New Blake Photos

Hey everyone! I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I posted last. It has been a really hectic time lately and it seems I never get here to post – even thought I check back often to keep up with the tagboard comments.
I’ve posted some new photos of Blake in [...]

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Hurricane Ivan

Forgot to post about the Hurricane. I was watching the aftermath and Ivan hit the area where we stay for our senior trip really hard!!! In fact, many of the place we drive by or go to each year suffered some serious damage. They showed the Romar Baptist Church which I’ve driven [...]

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Where did the week go?

What a busy week it has been. Sorry I haven’t been journaling faithfully. I had a deacon banquet on Monday night, C-Groups on Tuesday night and church on Wednesday.
C-groups are my high school student-led Bible studies. There are six of them – three on Tuesday nights and three on Wednesday nights. [...]

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Weekend Update

What beautiful weather! Gorgeous, gorgeous. A little ragweed isn’t going to get me down.
Friday night, Common Ground had our movie night. We watched The Princess Bride – a classic movie from my high school days. Great movie – even after the 40th time. So many great, quotable lines.
On [...]

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Kitchen Plan F

I called Lowe’s today about the floor. Seems like it is too expensive and too time-consuming to have a professional come and remove the old vinyl flooring in the kitchen. So, following the directions of one of the Lowe’s staff, we leveled the floor with floor leveling paste (like cement mixture). We [...]

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Wednesdays

Tonight was my first Wednesday back to the regular school year schedule at church. In some ways I was dreading it – just because Wednesdays are so long in church work. But I must admit, after spending an hour with my hilarious and energetic middle schoolers, my attitude was much better. They [...]

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Labor Away

Hope each of you had a productive and fun weekend. It was a great weekend and great weather.
I took several youth up to Kansas City for the annual Rock the Light concert. We went up on Saturday and enjoy the outdoor Christian concert event. We heard the bands Building 429; KJ-52; Casting Crowns; [...]

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Blake Update

I went with my sister and mom today to see my Grandma Baker in Iberia, MO. This was her first time to see Blake and for Blake to meet her. We had a nice visit and Blake was his usual charming self. I took a lot of photos and have updated the [...]

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Dang . . .

I just typed up an incredibly loooong post to explain my whereabouts the last few days and LOST IT!!!! Uggghhhh….. Don’t you hate that when that happens? I’m trying to decide if I have the energy to type it all again.
Abridged version:
1. Kitchen not done yet.
2. Unplanned $600 jeep repair caused financial [...]

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