Years ago, our dear friend Natalie started Friday Felicities. I say “our” because she was a friend to so many women online.Natalie passed away on June 7, 2007 after a sudden illness. Becky took over hosting Friday Felicities and those of us who participate now still consider her the host.What are felicities you ask? Why they are things that make you happy! So, this is not a hard meme at all! Becky...

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1000 Gifts

In no particular order . . . .107. New connections being built at the local youth cafe project.108. Old friends hugged and caught up with at the weekend at another local church mini conference.109. AWESOME sermon on Sunday morning at our church, we have a fantastic future, but ONLY if the members of the body step up and get involved. Count me in!110. New "mask pillow" and head strap for my CPAP...

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Hayden Panettiere Short Haircut

Wow! The already stunning Hayden Panettiere has just unveiled the most stunning short haircut at the Home Tree Earth Celebration. She slowly grown her hair longer after wearing an equally stunning bob cut a couple of years ago.Here's the transformation before and afte...

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The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY, Thursday 22nd April....Outside my window... the sun is shining, there is a beautiful blue sky and I have laundry on the line, drying in the breeze. Sadly the breeze means it's still a little chilly for having the door open, because in the breeze but out of the sun is not a good mix. Whereas actually OUT there, in the sun it is plenty warm enough.I am thinking... that it is interesting...

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Back to the Bathroom

No, the dreaded stomach bug has not made a return visit, all are more or less feeling well now after the stomach flu made it's rounds of our house over the weekend. I say more or less because hubby, is still feeling a bit tired and just not quite right, but almost there.No, I am referring to the piece I wrote last week about having worked on cleaning the bath and how God spoke to me through that. Go check it out if you haven't read it yet here.Today I cleaned the bathroom again and yes that meant...

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Thanks Catherine

Big thanks to the beautiful Catherine Huntley for her kind Twitter post mentioning this Blog."To whoever did this- http://bit.ly/91BeCd -thank you!!I'm so flattered to be blogged about"You can follow Catherine on Twitter here.Keep up the great hair Catherin...

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1000 Gifts

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Thursday 13 - Bread

13 breads I either have made or would like to make - All from the basic Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day Method.Of course, I started with the basic recipe and the basic Boule shape. The method took a bit of getting used to but I got there in the end.The next thing I did was play with different shapes, so I made French sticks and used a linen lined bowl as a batard as well as using loaf tins.Soon...

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Meeting God in the Bathroom

I'm not talking about when the children were younger and hiding away in the bathroom was the only alone time a mom has to be with God. "mommmyyyyyyy" "Mommy's using the toilet darling, just wait" "Dear Lord, I need your strength today . . . ."No, I'm talking about cleaning. Today is bathroom cleaning day (amongst other things), the day where I focus on the deeper cleaning of the bathroom, the things that don't need doing more often. One of the things I do in that time is work on a long term...

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1000 Gifts

81. Piles of dishes to wash means plenty of meals enjoyed over the weekend.82. Easter Monday fun with friends from church last week.83. Watching young people stepping out and moving into their calling.84. Grace and Mercy poured out for me, especially when I have lost all mine.85. Stepping out of comfort zones is SO worth it!86. my CPAP machine, I cannot imagine how I would do life without it.87....

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Feed the Birds

No, not the Mary Poppins song, but feeding them for real. Do you do that? We make a bit of an effort, but with our whole garden (yard) being quite small, we don't have as much opportunity as some people might.The other day I noticed some way in which we have been helping the birds by accident.Last year we lined out hanging baskets with liners made from Coir (Coconut fibre). My husband had emptied the hanging baskets at the end of last summer but not got around to dealing with the liners. The...

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Friday Felicities

Years ago, our dear friend Natalie started Friday Felicities. I say “our” because she was a friend to so many women online.Natalie passed away on June 7, 2007 after a sudden illness. Becky took over hosting Friday Felicities and those of us who participate now consider her the host.What are felicities you ask? Why they are things that make you happy! So, this is not a hard meme at all! Becky gives...

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Sewing Projects

Yesterday and today I have been doing a lot of sewing. No dresses or other clothes this time, just household stuff.I had some fantastic fabric from IKEA that I used to make a few tote bags. I followed a tutorial that I found online but altered the size of the bags so that I could get two bags out of each metre of fabric that I had.I am quite pleased with them. They have gusseted bottoms, which...

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