the tender mercies of Our Father.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">He created laughter as well as tears.</span><br />
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<strong>~pilgrimama</strong>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-63646615767497063732012-09-10T06:53:00.004-07:002012-09-10T06:53:51.089-07:00a love letter to dragonbaby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Dragonbaby,<span style="font-size: large;">you are beautiful. You arrived here on a bright summer morning,after a few intense hours of work on Mama's part.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Now you're a few weeks old and we're still in love. More in love!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We love your huge smiles in your sleep, the way you wave your arms and get lonely if we leave you in your seat too long and want cuddles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">May you stay a person who knows the value of love forever!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We love you!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~Mama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-908212022511218072012-07-19T14:31:00.001-07:002012-07-19T14:31:38.980-07:00greetings from the homestead!Hello, hello!<br />
I am back!<br />
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I am writing from our new little homestead!<br />
This was the other "surprise" in the works when I last was posting!<br />
And it has actually come true!<br />
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It has been an incredibly wild and busy season of life!<br />
I think this is why New Year is always a bit challenging for me- you never know what the new year will hold!<br />
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I am starting to shift attention though.<br />
To the impending arrival of "Dragonbaby" as he/she is known around these parts.<br />
This blog was started on the eve of "Squirrelgirl's" arrival and here we are close to 5 years later!<br />
Enter "DRAGONBABY"!<br />
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There is way too much to write about and I'm far too busy to sit and write much.<br />
But I am so happy to be back in this space and starting to feel a teeny bit settled again.<br />
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Hope to post more regularly once more!<br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;">CHEERS!</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;">~PILGRIMAMA</span><br />pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-32139697594971619862012-05-02T03:27:00.000-07:002012-05-02T03:27:04.730-07:00rhythm off..grateful list<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Rhythm. <span style="font-size: large;">That's what I'm thinking about.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">And the lack of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am a girl who really likes a basic rhythm in life. I can handle trips somewhat well and other such disruptions. But it's the things like moving or the new year starting that mess with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It's digging in the deep parts of me and moving me into change and risk and I tend toward safe and predictable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">We are in the midst of major transition right now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Poised to leap into a new way of life on numerous levels.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I struggle to walk in faith.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Fear of unknown things stalks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Faith is sustaining me though. Praise God!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am really, really grateful for our church family <em>and</em> our wider circle of friends in this area. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am grateful that we are not moving far away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am grateful I get to keep treasured friendships and brothers and sisters in the Lord close at hand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I know life sometimes calls us to sojourn away from the known as we serve our God, but for the here and now and forseeable future I am glad to stay close to "home".Even if I'm a Pilgrim passing through!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am thankful my mom can be here helping me care for the seemingly gazillion details to be tied up in our home here in town.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am thankful Lee is able to navigate the hoop jumping of another part of our new life plans, as yet undisclosed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> am thankful for friends that do things like pick up the children and sweep them off for a<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"> tea party<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> or the family who brought us a great big dinner one night and all the rest who extend offers and help!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Life is challenging at the moment but good.</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Wishing you a blessed Wednesday!</span><br />
~pilgrimamapilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-11601463696720611622012-04-16T12:52:00.002-07:002012-04-16T12:52:54.776-07:00packing away winter....<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I<span style="font-size: large;"> am packing away the winter clothes now.Today, April 16.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I think it's warm enough and will mostly stay warm from now on!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">So that's pretty exciting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The children are working on fitness testing this week at Phys. Ed. Class.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I am pleased with the scores!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Is that boasting:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Our go-to store for miscellaneous supplies had lots of Arizona brand drinks in various flavors in the fridge today. I splurged on <span style="color: orange;">Mucho Mango! </span><span style="color: black;">Mucho good!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">How is your Monday?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-85631163805870974592012-04-12T03:19:00.001-07:002012-04-12T03:19:51.218-07:00some reading for expectant moms....<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If the thought of maternity clothes makes you nervous, you'd like to know how it feels to be approaching <strong>The Due Date</strong>, or the first week after the little person arrives, go to <a href="http://www.blogher.com/huggies">this compilation</a> and get some thoughts from a variety of bloggers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Sometimes it's those small details that matter,friends! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">From Me, now off to do things baby and pregnancy unrelated so as not to excite emotions such as excitement or worse yet worry. Worrying is bad,bad I tell you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">love,</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-22869303352733769452012-04-10T06:23:00.002-07:002012-04-10T06:23:35.632-07:00in plain sight<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Out walking this morning I was praying along and suddenly I realized the beauty of a bird in song close by.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">And I started to look around. And notice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">All the signs of our Father right there in plain sight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Even in a world that is fraught with a Tempter that roams around looking to create havoc and disaster there are strong clues that there is a faithful Creator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">There are signs of Him in the new leaves of Spring, the beautiful robin, the moon and sun, green grass and so much more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">And I think all of this has been said before and so much more eloquently.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Still, I am glad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Happy Tuesday<span style="color: cyan;">!!!!!!!!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-27581851870436103402012-03-23T04:22:00.003-07:002012-03-23T04:22:47.556-07:00four leaf clover and miscellany<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">i<span style="font-size: large;"> found a four leaf clover on Sunday. i've looked all my life for the elusive four-leaf.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">guys, i was excited!</span><br />
maybe it was because i'd just stopped to help a worm off the sidewalk....:)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the packing continues! we are editing here,we are! it's like putting a giant puzzle together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">today is Egypt day for our homeschool co-op!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">i've been up crash coursing through some egyptian material. i think everything will be fine!:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">HAPPY FRIDAY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~<span style="color: orange;">pilgrimama</span></span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910759596272517768.post-24647376724549104462012-03-14T13:48:00.001-07:002012-03-14T13:48:40.114-07:00gentle, sleepy day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">I<span style="font-size: large;"> guess today is a rather gentle,sleepy day with little buzzing in my head feeling urgent to get out.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">It's been filled with simple things like watching my youngest three putting lots of water in a large Rubbermaid tote,setting a kid-sized chair inside the tote, and then sitting in said tote filled with cold water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">A good <span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;">way to cool down<span style="color: black;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Making veggie and cheese sandwiches for the children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Being <span style="background-color: white; color: orange;">happy<span style="color: black;"> that there is a clean stack of dishtowels ready for use and that Lee's washcloths are clean and ready to fill his basket.(I got him a nice basket and his own washcloths for Love Day so he can't say there aren't ever clean washcloths again..)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Making minestrone with a bag of white beans we were given.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">This morning we were given lots more white beans from someone else who had come into an abundance.( I think this is how God looks after the wild out of control of the large family when the numbers of making ends meet don't logically make sense. He provides the beans. (: )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Glad and thankful I do not have a headache today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;">Have a wonderful rest-of-Wednesday!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">~pilgrimama</span>pilgrimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444271883620408148noreply@blogger.com0