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Monthly Archives: August 2010

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Meeting Diane

  By Alison | August 31, 2010 - 9:33 pm | being grateful, friends, stories
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Over the last few years the Lord has richly blessed me through my sweet friend, Diane. I’ve known her a very long time, but recently, our friendship has evolved. The best way I know how to describe it is: I can not live without her. Healthy, I know. Let me … Continue reading →

Tagged 50th birthday celebrations, celebrating the women in my life, sweet friends

my grandmother’s homemade ice cream

  By Alison | August 30, 2010 - 11:02 pm | funny, recipes, summer
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At the end of July we had a homemade ice cream party at the apartments behind our church. A big old fashioned ice cream social. It was all kinds of fun, and the ice cream was definitely the highlight. Before the event Daddy and I were making our ice cream … Continue reading →

stuff i loved about my job: field trips

  By Alison | August 29, 2010 - 10:37 pm | arkansas
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So they were few and far between, but some of my favorite school days were FIELD TRIP DAYS! I loved field trips when I was a school girl myself, but they might be more fun even now. I learn as much as my kids when I go with them on … Continue reading →

Tagged field trips, kindergarten

forty

  By Alison | August 28, 2010 - 5:19 pm | being grateful, family, travel
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Happy 40th Anniversary to my parents! 1970 Senior Prom 1967 I would TOTALLY wear any of the clothes that my mom has on in these pictures if she still had them today (and if I were a size zero!) They have been celebrating this week with a trip to Maine. … Continue reading →

lentil soup with sausage

  By Alison | August 27, 2010 - 9:50 pm | recipes
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Today was wonderfully cool. I spent a lot of the day outside, and it was as pleasant as its been in weeks. When the temperatures drop about 10 more degrees, I’m going to make this soup. Unfortunately, I think they are going back up this weekend, but soon, very soon, … Continue reading →

new recipe index

  By Alison | August 26, 2010 - 11:04 pm | recipes
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For a while now I’ve been indexing the recipes on my blog, trying to make them a little easier find. I’m still tweaking it, but looky there it is! A handy tab at the top of the page…Recipes. Check it out. You might find something you want to have for … Continue reading →

almond biscotti

  By Alison | August 25, 2010 - 10:21 pm | recipes
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After a long summer (maybe longer) of eating whatever I wanted I am really trying to cut back.  Plus I’m trying to add consistent yoga back in to my life.  My living room is evolving into a mini yoga studio, which is a mini fulfillment of one of my life … Continue reading →

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He set my feet up on a rock

  By Alison | August 24, 2010 - 2:23 pm | arkansas, being grateful, camping, stories, summer
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Every year at d camp we do a hike and swim day. It’s nice to get out of camp for a day and hang around the Buffalo River, famous for drop dead gorgeous cliffs jutting up out of the snaking river. It became apparent early in the week that we … Continue reading →

d camp

  By Alison | August 23, 2010 - 10:00 pm | arkansas, camping, faith, hope & love, summer
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Oh Discipleship Camp, lovingly referred to as d-camp. Where should I even start? So much could be said about the 6 days of being at camp with over 100 middle school students during one of the hottest Junes ever recorded in the history of this fine state of Arkansas. Really, … Continue reading →

Aspen Hiking Trails

  By Alison | August 22, 2010 - 10:04 pm | camping, colorado, raising chinos, summer, travel
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So, I never finished putting up all my pictures from our trip to Colorado. These are all pictures from hikes we did in and around Aspen. Every day we spent in Aspen we found a new hike to go on. This trail actually left from our campground, Difficult Creek. The … Continue reading →

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