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Gold Beach Trip

2011-08-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

Mary D, Hume, Gold Beach, Oregon

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Hubby and I are going to Gold Beach in August. Haven't been there for years. This old boat was something that I got to be a very small part of many years ago. Mainly I watched them put in the pilings and cradle that were to hold the boat. Unfortunately, she was damaged when they tried to put her in the cradle. So all that work was for nothing. Not much left of her now.
Mary D, Hume, Gold Beach, Oregon

Best_of_2011 Cookbook

2011-07-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

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2011-07-07T15:53:00.000-07:00

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2011-06-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

kaleidoskop.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

This is so mesmerizing! I could sit and watch it all day.

Donna Young's Homeschool Resources and Printables

2011-06-26T10:18:00.000-07:00

Donna Young's Homeschool Resources and Printables

Nice Homeschool planners

Layered Caribbean Chicken Salad Recipe from Betty Crocker

2011-06-26T10:03:00.000-07:00

Layered Caribbean Chicken Salad Recipe from Betty Crocker

This looks really good. Will have to test it out.

Pictures others took at our convention

2011-06-24T21:07:00.000-07:00

Weight Loss

2011-06-24T06:33:00.001-07:00

At the bottom of the page, you will see a weight loss ticker. I have actually lost a total of 8.5 pounds, but just started using this program last week.

How to Make Your Own Cold Gel Pack

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How to Make Your Own Cold Gel Pack

It's easier than you think!

Ultimate Bible Reference Library

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Ultimate Bible Reference Library

Always a freebie at the bottom and lots of great video's.

Blog-Articles/Freebies - NEW BEGINNINGS

2011-06-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

Blog-Articles/Freebies - NEW BEGINNINGS

This is for JW homeschoolers. Some really nice freebies.
Enjoy!

Kitten vs. A Scary Thing. [VIDEO]

2011-06-19T18:56:00.000-07:00

Kitten vs. A Scary Thing. [VIDEO]

This one is just too cute!

Good Clean Humor - Cat Burglar

2011-06-19T18:53:00.000-07:00

Good Clean Humor - Cat Burglar

Gotta love this kitty. LOL

Theocratic Downloads

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Theocratic Downloads

2011-06-08T08:27:00.001-07:00

Just testing to see if I can post this to my blog from my phone.

RightAtHome - Right@Home™ > Designing For Your Home > Decorating > Home Staging Whether to Sell or Stay

2011-06-08T08:13:00.000-07:00

RightAtHome - Right@Home™ > Designing For Your Home > Decorating > Home Staging Whether to Sell or Stay

Free Online School: Oregon Connections Academy

2011-06-07T17:08:00.000-07:00

Free Online School: Oregon Connections Academy

We are back with Connections Academy starting August 30th! Looking forward to next years school year.

Hosting brothers from the school

2011-06-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

These four brothers have been in our congregation for the last two months. We had the pleasure of hosting them while they went to the School for Single brothers. From Left to right they are James Thereo, Bogart Salvatera, Russel Badkey, & David Barewa. (Forgive spelling as I don't really know how to spell any of their names.) Our family had to pleasure of feeding brother Badkey and brother Barewa last night. It was a real treat for us to be around such wonderful spiritual brothers. This is their last week of school. They graduate on Sunday. We will miss having them in our congregation, but know that we have become their family as well as they have become ours.

Groupon

2011-03-09T20:16:00.000-08:00

A friend and I are going to Willamette Valley Vineyards this weekend via a great Groupon deal! Will tell you all about it later, but in the meantime, if you want to also get great deals, check them out yourself. Just click on Groupon above!

