tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47302887912539637232024-03-12T23:47:01.939-05:00farmer's wife, quiet lifealissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386722568017583671noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730288791253963723.post-44422060056088659262014-11-18T09:20:00.000-06:002014-11-18T09:27:18.066-06:00chasing light<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
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at the beginning of the year, i chose</div>
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i wasn't really sure what that meant for my life until this moment.</div>
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i'm sure we all have heard that child song,</div>
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'this little light of mine, i'm gonna let it shine'</div>
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the phrase,</div>
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'hide it under a bushel. no!' </div>
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really has been speaking to me lately.</div>
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you see. i have been hiding under a bushel for the most part of this year.</div>
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dealing with situations i never thought we would be dealing with.</div>
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i could feel the darkness all around me.</div>
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i couldn't see the light at the end,</div>
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or even around me.</div>
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i could only spend time</div>
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protecting what really mattered the most. </div>
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my marriage, my child, my relationship with God.</div>
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the rest just fell away.</div>
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i hid.</div>
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as i look back on my life, i have been chasing light.</div>
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it's light that comes with darkness that really has captivated my soul.</div>
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it demands my attention.</div>
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the sun breaking through fog.</div>
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the stars and the milky way on a moonless night.</div>
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the lightening during storms.</div>
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and the light after storms.</div>
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but i have come to realize that the light in me, the light of God, is the only light </div>
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and maybe what others need as well.</div>
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we have all been in a place of darkness, but if you let God in</div>
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and replace that darkness with His light,</div>
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you will shine.</div>
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you will become beautiful, captivating to others around you. </div>
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and they will wonder what it is that you have.</div>
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they will want it as well.</div>
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and you can tell them.</div>
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this is what i have been working on lately.</div>
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i have packed most of my art supplies away but had to keep out my clay.</div>
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i call her oralee. it means my light.</div>
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or more specificity lord is my light. </div>
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i can't wait to finish her.</div>
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i came across the <a href="http://www.dayspring.com/in_courage/everlasting_light/" target="_blank">'everlasting light' line by dayspring.</a> </div>
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each piece spoke to me, but i love the bracelet. it's something that i could wear</div>
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each and everyday to remind me. that i have a light to shine.</div>
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and please go <a href="http://www.incourage.me/2014/11/an-everlasting-light-for-our-every-day-and-a-link-up.html">here</a> to read more about being a light.<br />
such encouragement.<br />
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ephesians 5:8</div>
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for you were once darkness, but know you are the light in the Lord.</div>
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live as children of the light</div>
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this is what i have been up to for the last year.</div>
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(you can read a little background about it on my last post.) </div>
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as a daughter of a carpenter and a student of architecture and interior design,</div>
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i thought i was well prepared.</div>
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i was ready and i knew what to expect. </div>
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but as i look back i realized that what really has prepared me for</div>
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this adventure, for building our home, is being married to a farmer.</div>
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for the last 14 years i have watched him deal with breakdowns, set backs,</div>
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drought and floods. crop prices crashing and wondering if we were going </div>
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to be able to farm the next year. wondering if he will be able to continue the work he enjoys and that which God has made him for.</div>
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and after being worn down dealing with all that, harvest time comes.</div>
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he can see the fruits of his labor. </div>
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but it's not enough to just sow the crops, water and nurture them. he has to have the strength to bring them in.</div>
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harvest time if the busiest time of the year. it is made up of crazy hours, sacrifices, and faith.</div>
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we have seen God bless his work. sometimes just enough to continue to farm the next year. sometimes it is a feast.</div>
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but one thing i have never seen him do is throw in the towel. give up. never saying that it's not worth it.</div>
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this is embarrassing for my to say but through this adventure, i realized that i give up too easily.</div>
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if something is harder that i first thought, i stop. if it's taking too long, i give up. if it isn't working out like i thought it should, i throw in the towel. it's not worth the stress, the sacrifices, the hard work to see, whatever it is, to the end. i not bring in the harvest of my work. i had believed the lie that whatever God's will was for me, that it would be easy.</div>
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i cannot begin to tell you how many times i was ready to give up on this home. the schedule just went haywire. we have had many sacrifices, setbacks, emotions that ran wild.</div>
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we were beginning to wonder if we misunderstood God. maybe this wasn't his will for us. but we keep hearing... keep going.</div>
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i believe that it is not a coincidence that our home's final stage is starting just as harvest is starting.</div>
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not a coincidence at all. we are exhausted. both mentally and physically. but we can't stop now. we have to see it to the end.</div>
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so may i offer up a little prayer. that we will turn to God to give us strength to bring in our harvest. whatever that may look like for you. that will we not give up. that we will be blessed by seeing it through to the end. then the celebration can begin.</div>
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<strong>Galatians 6:9</strong> <em>And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.</em></div>
