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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

Collecting Satisfactions

April 9th, 2010 by Aubri


For some time now I’ve been wanting to jot down some of the things in my daily life that bring me joy or make me smile. I know that everyday there is a something that we can find wonderful but I find that I can get so “down trodden” with the tedium, frustrations and monotony of daily chores and child rearing that I overlook or take for granted these little things that happen that make it all so worth it.

I LOVE this blog I discovered a few weeks ago, and found a section in the author’s archives that was interesting to me called “Collecting Satisfactions”. Read about it here. She started a list of 100 things in her life that bring her joy. While I don’t want a list of 100 things, I did like the idea, so here is my first “satisfaction”.

Tonight my babies snuggled up to me while I sing one of our favorite night time hymns, Now Rest Beneath Nights Shadow. I wished it had been a longer song!

>What Cha Got Cookin’?

April 8th, 2010 by Aubri

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We eat a lot of tacos around our house (well, at our kitchen table, not in different rooms). I’m fed up with buying a box of taco shells and opening them to find EVERY ONE of them broken. So I decided to start making my own shells at home. I don’t know if they’re healthier but they sure are delicious and NOT broken.

I’m still trying to figure out how to get that nice taco shell shape. Sorry for the blurry picture. This is the second time I’ve made them. I am getting better at it believe it or not!

Aren’t they cute!?

Bye Bye Dollies?

April 6th, 2010 by Aubri

I came across two very interesting articles today. As a big “baby doll” lover for many many years I find this news pretty sad.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/index?blogid=46

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/89579552.html

>Happy Easter!

April 5th, 2010 by Aubri

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He is risen, alleluia! We couldn’t have asked for a better day to celebrate the day of our Lord’s resurrection! We rose early for a 7 o’clock sunrise service. Our neighbor came over to help me get the girls ready which I was not looking forward to, thinking they’d be so cranky, but everything went so smoothly and they were both very well behaved during the service. After church the three of us went to Leanna’s for a delicious lunch (dinner as they say here) while Phil took a nice long nap (he was worn out after three services!). In the afternoon we went to another friends house for the girls’ first Easter egg hunt and so many little gifts and candy it felt like Christmas! It was a perfect Spring day and so nice to have such sweet friends to spend it with.