you gotta do what you love...

 Seeing your child do what they love is a great experience. When a 7 year old boy, who can't sit straight in his chair during dinner for more than 30 seconds, who pokes his pencil in his ear and between his toes while doing a math lesson and taps both feet, conducts the choir from his pew and pretends his fingers are little men during Mass... When this Tom-Sawyer-of-a-boy can sit for...

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Novena for Kathy Amish

Don't know what a novena is? Read this... Novena and Litany for Complete Healing and Recovery from ovarian cancer forKathryn Elizabeth AmishOur friend, child, mother, wife and beloved child of GodDear Jesus,  We offer our prayers up to you for Kathy. We know she is your precious child and that you hold her in the palm of your hand during this time of trial. We ask you to protect her, strengthen...

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5 things I've read...

I love to read. I am anti-Kindle. I think I am going to start the "resisting the kindle" fan group on facebook. I love books. With pages.I first was going to post on my 5 favorite books of ALL TIME, but that was impossible. There are too many. I would never write again, because I would be lost in piles of books, comparing, flipping pages, stacking and sorting and never coming down to just 5. So, I...

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sing it, girl!

Curt and I joke that one of our greatest fears is that one day Katherine will end up on American Idol.We'll be those parents on the clip before her performance, reminiscing over cheesy background music, "oh yeah, she was like singin' since she came home from the hospital... just a born performer... we just luv her... she's got REAL talent" (say that with a good Texas drawl to get the full effect) Then, she'll win, get plastic surgery, die her hair black, date 5 men at once, move to L.A. and never...

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FREEBIES for those who need a break...

I have another creation for you all.My sweet friend Beverly included a magnet in her Christmas card. I just loved the quote. I have put the magnet at eye-level on my refrigerator so that I MUST see it every time I get the creamer out early in the morning, when I get someone a cup of milk, when I'm going for the jelly at 11:45. Because this quote helps me - ALOT!So, I thought you might like...

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FREEBIES for lovers of pretty things...

I love designing. I love designing websites, logos, art, images in photoshop, you name it. This past year I've really come to see that this is a very important part of who I am.I like pretty things. I've tried to hide it, thinking that this passion is too materialistic, too worldly, a waste of my time and money. And, yes, sometimes it is. I realize that this little part of me could take me to a place...

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5 things I love about Katherine

This will be the first of a new series I'm starting. 5 Things. Keep an eye out...5 Things I Love About KatherineKatherine's 4th birthday was Tuesday. She has been waiting for a long time to be 4. She's disappointed that she wasn't quite a bit taller when she woke up on January 5th. But she had a good day anyway!1. I love Katherine's name. Katherine Therese Gulde. We named her after the 3 women Doctors...

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I'm back!

I told myself several months ago, "I will blog again. Next year." Well, here we are.So, I must post today, or I will have failed on a resolution on day one. Can't have that, now can we!Here's our lovely Christmas photo - which most of you have already seen.Here's the celebration after we were DONE snapping 500 photos to get this ONE good one!So, for my blog this year, I'd hope to focus on the following:my...

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