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Nana's Notes: Hymns about Grace, part 1
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Hymns about Grace, part 1. There are so many wonderful hymns, words that teach and minister to our souls. Here is the first one about grace that I just love. I hope you can take time to really read and mdeitate on the words today. And if you have time, click on the link. Here to listen to it. Love ...
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Nana's Notes: The Sounds of Springtime Up North
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Sounds of Springtime Up North. The splash from the loons' feet as they dive under water. The croaking of the frogs in the ponds along the road. The crunching of the leaves as the squirrels scamper through the woods. The quacking of the wood ducks as they swim by the dock. View my complete profile.
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Nana's Notes: Minnesota State Parks - Camping 2015 - Trip #2
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Monday, June 8, 2015. Minnesota State Parks - Camping 2015 - Trip #2. For our second camping trip of the summer we headed south to Father Hennepin State Park. This weekend we brought two campers - because we had company this weekend - our daughter, son-in-law and grandson. Then laugh and do it again. Father Hennepin State Pa...
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Nana's Notes: Summertime!
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Friday, July 10, 2015. I'm reminded of a song from "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" where Snoopy sings. Click to hear the song on YouTube). Yeah, it's suppertime. Oh, it's sup-sup suppertime very best time of day. Br-r-ing on the dog food, bring on the bone. Bring on the barrel and roll me home. Supper, supper, supper.
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Nana's Notes: Minnesota State Parks - Camping 2015 - First Weekendi
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Minnesota State Parks - Camping 2015 - First Weekendi. This year we are continuing to check out the wonderful state parks here in Minnesota. In May we went to Itasca State Park. We spent the weekend hiking and biking, exploring the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Itasca is a beautiful park. Hymns a...
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Nana's Notes: Spring Vacation
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Thursday, April 9, 2015. We hit a little rain. The mist off the road after the rain was amazing. We went through quite a few cities. The view sure is different when you're riding in a semi. (And it's hard to take pictures when you're going down the road at 65 mph! We stopped at a cool rest area in Mississippi. Our new pastti...
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Nana's Notes: Being Transplanted
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Monday, July 13, 2015. Our conversations have made me think. After reading this blog about living abroad. I knew that I wanted to write a blog of my own. So here are a few of my thoughts:. 4 Moving is like transplanting a tree. My husband loves trees. He's transplanted hundreds of trees in the 37 years we've been married...
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Nana's Notes: Wedding DIY projects
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I'm a wife, mom, and nana who loves God and loves her family. By day I'm a school district secretary, but in the evenings and weekends I'm a card maker, scrapbooker, and DIY wannabe. Sunday, May 15, 2011. Carrie and I made several decorations for her wedding. We had a lot of fun browsing DIY blogs to find ideas, shopping for supplies, and making the projects. Do you like them? Our fourth project were these flower cones decorating the aisle at the wedding. We bought patterned (embossed? Our final project ...
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Samples of Us: A few seconds of time...
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June 26, 2012. A few seconds of time. I couldn't resist sharing this amazing giveaway! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The "us" in this life puzzle. Enjoying the Small Things. Shea's Way of Life. Young people in love! Keep Calm and Pray On. Outnumbered and Loving it! Life is Like a Box of Nuggets. My Cheap Version of Therapy. Love Of Family and Home. Walk in the name of Love. A few treasures of mine. Ethereal template. Powered by Blogger.
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Samples of Us: September 2012
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September 29, 2012. A little silent Saturday. Links to this post. September 1, 2012. I'm now 21 hours through my 30 hour master's after having started in January. My last class will begin in January and I WILL BE FINISHED! Another hurdle jumped, professionally developed, and a pay raise! I have, however, felt the "where'd my summer go" anxiety. The week before I began making my home visits to each of my students, I was an emotional wreck. I kept saying, "wait, I haven't done anything! Links to this post.