The Conquest - A Mini-Movie

Here it is, folks! Through the miracle of scheduled posting, I can broadcast this video automatically. By the time you watch the movie, we’ll be exploring the Creation Museum with Aunt Frances!
What is Aunt Frances doing with us? Well, that’s a long story for another time. For now, just [...]

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Communication

I walked in through the back door and into the kitchen one morning, heading straight for my blue cup and the faucet - I had just returned from my morning jog, and I was thirsty!
“Good morning Kasie!” Joe called from the dining room, followed by a chorus of ‘good mornings!’ from my other nieces and [...]

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For Laughs

We had driven past a nearby garbage disposal in TN (one which we’ll be frequenting in our new home), when we saw this;
We couldn’t believe it was real! “Yep,” we said, “We’re definitely in Tennessee.”
-Kasie
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“The Land Tells a Story”

There are many things that make me smile. Little things, big things. Mostly it is when somebody says something so out of the ordinary.
We were just about to leave our property in TN, after a meeting with a contractor, when a rusty blue pick-up truck chugged up and parked. A battered hat poked out [...]

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Jane Austen Quotables

Have you ever been in a position where you find yourself in need of a suitable response during conversation? On the search for clever, silly, or perhaps somewhat unusual replies, look no further. Jane Austen is your solution. Well-known for her witty novels, she has a wealth of superb utterances from which to draw. [...]

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Eureka!

I found it! No longer do we need to “hem and haw” over colors and style…
I found the PERFECT house!

Ahh… I enjoy a nice pipe dream now and then!
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Aww!

I leaned against the kitchen counter, my breathing laborious, and my face (as Joe informed me) “ALL RED!” I took a sip of warm water to sooth my icy throat. I had just come back from a 20 minute jog and walk interval, the first one in many weeks. I need not mention that it [...]

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A Silly Picture

Reading an ‘I Spy’ book together
Yes, I’m in this picture…somewhere… I guess we all like ‘I Spy’ books! It sure was one crowded couch, that’s for sure.
Just thought it was cute!
-Kasie
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Inconceivable!

It is totally, absolutely, and in any other way possible inconceivable that the Willi would watch Princess Bride again!
Yep. That’s what we did! We were just watching the Princess Bride the other night with some of Jason and Karlyn’s friends, and it just cracked me up for the umpteenth time! That movie has a near [...]

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Of Potatoes, Onions, and Sleep Talking

I was preparing dinner one evening, - boiling a pot of potatoes to be exact - when Kerrianne came over and peered over the stove to see what I was up to.
“Oh look!” she cried excitedly “Onions!”
“No Kerrianne,” I corrected her, “Those are potatoes.” I couldn’t let her grow up ignorant concerning the difference [...]

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