Some more of my favorite quotes

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"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death." ~Anaïs Nin

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you—they're supposed to help you discover who you are." ~Bernice Johnson Reagon

( I really like that second one. I've been through some things that almost paralyzed me. It's a choice you have to make to move. You can't let challenges stop you from living. These life lessons build character and make us who we are. Are we going to just sit and let life pass us by or face it head on and be a better person by getting through it. - Susan Richards)

"While it may take two to tango, it only takes you to commit to creating a relationship with the people in your life. Take full responsibility for your relationships and consciously choose to suspend judgment of people." ~ Al Ritter

"When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier." ~Roy Disney

"Values are most alive when we have specific words to describe them, and when we remain intentionally connected to them. It sounds so simple, but in reality, few of us make a practice of routinely making this connection." ~John G. Blumberg

"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier." ~Mother Teresa

Quotes on Courage

2010-12-27T17:23:00.000-08:00

Courage does not always roar.
Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying...
"I will try again tomorrow." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

"When we think about courage, it's usually stories of heroism that come to mind – saving someone from a fire or climbing Mount Everest. But for millions of women around the world, courage comes in a very different way. It's a quiet voice that gives them the strength to go on for another day, sometimes in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds." ~ Bobi Seredich

Tornado 12/14/2010

2010-12-14T16:03:00.000-08:00

We had a tornado here in Aumsville. I've only got pictures of our park, because they don't want anyone downtown that doesn't need to be there. You can see my pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Keeper.Of.Hope/Tornado121410#

Promarker Giveaway!

2010-11-03T06:26:00.000-07:00

Going Buggy is giving away a full set of Promarkers. http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/
Check it out!

Pictures from our Camping trip

2010-10-13T08:45:00.000-07:00

I posted the pictures on my Facebook account, so you should be able to click here and it will take you there.

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Flowers from Bruce updated

2010-05-06T18:44:00.000-07:00

The Lilies have opened. I rearanged them a bit, cuz I love the sunflowers.

Flowers from Bruce

2010-05-03T16:49:00.000-07:00

He wanted to buy some really nice roses that had stripes and really cool colors, but then remembered that I like these kinds of flowers better. He was right. I love them! Especially the Sunflowers and the Lily's that aren't opened yet.

My Toolbar

2010-01-11T06:20:00.000-08:00

If you haven't downloaded my toolbar; you might want to give it a try. It is a good one just for JW's. I have lots of links that are only JW's and other places that you can go to for help in your studies. Just click on My Toolbar in the title and it will take you there.
I'm still working on adding links, and a few of them are now closed. As I have time I will be updating them.

Hope you enjoy it.

Tires Update

2009-10-07T14:05:00.000-07:00

Just had to tell everyone what wonderful cousins I have. My cousin Vince insisted that he was going to take care of my tires. So, yesterday I went up to the Les Shwab in Canby and they put them on for me. This time I got some with a warranty and NOT low profile. They should last a couple of years. My care drives so much better and doesn't pull to the right like it did before.
It was pulling really bad after I had my car aligned last year. I kept telling everyone that it wasn't the normal little pull but it was the kind that will throw you in the ditch if you even loosen your grip for a second. I was told it was the road, or that it was supposed to do that, anything but them believing me. I guess they all think that I am a dumb blonde. Well, now there is no pull, only the gradual moving to the right as a car is supposed to do.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Vince and Tami for you kindness!!! I love you guys!

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Froggy

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This little guy was on the wall of my house outside. We brought him in so that we can take a picture.

Beach Trip in February

2009-09-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

Don't know why I took so long to post these. They were really pretty and I wanted to share them with all of you. These were taken during a trip that my husband and I took. It was a beautiful weekend in February.

