tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859943232503013702009-12-24T02:34:13.118-06:00my life in three flavors: sweet, semi-sweet, and darkcindy kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04926229674044895164mom.huebert@gmail.comBlogger338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585994323250301370.post-85304063041114035612009-12-11T18:23:00.001-06:002009-12-11T18:24:26.987-06:00

So, I messed around with my blog a little and made it into a three column layout. Do you like it this way?

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Last night we received some tragic news. A friend of ours called and told us that his daughter (a couple years older than GuitarGeek, and newly married) was hit by a snow plow and killed. Our hearts are grieved and aching for the pain our friends are feeling right now. What can you say? What can you do? This kind of thing always rocks my theology. About the time I think I have God figured out,

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I was reading the online Divine Hours yesterday and part of the prayers included the old Thanksgiving hymn, Come Ye Thankful People Come. I was struck by the familiarity of the words, even though I haven't sung that hymn for years. It was a Thanksgiving Day tradition at the church I grew up in. But reading the words, with no music, I suddenly SAW the words. Isn't funny how you can sing words over

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I've been on a bit of a kick now since I joined Facebook. A desire has grown in me to find out what has happened to many people I knew in the past. Where are they now? What are they doing?I feel a bit like I've been on a long mountain hike. I started out at the bottom with many other people my own age, and we took off on our own paths. Now I'm at a lookout point, where I can stand and look out

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So Hubby fixed my computer cord AGAIN, and here I am!But not for long at the moment, because it's time to make supper, and hungry people don't go away, they just keep getting hungrier.However, I have been busy doing many different things, and NOT doing many different things. After all, it takes time and energy to cook, clean, procrastinate, and shop. And now I have a list about six feet long of

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Oh, that's the SUN! Gee, it's been so long, I didn't know.... But it's definitely nice!And now the leaves are falling like rain, and getting crunchy on the ground. I need to take a nice long walk in the crunchies--it cheers me up.Friday and Saturday Hubby and GuitarGeek and I played with One Chord, a itinerant worship team we play with several times a year. It was fabulous and very enjoyable. We

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The last three days have been cloudy, cloudy (sad face); and cold enough to keep the wood stove going (smiley face). The east wind has been blowing (sad face) and that makes me ache all over (sad face). Hubby is feeling kinda low (sad face) and I'm having trouble with procrastinating (sad face).Actually to be completely accurate, I'm not having trouble with procrastinating, I'm doing very well at

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Shortly after I wrote my last post, my laptop cord died again. Ho hum, here we again, sharing the main computer.Ornery's Wife, at Thoughts from Miller Manor, wrote a list of things she's loving about life lately, and I decided to steal her idea. Here are some things I'm enjoying:--Putting up garden produce as a hobby instead of a project. You know, where you only do it as long as it's fun and

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I had a week or so where I was without my laptop because my cord died; it died while I was using it, and I didn't realize it till my battery switched to reserve power, and there I was-- a dead cord and a dead battery.So I had to go back to sharing the desktop computer with my husband, which made me be frugal with my computer time! Instead of using my feed reader to check blogs multiple times a

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At least, I personally laughed until I cried. Your results may vary.

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When All Else Fails, Steal A MemeI'm stealing this from Beck.!1. The phone rings. Who will it to be? Someone wanting tree work done.2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart?Yes.3. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?a listener; unless you start asking me about myself, and then I talk too much. Or if you ask me about my kids, and then I monopolize the

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Last week I made a mini shopping bag for a two-year old's birthday gift.Here it is in use:To see another creative use of the same bag, go here.

