Easy Dinner Recipes

I have been buying and cooking the pork sirloin four-packs from Costco for awhile now.  I have come up with several ways to cook them that are tasty and make dinner preparation pretty easy.  One roast will feed the five of us with leftovers. 
I have several combinations I use for seasoning.  1) Cream of mushroom soup, [...]

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A Visit to the Eye Doctor

Kalindi had an appointment at the eye doctor today for a routine exam.  Her tutor suggested that we get her eyesight checked out.  I watched her do her session with the tutor this morning and she held her head very close to her page as she concentrated on the words she was trying to read.
It [...]

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Out and About

I meant to write a post about our fun trip to the zoo with our home school group on September 25, but things keep pulling on my time and it didn’t get done.
School takes up a good portion of our day, but it is going very well.  We are enjoying our curriculum and the girls [...]

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Dreams

I don’t often write about silly stuff.  This is going to be one of those blog posts.
I have had a dream two nights in a row that I am in a type of “Iron Chef” competition.  If you haven’t seen this show on Food Network there is a competition between two chefs who have an [...]

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Newport!

We just had a lovely four day vacation camping at Newport on the Oregon coast.  The girls love playing on the beach and they got to play in the sand and water to their hearts’ content!
We also spent time at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.  There are so many great exhibits there.  My personal favorites are the jellyfish [...]

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Neat and Tidy

When I look back on my life, there is a clear pattern I can see.  It has often been my life’s goal to be “neat and tidy”.  Not just my house, but my life.  I like being in control of my world.  When Grant died I made a conscious decision to mess up my life [...]

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Are you a Pilgrim or a Settler?

From “The Legacy of Biblical Womanhood” by Susan Hunt and Barbara Thompson:
Living and leaving the legacy of biblical womanhood demands a pilgrim perspective.  Pilgrims live well and finish well.  In the finishing season, a woman’s legacy of relationships is intensified, and her doctrine is tested.  How we finish is determined by our theology.
So we do [...]

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Death is Not Dying

I found this website about a 37 year old mom who passed away from cancer in July.  Here is the write-up on the Welcome page: 
“Rachel’s story is not unlike what thousands of women around the world have experienced. A diagnosis that changes a woman’s life and inevitably takes from her what we consider to be most [...]

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Selling My Jewelry!

I have enjoyed making semi precious gemstone jewelry for years.  I decided to get a little more serious about it so that I could hopefully make some money for our adoption.
You can find my site at Etsy – my store is called Moss Lake Originals.  Here are a few things I have listed there:

 

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Selfless Living

I said something really stupid one time to a missionary friend of mine.  Kevin and I had been struggling with life and hating the materialistic, self-centered culture that we live in.  I said to Kevin, “Let’s just go and be missionaries.”  I shared this sentiment with my missionary friend and I am pretty sure she didn’t understand what I meant [...]

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