Tires

2009-08-31T15:43:00.000-07:00

So is it me, or does everyone have the same trouble with tires? I have a PT Cruiser and am getting tired of the problems. When we first got new tires on this car about 3 years ago, Les Schwab gave us a quote for the 17" wheels that we had on the car. When my husband picked up the car, it had 16" tires on it. He came home and told me about it. How do you get 16" tires on a 17" wheel? You don't!
He then proceeded to call Les Schwab and the refused to admit that we ever had 17" tires. My husband then talked to the manager who also refused to admit they had done something wrong and pretty much called my husband a liar. My husband then called The dealer that we bought the car from and they looked it up. Yep, 17" wheels.
We never got that straightened out, but went back to a different Les Schwab and told them about it when we replaced the tires last year. They couldn't believe that we had all that trouble and figured that they must have had another PT in the store when they were changing my tires.
I was a little upset that I was replacing my tires again and that they only lasted about a year and a half, but we got them anyway. Shouldn't tires last longer than that? 20,000 miles max doesn't seem like much. It has now been a year and I took my car in last week and guess what? I need new tires!!!
So now, I have to come up with another 4-500 bucks for new tires. They proceeded to tell me that low profile tires do not have warranties. Well then give me something that isn't low profile, I said. Well, we cant due to clearance. What?!! When I had the 17" rims on it, they were not low profile! Find me something with a warranty! They found something that hopefully will work and has a 45,000 mile warranty. All that I can say, is they better last, or give me the next set free!
Had to also take it back today to have them check a low tire. I told the other store to check it last week when I had them rotated because the tire was low. Either they didn't check it or missed that there was a screw in it! Got that fixed now.
I'm a little upset with Les Schwab right now, but have the info that I need on the tires so that I can get the new ones and hopefully get some sort of a discount due them not lasting very long.
Now, I still have the a/c to get fixed as well as the electronic door lock and window on the rear passenger side door and also the fog lights that will not shut off properly and stay off that we had to disconnect due to it draining my battery.
Does it ever end? I love my car, but with all the problems and also that I have to put premium in it, I am not very happy with it!

Life goes on...

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If you are connected with me on facebook, you can see the rest of my pictures.

Camping

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This is our campsite at Trail Bridge. My kids and I have the bigger tent on the right.

Camping & Hiking

2009-08-30T15:50:00.001-07:00

As promised, these are pictures from one of our hikes on Friday. This is called the Blue Hole and it is a two mile hike to get there. We all enjoyed it. I'm not going to post all of the pictures, just a few from each day.

Hiking along the McKenzie River

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This was our hike from Sahalie falls to Koosah falls on Saturday. Our friends, Sandie, Kyle, Casey, and Corey came up for the day and we took them with us.

Sisters on Sunday

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This is a deer that was running through town. We followed it to this yard where it began eating apples.

A profound truth

2009-08-06T07:06:00.001-07:00

A profound truth
Do you know what it is like when you have read the Bible for years, and all of the sudden you see something new? This continues to happen to me, and I love it! It makes my reading so exciting.

One of my favorite quotes is from Abraham Lincoln. "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." I heard this, the first time many years ago when my daughter was a very small girl. She must have been about 2 or 3 when we bought her the movie, "Pollyanna". It is about a little girl who always looked for the good, whether it is in people or situations. She would turn them into something good.

I find that I do this myself and if I do start looking at the bad, I try to turn it around as soon as I see it in myself or as soon as someone points it out to me. Some don't like it when you do this. Just like in Pollyanna, not everyone appreciated that she always looked for the good in things. They would rather look for the bad, and say ‘Aha! See, I told you there was something about that person, or I told you that was going to happen.’ Others, may say something about a person, because they think that they know them from past experience, and want to let you know about them. Sure they might be doing this because they think that they are doing a good thing by letting others know, but really all that it does is put a bad taste in someone’s mouth so that they can't really find out about someone without any hindrance.

Case in point, my neighbors; I've not known them for very long as we just moved back in November. I took it upon myself to introduce myself and my children to them and other neighbors. Taking them cookies and talking to them when I get the chance. I like to be neighborly and have found that they also like to be neighborly too. In fact, they have brought us elk steak, and sturgeon, which I am grilling the sturgeon this Friday. We made a cake for them, but his wife wasn't home and he ate the whole thing himself. LOL

A friend came over and told me some things they knew about them, I have never seen this kind of behavior from these people and choose to just forget about it. I think that this person has changed and I would rather be judged myself for current behavior and not my past, so I am sure that they would feel the same way.

Where am I going with all this? Yesterday, I was reading in Proverbs again. I'm reading the Bible by Themes this year and Wednesday is my Poetry day. In chapter 16, verse 27 this jumped out at me. A good-for-nothing man is digging up what is bad, and upon his lips there is, as it were, a scorching fire. Isn't that the truth! Because of what some will believe about someone, it does become like a scorching fire, burning everything in sight. There are those good-for-nothing, people who live to say bad things about people, know that there will be those that believe it, whether it be true or not. Some true things, may be just something that someone needs to live down from their past, and if it is brought up again and again by someone, then they can’t. If it is false, it can make the person being charge become defensive, what joy is there in that? How up-building is that?

