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In my quest to "find myself" during this massive transitional phase in my life, one of the things I've given a lot of thought to is my "style": clothing and decorating (as in home). After years of trying to be more traditional and mesh my actual likes with my husband's very modern/traditional and clean design leanings (he likes a woman in jeans and ( Read more... ) -
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A home is in the works. If all goes well we should begin the move in a couple of weeks. The house is two doors down from my parents home. There are a lot of pros there and very few cons.
Maria is doing rec soccer this year, but also going to a soccer "academy" run by the biggest competitive soccer club around here in an effort to prepare ( Read more... ) -
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I have signed the girls up for the Orthodox Christian coop. And signed myself up to help coordinate service projects during one of the Friday meetings. I've been thinking a lot about service and how I needed to get the girls out more, helping others, and this seemed like an answer to a prayer I had not really even prayed yet. Those two Fridays ( Read more... ) -
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We are starting school back up tomorrow after an entire month off. I don't remember when we've ever taken an entire month off of school before. It was nice, but I'm ready to get back into it. A lot of tweaking has been done, some simplifying, due to our circumstances and some decisions for this year's curriculum are still in the air. One of ( Read more... ) -
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Some friends and family have asked about this, so here it is ( Read more... ) -
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My parents bought me a down comforter for Christmas, but I never got a duvet cover for it. Now, moving into a new home and redoing my life in major ways seems as good a time as any to find one. But I'm remembering why I never did it before. I'm impossible to please.
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This is kind of an interesting way to illustrate some of the differences in the Orthodox Christian and the mainstream Protestant Christian understanding of salvation. Disclaimer: I am well aware that not all Protestant Christians believe or teach the same things about salvation. But the view depicted in this video IS the one I was taught growing ( Read more... ) -
For Pentecost...
Invocation to the Holy Spirit ( Read more... )