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after 20 plus years of dreaming.</div>
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an planning.</div>
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and hoping.</div>
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and tearing out magazine pages and <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/alissam/boards/" target="_blank">pinning </a></div>
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to my heart's content.</div>
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it has finally happened.</div>
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we are building a home.</div>
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you see, my dad is a contractor.</div>
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i grew up watching homes, watching dreams being built.</div>
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i went to college to study architectural drafting and interior design.</div>
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i had hoped that someday i could have my dad build me a home.</div>
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mr. farmer joined me in that dream 10 years ago.</div>
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after praying for years,</div>
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and having our dreams stopped 3 times,</div>
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God has said 'now'.</div>
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i am not a patient person. </div>
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i wanted it done 10 years ago.</div>
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but i believe that everything happens for a reason.</div>
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even the timing.</div>
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especially the timing.</div>
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we may never know why it has taken so long to finally happen.</div>
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but i trust God.</div>
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trust that He has his hands in this dream. </div>
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the photos are a few of the many i have found on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/alissam/boards/" target="_blank">pinterest</a> to inspire our new home.</div>
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i am trying to blend all of our tastes.</div>
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so it will be a </div>
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rustic, bohemian farmhouse.</div>
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think wooden beams, exposed brick, barn doors, galvanized barn lighting and reclaimed lumber. </div>
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we will have 17 acres to roam.</div>
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to explore.</div>
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to discover. </div>
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so thank you Lord for giving me this dream to begin with.</div>
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thank you for saying 'yes'</div>
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thank you to my dad and my brother for joining us.</div>
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and thank you to mr. farmer's cousin for also joining us.</div>
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i'm not sure why i give up on my blog.</div>
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maybe it is because i am not a writer.</div>
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even if no one reads...</div>
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the last few months have been hard.</div>
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coming face to face with myself. the ugly side.</div>
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the dark inky holes in my heart.</div>
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i have some seriously high expectations of myself. voices and lies of what my life should look like. what kind of person i should be. how our home should look like. i have carried heavy burdens around for so long that i forgot what it felt like to be myself. i didn't like who i had become.</div>
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a couple of weeks ago i finally let go of my luggage. those rocks that had kept me from moving, from changing, from becoming who He had made me to be.</div>
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because i couldn't forgive.</div>
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myself. </div>
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those ugly, dark, nothingness to God.</div>
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it is amazing. the kind of lightness that comes from releasing your burdens.</div>
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from opening your heart...showing those dark, ugly, inky holes. </div>
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the change that only God can do.</div>
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taking those things that we don't like about ourselves</div>
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~a day to just veg out.</div>
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~harvest almost coming to an end</div>
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~my life 'art'</div>
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a story about my husband,</div>
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me,</div>
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our daughter,</div>
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i found <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/195273333814570571/" target="_blank">this recipe</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/alissam/" target="_blank">pinterest</a>.</div>
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this recipe was easy peasy.</div>
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plus wasn't a bad addition to potato soup!</div>
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today i am thankful for-</div>
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~my daughter's sense of humor. she can make me laugh so hard that i have tears running down my checks</div>
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~herbs and spices</div>
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~laughter with my husband</div>
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~rest</div>
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i truly appreciate all of you!</div>
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of my paintings here and</div>
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i then started to add some vintage papers...</div>
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i love using vintage wallpaper, music sheets, dictionary pages, etc.</div>
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hope everyone has a great weekend!</div>
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what a great time we had!</div>
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and we made signs with words that mean something to us.</div>
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it was an assignment of our <a href="http://bravegirlsclub.com/" target="_blank">brave girls club</a> art class.</div>
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this was emma's sign.</div>
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'live'</div>
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she papered, painted, doodled to her hearts content.</div>
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it now sits on her window seal.</div>
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'let your light shine'</div>
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sits in my studio...</div>
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a reminder of why i do what i do.</div>
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we are going to sit down.</div>
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my daughter and i.</div>
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with a calendar to schedule more art dates.</div>
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our goal is once a month.</div>
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more if possible.</div>
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and ohhhh do we look forward to it!</div>
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linking up to <a href="http://studiojru.com/2013/01/25/this-week-in-the-studio-creative-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank">studio jru sneak peek friday</a>.</div>
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are you creative?</div>
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i'm sure you are!</div>
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in your home, in your kitchen, with your kids or with a craft or art.</div>