Remember, Saul who became Paul. Galatians 1:3, today's text, shows how someone can change. He was a persecutor of Christians, even approving of their death; can anything be worse? Not one of us is perfect, so we should be trying to build one another up, not tear one another down. What is up-building and good should be focused on, not what this person did in the past, or even recently. Focus on the good.

Here is a new quote, "Look for the good in people expecting to find it, and you surely will." Let’s all be good-for-something people.

Have a wonderful day, week, year.

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Beautiful Sunset

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Last night we had a beautiful sunset. You can see how the sun shines through the clouds and then leaves it's mark on the clouds.

Dyed my curtains

2009-07-11T10:18:00.000-07:00

Dyed the old window covering. I was trying to get it a more orange color, but ended up with a sort of salmon/deeper orange. I like the look, but wish it would have been more orange.

Tuff & Jumbi

2009-06-17T14:46:00.000-07:00

Our new kitten climbed into bed with Tuff this moring. I think that they are going to be good buddies.

2009-06-17T14:45:00.000-07:00

New School Space

2009-06-16T16:42:00.000-07:00

I'm ready for school next September. Ok, at least my dining room is ready. I have a shelf with very little on it for the books when they are here. Looking forward to a new school year and a new school. We are going to be using K12 this year. It is an online public school that you do at home. It is like Connections Academy, which I loved, but this one is a newer one here in Oregon. I'm going to see how flexible this one is with my schedule of work. I also needed something that would be more of I have to do this or else. :0) With all the distractions of last year, I can't say that I did very well with teaching my son last year. Hoping this year will be much better. Only time will tell.

Severe Storm

2009-06-04T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is all that is left after a very severe storm today. I had went out to wash my car, and the sky was beautiful. It was hot, about 80º. Thought I would paint some more on my deck, but it was just getting too hot so only got a little bit done. Then went out and planted a tomato and two peppers. Finally after I was done, I came in the house. We were just going to start some dinner, but then all of the sudden, it got dark, and the wind started blowing. Gusts of about 75 mph, then the rain came. If you want to call it rain. It was more like sheets of water blowing sideways. Thunder and lightening. More wind, we all began to wonder if their was going to be a tornado, but decided not to mention it. I didn't want to worry the chldren. The rain came down so hard and so fast that the drains couldn't keep up. They were beginning to overflow. Then the power went out. My son started saying that he thought it was going to flood. I told him that it would take a lot more rain for it to do that. Needless to say, I was just saying that to make him feel at ease. So far this was only about 10 minutes into the storm. The severest part of the storm only lasted about 1/2 an hour, then died off almost as quickly as it started. It moved so quickly that there wasn't really a warning for it. But after it all, we heard that about 10 miles from here there was a tornado warning in a town called Lyons, and also one in Silverton, and that there were several funnel clouds spotted. One was in Lincoln City, out in the ocean and another was in Albany. Haven't heard from friends in Lyons yet, so not sure what happened there. My plants were drowned, and my car, that I put under the carport ended up getting soaked even on the house side. (I hate water spots) The paint on the deck made it, but now I am going to have to paint my shed as it stripped paint off the shed. I don't even know when that shed was painted last. All in all, we are doing well. But, it was a very exciting day. They were saying that we might get more tonight, but maybe not quite as bad.

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Mele in her new dress

2009-06-01T09:02:00.000-07:00

This is the cutie in her new dress that I made for her. Mom is going to buy one of those frilly slips to put under it.Mealea wasn't too sure about the headband, but seemed to forget about it after a while.

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She was making a face at Brittany in this one. She is just sooo cute. Had us all laughing. Aunt Jasmine is holding her.

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This is the back of the dress.

A dress I made for a little baby

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This is a dress that I've been working on for a while. Finally finished it. It is for a six month old little baby who looks just like a doll. She has the most beautiful skin and dark brown eyes. This color will look beautiful on her.
To see more detail just click on the picture.

Brittany's room is done

2009-04-12T14:15:00.001-07:00

The art on her wall above the bed, Brittany created. The lamp shade we did together last year.

