Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 8

What a day. I got up feeling better than yesterday. We watched our church service streaming online, (which was so nice.) Now, I’m back to running a temp now and coughing quite a bit, again. I think I have tracked how I was exposed to this virus. I have 5 other family members now showing signs. Today, I started a…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 7

My husband came home from Minneapolis a week ago, today. By this point, I had purchased our groceries and was buckling my seat for what I thought the week might bring. I can’t believe it has been a week. We’ve taken classes, played games, and eaten almost every meal together around our table. My younger children have suntans from the…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 6

      We’ve spent much of our day cleaning in the yard again. We have pressure washed a good bit of the house. We are working to clear trees that have fallen following a season of lots of rain and storms.     We planted an entire bed of zinnias and sunflowers. (I’m super-excited about these!) I took photos…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 5

Today’s menu: Breakfast- Grits and a mandarin orange (thankful for fresh fruit in the house!) Lunch- Leftover fajitas (These turned out pretty great! I wasn’t sure since they already had sour cream on them.) Dinner– Taco Salad (I’m trying to use up the salad greens we have in the fridge. This was a pretty great way to make good use…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 4

I had a friend use the phrase, “makeover your leftovers”. That is a good motto for what we are doing in our home, too. Today’s meals: Breakfast- Bran Muffins from the freezer with Little Smokies we found from Christmas, (also in the freezer) Lunch- Chili Mac and saltines (the chili I made yesterday cooked with elbow macaroni from the pantry)…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 3

Day 3- No symptoms. We are still hearing stories. We haven’t had to go to the store. I see some folks finding what they need at local stores, and some are leaving empty-handed. Our meals today have been good. I think we are enjoying family time around our table together. I made broth from my last rotisserie chicken. The chicken…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 2

And here we are…a day in. The world seems to be on edge. The news is full of heart-breaking stories, BUT GOD. “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:11 Today, we started trying to create some type of…

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Corona Virus- Quarantine, Day 1

If you had told me a week ago that I would be writing about being quarantined in my home, it would have sounded like a work of fiction. Paul was in Minneapolis when we started seeing this virus taking its grip on our country. As a result of sporting events across the nation being cancelled, his company’s entire fleet of…

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Something Really Big is Happening!

Tracy / February 6, 2020

When we purchased this house, we knew it would be a work in progress, but it gave our growing family lots of space. It has provided us a place to host friends and gatherings, to love on those who feel a little broken, and to watch little ones learn to love trees and butterflies and mud. 🙂 We have made…

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Staring Straight at the End of January…

Tracy / January 27, 2020

How is it this month is passing by so quickly? Time has a way of doing that, I think.  The older I grow, the faster time passes. I was strongly encouraged by a friend, at the end of last year, to begin this year with a month of prayer, and that is exactly what I have done. I do pray,…

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2020 Purposes

Tracy / January 10, 2020

I sort of hate the word “resolutions”. I’m not sure why, exactly. I think maybe it’s the implication of things I may not finish. I mean, how many of us make resolutions at the beginning of the year to complete some task, only to make it the end of the year disappointed with ourselves because life happened, and we just…

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I’m Here.

Tracy / January 9, 2020

It’s been so long. Some days, I think I will stop keeping this little space on the web. Others, I feel as if I have words spilling out- things that are happening, or I want to share. I shared with my children this morning how odd it is to see the calendar saying we are now 9 days into this…

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