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    AC on the FRITZ!

    Just a note to let you know that I am going to be OFFLINE for a couple of days. (What will I DO?!?!) I’m in Florida and my A/C power cord for my laptop just COMPLETELY DIED. I have like 22 minutes of battery power left–and I’m kind of freaking out about it. I didn’t even bring a book to read!?! That I’m freaking out is not a good sign, eh? Maybe I’m “hooked” to my email/blog “connectedness” just a LITTLE TOO MUCH. Anyway … not for long.  I have all day today and 5 hours of flights tomorrow to find something else to do with my time. Blergh. I…

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    DVDs are here!!

    Oh my STARS! Big ol’ boxes were just delivered to my back door … my DVD series is actually HERE! Living the Gospel in Relationships I’m a little freaked out. Feeling very vulnerable. (I think I feel like, “Why in the WORLD do I even TRY to do stuff like this!?! There are like a ZILLION people who teach this material better than me. I can’t believe I let myself be VIDEOTAPED. Eek!” etc. etc. But then I just say, “Oh well! All we can do is our best. Let it go, Tara. And just do the next thing.”) ANYWAY … if I can get packed for Florida (Hi Florida!)…

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    Infomercial Time!

    OK. Seriously. I would do an INFOMERCIAL for this thing if I were asked … Do you guys know about THE FURMINATOR??? Because OH MY STARS!!! It is just the most amazing dog-hair-removal-thingy-EVER!! My dear friend Nancy L. (also a GOLDEN LOVER!! Hi Sadie!!) told me about it and I immediately ordered one off of Amazon. MONEY WELL SPENT!!! We didn’t even think that Lilikoi was all that hairy! (Her coat is much “thinner”/ligher than our Choza’s.) But check out the hair that THE FURMINATOR removed in (no kidding!) MINUTES: I just can’t even IMAGINE how much LESS HAIR there will now be on our living room pillows (that occasionally…

  • Grace in Daily Life

    Legacy

    A good read over at Pastor JollyBlogger. (Sounds like Mr. Mann and my “Grandpa Bernie” would be buds, doesn’t it?) Grace grace grace! And the legacy of a life well lived. Thanks, Pastor JollyBlogger!  (And thank You, God, for men like Mr. Mann. Please comfort his family as they grieve their loss.) Yours, Tara B.  

  • Relationships & Peacemaking

    Put their struggle in the context of your struggle …

    Fred was praying for me the other night and he prayed that, in particular, I would have a merciful heart toward a certain person who treats me very badly. As he prayed, I was stuck by how easy it was for me to have a hard heart toward this person. I think, “She is just SO proud! She sneers at me and judges me and obviously thinks I’m stupid / boring / ugly / worthy only of rejection.” And then, somehow, I give myself “permission” to, well, NOT LIKE HER. Or–if I’m feeling particularly “Christian”–to “love her” but PULL BACK FROM HER and keep her at arm’s length. When Fred…

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    Easy to Read …

    Much to do today (hooray! no fever!) … But I did a little blog to blog walk and found this convicting read over at “Christ is deeper still.” There, a pastor writes: “My dad died this year. I think about him a lot. I drew strength from his love. I miss him. As a kid growing up, I didn’t need an alarm clock most mornings. I woke up to the sound of my dad, down the hallway, singing in the shower. Every morning he sang heartily, cheerfully, with zero irritation to me, this hymn: When morning gilds the skies My heart awaking cries May Jesus Christ be praised Alike at…

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    Just had our very first sale!!

    OK. OK. I just found out that I have to stop entertaining the “what if we never even sell ONE copy of this silly ol’ DVD Series“ thoughts because one GROOVY hubby just bought a copy for his GROOVY wifey and we just had our first official sale!! Oh, oh, oh! How I pray that women will be ENCOURAGED through this project. How I pray that Christ will be lifted UP!   Happily and hopefully, Tara B.