She did all the painting herself. We still need to get some ceiling paint to do some touchups, but other than that, it is done. She is eventually going to change her bed spread and probably the black and red curtains on her closet to something different too. Looks great. Except for the spots on my lens that I didn't know was there until after I uploaded them. Oh well, you get the idea.

Living room is almost done

2009-04-12T14:09:00.001-07:00

Well, I painted my living room and it's almost done. The two walls, one behind the TV and one behind my antique sewing machine, (both pictures my son is in) I am going to do a little more with. Not exactly sure what yet, but I have a couple of idea's rolling around in my head. As soon as I get them done, I will post them again.

Painted my Kitchen and Dining Room

2009-03-30T21:12:00.000-07:00

The next few picture you see are of my kitchen and dining room. I finished painting them on Saturday. I really love how it looks. The picture doesn't really do the colors justice, but they are still pretty.In the dining room pictures you will see my laundry room.

I have a mural on the wall of a shirt hanginng on a clothes line. there is a washboard hanging above the washer/dryer.
Enjoy!

2009-03-30T21:11:00.000-07:00

The curtains have got to go!!! I'm going to make some with oranges, golds and reds.

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Beautiful Sunrise

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Beautiful Sunrise

2009-01-24T13:19:00.000-08:00

This was probably the most beautiful sunrise that I have ever seen. The colors were vibrant just as you see in these pictures. I was in awe!
They were taken on my way to Aumsville, from Turner, Oregon. It was about 7:30 in the morning. I was doing my paper route.

Nick Clearning the Walk way

2008-12-26T06:58:00.000-08:00

Nick is here clearing our walk way. This is actually from last week on the 19th. He had a great time with his tonka trucks. If you are wondering what the little squares are on the pitures, I was taking these through the window screen. I'm not nutts! I didn't want to get cold to take these pictures.

Tuesday 23rd

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Still more snow. We are getting a little tired of it now. ;0) 2 weeks of this stuff is enough!

Monday 22nd

2008-12-26T06:50:00.000-08:00

Monday brought more snow on top of the ice. Blizzard like conditions driving down the road at times.

Sundy 21st

2008-12-26T06:45:00.000-08:00

This is our day of ice. Freezing rain all night left about an inch of ice all over the roads, trees and anything that was sitting out. There was ice cycles on the cars that were out and on our deck. It's pretty, but the ice broke many trees.

Saturday the 20th in South Salem

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I had to go to work today. These are some pictures of our drive. Isn't it purdy?

Nick clearing our side walk

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Tuff stays in

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My dog decided that he would rather stay in and watch Nick through the window instead of being out in it.

Trees in the back are covered

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Friday same time same place

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More at my house on Friday

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Friday at 8 am at home in Aumsville

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Friday at 6am at my house in Aumsville

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Wednesday the 17th in Lyons, Oregon

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Tuesday the 16th in Salem Oregon

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Snow day

2008-12-14T09:45:00.000-08:00

Today it is snowing and so far this is what we have. Geese flying south, crazy geese, they are a little late, and just a little snow but slushy roads. There is supposed to be more snow throughout the day.

Wednesday morning beauty

2008-10-24T18:23:00.000-07:00

This is what I had to go and work in. Wasn't it beautiful? The sun was just starting to come up and lit up this hillside so beautifully that I had to stop and take a picture. The farther I went the more beautiful the scene as you will see. The golden sunrise pictures have Mount Jefferson in the background.

2008-10-24T18:22:00.001-07:00

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Powerland Museum

2008-09-29T09:47:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at this museum. We saw many old engines, old cars, motorcycles, etc. Road on a trolley and the conductor told us all about the things around the property. There were many places to see and we didn't realize there was that much, so getting a late start we didn't have time to see it all. It will be closed until April, so maybe next year we can do this again.

Jackie, Marissa, Brittany, Olivia, Nick and myself, went to a kids party at Borders books after this little field trip. So, we will just make plans for just this museum next time.

Riding the little train was the highlight for the younger kids, the older girls just road the trolley all the way back around. Lazy or what? LOL
Below are some of the pictures that we took.