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today i am thankful for</div>
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~creating with my daughter</div>
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~inspiration from everywhere and everyone</div>
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~finding a friend who has the same tastes i do</div>
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~my treadmill</div>
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~an upcoming art retreat</div>
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have you heard that song?</div>
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'joshua fought the battle of jericho, jericho,</div>
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jericho.</div>
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joshua fought the battle of jericho,</div>
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and the walls came tumbling down.'</div>
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i have or rather had very high,</div>
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but because of things that i have done,</div>
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things that have been said and done to me,</div>
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i built walls.</div>
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~new friends</div>
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~being able to be patient enough to talk a kitten down a tree</div>
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we had the flu in our home.</div>
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do you have a word for the new year?</div>
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last year was my first.</div>
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soar.</div>
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and boy was that right!</div>
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my art...</div>
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our marriage...</div>
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it was one wild ride!</div>
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this year,</div>
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it is a more quiet word.</div>
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more grounded.</div>
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home.</div>
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it means many things to me.</div>
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home is our family.</div>
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to spend more time doing things together,</div>
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praying together,</div>
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last weekend, mr farmer and i were able to get-away.</div>
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it was for our 12th anniversary.</div>
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it ended up being full of artsy inspiration.</div>
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we went to sioux falls, south dakota.</div>
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kinda town.</div>
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the architecture.</div>
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these are some of my favorites that we saw.</div>
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part 2.</div>
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i have heard that there are those who have quiet time with </div>
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the Lord</div>
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in the wee hours before the sun comes up.</div>
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before the rest of their family is up.</div>
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with a cup</div>
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of coffee.</div>
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outside.</div>
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walking.</div>
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hiking.</div>
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running.</div>
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just waiting to hear His voice on the breeze.</div>
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not me.</div>
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nope.</div>
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for some reason</div>
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i end up having quiet time with God</div>
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in the shower.</div>
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it is when i am the most</div>
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i am totally alone.</div>
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with sound of the water</div>
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rushing.</div>
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as the warm hot water is running down my neck</div>
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my heartache is let loose.</div>
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it is there that He fills up </div>
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left by the pain.</div>
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disappointment.</div>
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and failures.</div>
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grace.</div>
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not one human.</div>
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Only Him.</div>
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'leave it all behind'</div>
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that rug.</div>
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up above.</div>
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was made by my beautiful friend.</div>
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in His loving arms...</div>
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have a wonderful day.</div>
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what i am thankful for today</div>
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~my daughter back in school after 5 days of the flu</div>
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~a day spent in my studio</div>
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~prayers and encouragement from strangers</div>
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~a well worn, warm sweater</div>
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~God filling those empty spaces</div>
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summer is over </div>
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and harvest is in.</div>
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three weeks ago i started an <a href="http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/p/workshops.html" target="_blank">art journaling class</a> from</div>
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learning to take where we are and seeing the beauty in our mess.</div>
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life is not easy.</div>
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no it's not.</div>
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we all have trials and struggles.</div>
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disappointments and pain.</div>
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i tend to clam up.</div>
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not to share where i am.</div>
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to hide from reality.</div>
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and from those who truly love me.</div>
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i don't want them to see my pain.</div>
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my weaknesses.</div>
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my sin.</div>
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i think that i can get through it alone.</div>
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that i alone, must work harder to overcome.</div>
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then i read <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/10/how-to-live-blog-write/" target="_blank">this post</a> from ann voskamp...</div>
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she writes...'the word God wastes nothing and He heals</div>
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two broken hearts with one story-the reader and the writer.</div>
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then this morning i read <a href="http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/practicingopen.html" target="_blank">this post</a> by junelle jacobsen...</div>
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she writes...'So, I am moving when God moves. I am under His watch and care. <i> I am held.
