Dominican Republic trip

Merlyn and my Dad are headed to the Domican Republic (D.R.) tomorrow morning for the Cross Point mission trip.  We’ve been finishing their packing today and getting them ready to leave the house at 4:25 AM tomorrow morning.  There are about 17 people from Cross Point going on this trip and they are going to have […]

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Happy Birthday Mick!

This weekend we celebrated Mick’s birthday.  Mick’s adopted and we don’t know his real birthday so we celebrate it on the day we got him.  We estimate that Mick is about nine years old now and in dog years that makes him eligible for retirement (9×7=63).  Not sure what will change about his lifestyle since his usual day consists of a […]

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9 years and counting!

Today Merlyn and I celebrate our 9th anniversary!  Honestly I can’t believe I’m really old enough to be married that long, but I’m thankful that he has been willing to put up with me for all these years. Merlyn lets me shine… and he’s completely comfortable with that.  He lets me follow my dreams.  He […]

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Happy Birthday Sis!

Today is my sister Jes’ birthday so I thought I would take the chance to tell you more about her and share some pics.  Hilda, as I affectionately call her, has always been the bright, cheery, outgoing one of the two of us.  She loves people and is a loyal friend.  She encourages me more than she probably knows and I’m […]

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Training tips

I’m doing something that I never thought I would do… I’m training for a 1/2 marathon!  I’ve never considered myself a runner, but a few years ago I started working some running into my workout routine.  Well, my good friend Rachel recruited me to train with her for the County Music Marathon here in Nashville in […]

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The blogging begins…

I have never really been an early adopter.  I tend to watch trends, evaluate how well they are sticking and determine whether it works for me.  And so it is with blogging.  I am finally discovering the beauty of it and so the blogging begins…

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