(dressing dolls)

They are sweet like this...

...but they really do need dresses!
14 done.
12 to go.

ETA @ 8:03PM
All finished!
w00t!

Did you leave a comment on this post for my giveaway?
You have until Monday to do so.

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20/30
*for 30 days of Thanksgiving*
I am thankful for my cozy home.

(Q46)

~for the 52Q mini art journal challenge~

Journal prompt for the week:
What makes me glow?
Easy answer:
The times when our family is all together.
*sigh*
It's a mom thing.

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19/30
I am thankful for the hubs improved health after last week's little setback.
He's tackling the honey-do list again.

(18/30)

Today I am thankful for the everyday things in life.

...the pleasure in creating...
(always includes a yummy hot cuppa)

...the evidence that little folks frequent our home...

...the bounty of God's provision...

...the special touches left by my granddaughter...
"Mimi, this doll goes right here."
:)

...reminders of days spent with special friends...

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Take some time to delight in the everyday.

(giveaway)

This coming Sunday will mark my fourth year of blogging.
Four years and more than 1350 posts.
?!?
To celebrate, I will choose two names from the comments on this post and send each of the winners one of my clothespin doll ornaments plus goodies.
I will choose the names by random generator on Monday the 23rd.
Go ahead.
Leave a comment.
!!!

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17/30
What am I thankful for today?
All of my blogging friends, of course.
♥

(daybook)

For today...

Outside my window...
overcast and 40 degrees

I am thinking...
it looks like a typical November day

I am thankful for...
dear friends

I am wearing...
jeans
v-neck tee
jean jacket
sox and maryjanes

I am hearing...
the whirr of the pellet stove and the TV

I am going...
to finish a dress front today for my littlest little

I am hoping...
this weather holds a little bit longer

Noticing that...
it will be Thanksgiving before we know it
!

Pondering these words...
Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving.
~George Whitefield~

From the kitchen...
hot hazelnut coffee
...mmmm...

Around the house...
the laundry is going

One of my favorite things...
ice cream sandwiches
See more favorites on the sidebar.

From my picture journal...

New birthday hoodie from my son, Tyler.
It's the molecular symbol for caffeine.
Appropriate, yes?

More daybook entries here.

(15/30)

I am thankful for the freedom to worship.

Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
~Psalm 95:6~

(Q45)

*for the 52Q challenge*

This week's prompt:
Which song do you have on repeat right now?
Answer:
Betcha can't guess.
;)
Anything from the Pride and Prejudice CD
and
Yo Yo Ma's Gabriel's Oboe

What can I say?
I like what I like.

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It's my 57th today.
F I F T Y - S E V E N
???
I am thankful to have reached this age.
If you care to read a couple of previous posts regarding the b-day topic, look here and here.
Proof positive that I wasn't always this old.

Come back next week for a giveaway!

Happy weekend!

ETA:
The hubs is home!
Now we can celebrate the birthday...
Thank you for your prayers for him.
xo

(13/30)

I am thankful for an enjoyable night out this evening with my daughter, Jessica.
We attended a local elementary school production of Alice in Wonderland.
It was adorable!
Lots of glitter.
Loved that.
:)

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The hubs is doing better.
I am hoping he comes home from the hospital tomorrow.

(12/30)

Today I am thankful for the health care that is still available to us.

The hubs is in the hospital again...for a day or two.

(tribute)

We will not forget to be thankful for those who served.
Freedom is never free.

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