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the groanings of my heart and He loves to wipe the tears from my eyes. He is my
first love, my real and lasting love. And I don't have to do this life alone.'</div>
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God has been working on me and in me to share.</div>
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my story.</div>
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not the details, but the struggles,</div>
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the pain,</div>
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but also the hope i have in Him.</div>
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earlier this year i prayed that my art would be real.</div>
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more honest.</div>
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full of hope and encouragement.</div>
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little did i know that He would give me more struggles.</div>
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more pain.</div>
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more disappointments.</div>
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and keep me there.</div>
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to use in my art.</div>
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so that through my life, my art would be more alive.</div>
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so i want to live more intentionally.</div>
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more authentically.</div>
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to trust Him.</div>
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to give of myself.</div>
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to help heal.</div>
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not just my heart.</div>
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but someone else's heart as well.</div>
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not only in real life but here on my blog as well.</div>
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i hope you will join me.</div>
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not only as i share my journey,</div>
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but yours as well.</div>
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in His loving name...</div>
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this summer has been so busy!</div>
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i completely forgot about the party </div>
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that <a href="http://www.mydesertcottage.com/2012/07/where-bloggers-create-2012.html" target="_blank">karen at my desert cottage</a></div>
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was hosting! </div>
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*blushing*</div>
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we have company coming in under an hour so</div>
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i am going to guide you to my post i did</div>
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when i finished my studio.</div>
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i really wanted to do another post with more pictures</div>
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but i just don't have the time.</div>
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so without further babbling from me,</div>
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you can go <a href="http://farmerswifequietlife.blogspot.com/2012/06/studio-is-finishedfinally.html" target="_blank">here</a> to see my finished studio.</div>
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have a great day!</div>
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to celebrate my grandma's birthday and</div>
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this ranch is where my dad was born and raised.</div>
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my grandpa was born and raised.</div>
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and my great-grandpa as well.</div>
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it was where my great-great-grandpa homesteaded,</div>
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roughly about 150 years ago.</div>
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i would go for a week during the summer</div>
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it was during hay season.</div>
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i didn't help out in the hay fields.</div>
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i remember helping grandma though,</div>
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getting watermelon and water</div>
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to take to my grandpa, uncles, and cousins</div>
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who were lucky enough to help.</div>
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staying inside until emma has her softball game tonight.</div>
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why are the curtains all closed?</div>
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it is going to be 10 degrees hotter.</div>
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yes, it is going to be 103 out.</div>
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~ curtains to keep out the heat</div>
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here they are all finished and distressed</div>
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and glazed.</div>
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i just love sitting here in the morning having breakfast,</div>
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at night while on the computer.</div>
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it has been a new favorite place.</div>
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maybe,</div>
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because it is one of the few places that is actually finished!</div>
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and cleaned...</div>
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i was also able to finish this piece of art.<br />
i found the butterflies on pinterest <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/195273333813207226/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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i think it fits in nicely with the color of the church pew</div>
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i have been reading 'one thousand gifts'</div>
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~ being able to open the windows the last few nights</div>
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(unheard of this time of year in nebraska)</div>
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~ a body that allows me to run and walk</div>
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~ lower then normal humidity</div>
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~ projects finished</div>
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~ water sprinklers and pivots</div>
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i am linking to</div>
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<a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/06/thrift-store-make-over-linky-party.html" target="_blank">thrift store make-over at jen rizzo</a></div>
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one thing that i have really enjoyed</div>
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while i do enjoy having friends over for coffee,</div>
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the visitors i am talking about is</div>
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there have been our share of the bad types.</div>
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skunks.</div>
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snakes...in our basement. yuck.</div>
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black widow spiders.</div>
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100's of holes they have dug.</div>
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not real easy getting rid of them.</div>
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here are some of our favorites.</div>
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this 'ant' is about 1 inch long.</div>
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a robin nesting in our cherry tree</div>
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young raccoons in our cherry tree.</div>