2008-09-29T09:46:00.000-07:00

First Picture: I'm not certain, but I believe that this was the one that was from Coastline. It would travel between several cities on the coast in Washington.
Second Picture:Inside the youngest of the old trolleys in the museum. This was one that was on the Oregon City, Oregon Trolley Line.
Third Picture: Brittany in the drivers seat of the OC Trolley.
Fourth Picture: Nick and Marissa on the little train after riding a big trolley to the end of the tracks. We road it from the station all the way to the end and then almost all the way back again to the Trolley barn, back on the trolley to the little train station. It was a very fun day.

More Museum Pictures

2008-09-29T09:31:00.000-07:00

First Picture: Trolley from Vietnam.
Second Picture: I don't remember where this one was from, but it was still in really nice shape.
Third and Fourth Pictures are the inside of Double Decker Trolley from Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Powerland Museum Fieldtrip

2008-09-29T09:28:00.000-07:00

First Picture: Indian Motorcycle
Second Picture: Not sure what this is. I'm sure that Dad will tell me.
Third Picture: Wooden Trolley that was used in Vancouver, BC.
Fourth Picture: Double Decker Trolley that was used in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Cherry blossoms

2008-05-15T14:48:00.000-07:00

These were in the front yard of the house I had to clean today. I thought they were so beautiful, I had to share.

School space 3

2008-05-15T14:43:00.000-07:00

The whole dining area is used for school. Unless we get bored then we move into the living room or outside.

School space 2

2008-05-15T14:42:00.000-07:00

This is a different view of the desk and book shelf.

School Space

2008-05-15T14:41:00.000-07:00

Here is the first of three photo's of our school space. We just sold our bigger desk and moved my daughters small one out into the dining room. It works better and takes up less room. Also bought the book shelf for all the school books and games. I am probably going to add the crafting books to this shelf too.

The Bible's Hell

2008-05-12T10:25:00.001-07:00

The Bible's Hell

A sister I know put this together. There is lots of information that will help you to understand the hell of the Bible, as well as information about the soul.

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Sticky Password

2008-03-03T10:43:00.000-08:00

Hello all, I know it has been a while, but just had to post this. I love this product. It does all it says and works great. I can use it with IE7 and Firfox. They give you a free trial so you can try it out. There are no limitations on the trial so you can really see how it works.

Hope you enjoy it as much as me.

There is a link at the bottom of my page also.

Weather in your part of the world!

2007-12-19T18:20:00.000-08:00

Update on JW Links

2007-12-13T06:35:00.000-08:00

My JW Links are temporarily fixed. You can reach them at the above link or here:
My JW Links.

My JW Links

2007-12-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

I'm sure that you are all wondering what happened to "My JW Links". I was just made aware that I have a link that leads to an apostate! I have shut down my links until I can update them, as I do not want to stumble any.

Comcast is having trouble with my webpage that I use to edit my pages. I am unable to access them. They can't figure out why and are working on it. I put another call in last night and they told me that they will send in another ticket, second in a week, to see if they can fix it. I'm stumped and frustrated.

I have an ftp program that I could just update my pages and then transfer them to my web storage on comcast. When I logged onto my comcast storage through my ftp program there was nothing there. Pages are still working but I cant get to them.
Anyway, I will fix my links as soon as I possibly can and then let you all know through this blog.

Thank you for your patience.

Your sis,
Susan

Bible Study

2007-11-29T17:36:00.000-08:00

Thought you all might like to know that the study was going well, but she had to move suddenly. She didn't just have to move across town, but across the country! She moved to Arizona. I haven't heard from her and I really need to call her and see that she made it ok and is settled now. Also, want to make sure that she can get someone to call on her and continue her study. I will let you know more as soon as I find out more.

Busy, busy, busy!

2007-10-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,
I have been so busy lately, with schooling my son and service. I have a new Bible study with a young women. It has been a real encouragement to me and I really am feeling blessed. I've been going on another study with a brother from our hall. This one too, has been going very well.
My daughter just graduated from correspondance school. We had a graduation party for her last weekend. It was lots of fun. We had a brother bring his huge karoake system and we couldn't keep all the kids quiet after that. LOL OK, I have to admit, I got up there too. I love to sing.
We had our CO visit last month and then the following week our SAD. It was wonderful. Such encouraging talks. If you haven't been, you will really enjoy it. So many things to work on. Preparing us for the new system.

