”How fun!”  I find myself exclaiming this many times throughout the week.  Here are just a few things that touched me or made me smile:

In case you missed it, here is the recipe for Cranberry Blissfully Happy bars.

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The winner of the 5×7 framed print is Deborah L. !  Congratulations!  Our youngest daughter picked a number between 1-40 (40 being the number of subscribers.)  J. picked 14 for Valentine’s Day.  Deborah was the 14th subscriber to the newsletter!   I sent you an e-mail.

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We opened our Etsy store this week.  How fun is that?

New stock will be added as it becomes available.

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In honor of Valentine’s Day, my husband and I have a few freebies to share with you!  Some of these appeared on my facebook page this week, but I know that not everyone is on facebook or sees everything we post.

Free calendar to download.  Created by my husband with photos that I’ve taken for Beauty Observed.

Holy, Holy, Holy and Praise to the Lord are mp3 files preformed and recorded by my husband, Ed Nicholson. We both love hymns.

Stream the files here, or right-click the links to download them to your computer or mp3 player.

Praise To The Lord
(right-click the link to download)

Holy, Holy, Holy
(right-click the link to download)

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What we are eating next week:

• Saturday Slow cooker chipotle chicken soup
  
• Sunday  Houligan, cranberry pie
  
• Monday Spaghetti with meat sauce, broccoli
  
• Tuesday  Sloppy Joes, Fries, mixed vegetables
• Wednesday Pizza, spinach salad (Do you see a pattern?)
• Thursday Beef Burritos, pinto beans, rice
  
• Friday Potato corn chowder
  

Baking this weekend: Sugar cookies

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Spread a little Light this week!  Share this above meme on your favorite social media site, or email it to a friend.

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Link-up anything that is lovely, excellent, or praiseworthy.  Share a wonderful piece of writing, a DIY project, a recipe, or anything else that strikes your fancy!

Thanks so much for participating! I appreciate links back to Beauty Observed. Either a text link in your post, or feel free to use my button. Please visit some of the other links and pass them along to your friends. Let’s spread loveliness everywhere!

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Have a great weekend!  Remember Philippians 4:8.  “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

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