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can you see them?</div>
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rabbits that have their young in my flower gardens</div>
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the top two we saw just last week.</div>
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my studio took much longer to finish then i thought.</div>
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i wanted to create instead of putting things away.</div>
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in their proper place.</div>
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but since this place is so much smaller than </div>
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i have to say that this has become my favorite room in the house.</div>
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where i go if i am in a bad mood or if i am having a bad day.</div>
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a sanctuary.</div>
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my daughter even has enjoyed this room.</div>
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there is actually room for her to create right beside me.</div>
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welcome!</div>
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my studio is right off the kitchen.</div>
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the door is only a couple of inches bigger then 2 foot.</div>
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so instead of hanging a door, i though the best way to close it off from the rest of the house</div>
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i hung a curtain. a vintage barkcloth curtain.</div>
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a wall just for artwork and vintage items.</div>
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now off to create, without wondering where something is!</div>
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have a great weekend everyone!</div>
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i'm linking to <a href="http://studiojru.com/2012/06/15/studio-sneak-peek-you-make-me-smile-art-print/" target="_blank">in the studio-sneak peek friday</a></div>
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and to <a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/06/my-favorite-project-linky-party.html" target="_blank">jen rizzo- my favorite project</a></div>
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and to <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2012/06/sticks-branches-and-twigs-for-sns-139.html" target="_blank">funky junk interiors</a> </div>
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i have always loved yellow.</div>
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from sunflowers,</div>
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here are some of my favorite yellow touches.</div>
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i painted this buffet that belonged to my great grandparents.</div>
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a chair that my daughter found at a garage sale</div>
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a couple of years ago for $2.00.</div>
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she just recently decided that she doesn't like yellow anymore.</div>
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it now sets by our east window.</div>
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love how the morning light makes it glow.</div>
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here is the first punch of yellow i added.</div>
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just covered an old lamp shade with burlap.</div>
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in their world.</div>alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386722568017583671noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730288791253963723.post-54465284231738366302012-03-09T08:12:00.001-06:002012-03-10T08:06:15.362-06:00studio progress and a surprise<div style="text-align: center;">
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we have been on spring break here...</div>
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and have been enjoying the nice weather.</div>
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i have been working on moving my studio</div>
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i am almost done. </div>
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it has been quite a chore,</div>
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but i am loving my own space.</div>
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my old studio was located in the added on porch.</div>
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where everyone walked in to our home.</div>
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it was cold and drafty due to the leaking windows and doors.</div>
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we will be fixing that but first i had to move out.</div>
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i received this buffet from my mom.</div>
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it belonged to my dad's grandparents. </div>
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i loved it but wanted to update it abit.</div>
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gave it a couple of coats of paint,</div>
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then added some new knobs from hobby lobby.</div>
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this yellow has a wonderful glow to it.</div>
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a ray of sunshine, just so bright and warm.</div>
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my <a href="http://farmerswifequietlife.blogspot.com/2012/02/trying-again.html">santos doll 'raine'</a> was featured in the newest issue</div>
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hello fellow creative, artsy people!</div>
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*waves*</div>
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thank you for visiting!</div>
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i have been busy making some new angel santos dolls.</div>
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this is a new avenue for me. </div>
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(you can read about it <a href="http://farmerswifequietlife.blogspot.com/2012/02/trying-again.html">here</a>)</div>
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alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03386722568017583671noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730288791253963723.post-3952974820870190392012-02-29T07:10:00.000-06:002012-02-29T07:10:32.671-06:00our unusual february thunderstorm<div align="center">
here in nebraska we are use to thunderstorms.</div>
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you know...</div>
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hail,</div>
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strong winds,</div>
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rain,</div>
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and tornadoes.</div>
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however...</div>
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NOT in february.</div>
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usually these type of storms don't happen until</div>
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summer.</div>
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this is what we experienced yesterday.</div>
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this is hail...not snow.</div>
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a second storm coming...</div>
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it went just south of us. but i got a call from my mom</div>
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saying it was hailing there again.</div>
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this storm produced the first tornado ever in february.</div>
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it happened maybe 50 miles from here.</div>
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we did have a little snow during the night.</div>
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as we say in nebraska...</div>
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if you don't like the weather,</div>
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wait a few hours.</div>
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