Thats it for now. My kids and I are going out in service this afternoon and then we have a dinner party to attend after that.

Agape to my spiritual family,

Susan

New to my toolbar?

2007-09-02T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hello all. Some of you are new to my toolbar and some have been using it for a while. I just want you to know that I did not get rid of my old website and you can still get there by clicking on the link to the right under links.

I have been working on this blog for a while when I get the time. I finally got the template the way I want it and everything is going smoothly so far. I have more links to add, but other than that, I think that I have it the way I want it.

I will be adding illustrations as I receive them. Also I would like to add poetry that friends would like to share if they don't mind me adding them to my blog.

Just email me at keeper dot of dot hope at gmail dot com.

I wrote it out so spammers can't get to it easily. You will have to change the dot to period and remove the spaces and change the at to @.

I will probably post new and interesting sites here too.

If anyone has any questions or comments feel free to post.

Beautiful pictures

2007-08-06T20:32:00.001-07:00

Originally uploaded by rosemary*

This photographer has some of the most beautiful pictures I have seen. You have to check them out.

Bridge Ride Scrapbook

2007-06-03T20:18:00.000-07:00

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First Post

2007-01-28T07:53:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,
Thought that I would put a different blog together for my friends. This one can be connected to the other webpages and I have been using blogger for a long time. I like the ease of use that I have with blogger.

Keeper Of Hope

Gold Beach Trip

Mary D, Hume, Gold Beach, Oregon

Best_of_2011 Cookbook

YouTube - ‪3D Printer‬‏

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Donna Young's Homeschool Resources and Printables

Layered Caribbean Chicken Salad Recipe from Betty Crocker

Pictures others took at our convention

Weight Loss

How to Make Your Own Cold Gel Pack

Ultimate Bible Reference Library

Blog-Articles/Freebies - NEW BEGINNINGS

Kitten vs. A Scary Thing. [VIDEO]

Good Clean Humor - Cat Burglar

Theocratic Downloads

RightAtHome - Right@Home™ > Designing For Your Home > Decorating > Home Staging Whether to Sell or Stay

Free Online School: Oregon Connections Academy

Hosting brothers from the school

Groupon

Some more of my favorite quotes

"Values are most alive when we have specific words to describe them, and when we remain intentionally connected to them. It sounds so simple, but in reality, few of us make a practice of routinely making this connection." ~John G. Blumberg

Quotes on Courage

Courage does not always roar.Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying..."I will try again tomorrow." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Tornado 12/14/2010

Promarker Giveaway!

Pictures from our Camping trip

My JW Links

My Favorite JW Links

Flowers from Bruce updated

Flowers from Bruce

My Toolbar

Tires Update

Froggy

Beach Trip in February

Tires

Facebook

Camping

Camping & Hiking

Hiking along the McKenzie River

Sisters on Sunday

A profound truth

Zambia International Assignment

Beautiful Sunset

Dyed my curtains

Tuff & Jumbi

New School Space

Severe Storm

My JW Links

My Favorite Links

Mele in her new dress

A dress I made for a little baby

Brittany's room is done

Living room is almost done

Painted my Kitchen and Dining Room

Beautiful Sunrise

Beautiful Sunrise

Nick Clearning the Walk way

Tuesday 23rd

Monday 22nd

Sundy 21st

Saturday the 20th in South Salem

Nick clearing our side walk

Tuff stays in

Trees in the back are covered

Friday same time same place

More at my house on Friday

Friday at 8 am at home in Aumsville

Friday at 6am at my house in Aumsville

Wednesday the 17th in Lyons, Oregon

Tuesday the 16th in Salem Oregon

Snow day

Wednesday morning beauty

Powerland Museum

More Museum Pictures

Powerland Museum Fieldtrip

Cherry blossoms

School space 3

School space 2

School Space

Courage does not always roar.
Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying...
"I will try again tomorrow." ~ Mary Anne Radmacher