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Well, things are speeding up around here. DrummerDude leaves in 10 days to go to Lakeside, Montana for YWAM's Discipleship Training School (DTS)-- the same one LovelyDaughter went to a few years ago. He will have classes for twelve weeks and then go off for a two month outreach in Thailand, or Ukraine, or Nepal, or somewhere--he won't know till after he starts school. So now that he's put in his

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I haven't been around here much because I've discovered the joys of Facebook.It's funny, because I kinda always figured I'd never get into the Facebook/MySpace/Twitter stuff. But one day I decided to try it out. Not MySpace--I have a blog, after all. And Twitter doesn't make sense to me. I think it's too ADD or something.Anyway, Facebook has been great. It seems like here in our busy, rural

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Another example of looking good in pretty much the same color, head to foot: This a reasonable facsimile of what I wore Sunday, except the tee shirt is exactly the shirt I wore. I know the shirt looks plain and casual, but, somehow, on me, it looks dressy. Can't explain it.Black and White by cindykay featuring Old Navy

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So I've been working on my style, and here is a sample of what I've discovered looks good on me:summer brown by cindykay featuring Rocket Dog shoesThis outfit is very similar to what I'm wearing today. The cardigan I have actually has embroidered flowers on the front in green, blue, and tan, and, while I haven't worn it yet today, I will take it along tonight to Worship Team Practice, in case the

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Snippets from my summer thus far:--Tanking on the Cedar River with friends. --Exploring Fort Hartsuff, with the same friends--Eating fresh sweet corn--Celebrating with MB3 on his new motorcycle license (by eating fancy ice cream).--Helping LovelyDaughter with her new "fitness program"--lose 12 pounds and tone your abs!--one that no one else wants to try, since it involves an unidentified bacteria

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A few weeks ago I wrote about some things and kind of left y'all hanging, so here's the wrap-up.1) You may remember that I wrote about buying this: That's a Doctor's Choice Plush mattress from Denver Mattress Co. At first, we were very disappointed in it, because we were so sore all over from trying to sleep on it. (Notice I said "trying" to sleep!)We called the store and told them our concerns

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I saw this at real style real people and it made me curious. I am, after all, actually reading a book right now, and I have to try it.Here's how it works:*Tell the title of the book you are currently reading*Turn to page 77*Write the eleventh sentence on that page.Here's the 11th full sentence on page 77 of Lord Peter, by Dorothy Sayers:" 'It's a crime crueller and infinitely worse in its results

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(Originally published August 1, 2007)Two years ago, my life in the kitchen took a dramatic turn: we bought a dishwasher. Except for a brief respite of a year or so (when I was sick and we had been given a used dishwasher which we used till it died) I have done dishes the old-fashioned way: make the kids do'em.Of course, many times it ended up to be my turn as well, and with four growing children,

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Here we are: another whole week gone, and for my Seven Quick Takes let me take you through my week.-----1-----Last Saturday:My house guests (brother and his 10-year-old daughter and her 12-year-old sister) went home after a two-week visit. Big general sigh of relaxation among all the household.LovelyDaughter and JD showed up in time to say good-bye to the visitors, and then stayed for dinner (our

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-----1-----It's been a busy week, what with three house guests (my brother and his two girls). As usual, I feel like I spend most of my time planning meals, cooking them, and cleaning them up.Here's what we had today:How'd I do for my first time to grill steak?Dessert: "Mud-from-the-Crik," aka Ice Cream Sundae Cake.Would you like a closer look at that?(Pix courtesy of DrummerDude, who I think

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-----1-----I enjoyed this post written by the author of the blog Zen Habits. To summarize: he suggests that you do only three things today, and choose them for importance, not urgency. However, I remember when my children were small, the organizational rule of prioritizing by importance-not-urgency did not work unless you counted urgent things-- like changing diapers or doing laundry-- as also

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This week I have come up with some tips for how to keep cool in 90-some degree weather with 109 degree heat index in a house with only a window air conditioner.1. Don't cook. Serve meals of sandwiches and fresh fruit and salad. This keeps the house from additional heat.2. If you do have to cook, put the food in a roaster on the porch. (If you have plug-ins on your porch like I do!)3. Make

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We've been busy enough lately that I can't even remember what we've actually been doing. The next activity blots the memory of the last one!However, I can tell you that Friday my brother and his two girls arrived for their annual two-week visit (which requires the usual preparation, you know, cleaning, making up beds, planning menus, etc.), and then Saturday four of us left for Holyoke, Colorado.

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