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What Truly Matters During These Troubled Times...

Rocks In My Dryer wrote this article "What I Really Hope".

Date Night

Tom and I did something highly unusual and went to a movie on a Tuesday night. And we paid full price!!!! Unbelievable. But we wanted to help make the statement to Hollywood that Christians want God-honoring movies. The producers of Facing the Giants have put out a new movie, Fireproof. If you are able, add this date night to your budget this week.

Dollhouse Construction Resumes

We gave this dollhouse to the girls for Christmas over 5 years ago. The kit came from AC Moore using a 60% off coupon at 6:00am on the morning of Black Friday. The walls and roof quickly went up and then..... a little work here and a little work there and then.....nothing. So the three girls, that receive the house that Christmas, have become teenagers and their interest in the house has waned. But little sister has been biting at the bit to get the house completed.

The house has been moved from the attic bedroom into the spare room. Construction has resumed!
And what happened to the space where the dollhouse was sitting? The void was quickly filled with the craft dresser, the sewing machine and a loom. No empty corners in this house.

Girls never outgrow the love of working on a dollhouse.

Peek Week in New York

Last weekend was perfect with 70 degree weather and lots of blue sky and sunshine! With 3 girls away on a youth retreat, there was just 3 of us left to enjoy the Saturday together.

We took a walk to Trenton Falls. I have seen a number paintings of Trenton Falls from the 1800's. It was a popular site for the artists known to be of the Hudson Valley School. So, I was very excited to visit this site that is open only a few times a year.

Once we arrived, we learned the whole story about Trenton Falls. It has been closed to the public for about 100 years because it is privately owned by an electric company. About 6 years ago they made trails along the way so that it could open for viewing. Unfortunately, there is a dam above the falls now and the spectacular sight that lured thousands of tourists during the 1800's, has been greatly altered.

Still, it was worth the walk on such a glorious day and I just had to imagine the grandeur of the place 100 years ago.

It was a fossil finding day.

Walking through the woods in the afternoon was a welcome relief from the morning's chore- cleaning under a 9-year-old's bed! You accumulate a lot of materials when you are a princess, a Jedi knight, an undercover agent and the mother of many dolls and stuffed animals.

Mind Your Manners (1953)