“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:

I have an instagram confession to make.  I follow lots of doxie pages. I just can’t help myself!  They are just too funny and I love the breed.  I’m sure you’ve seen our Ollie make his appearance around the blog.

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I came across this quote this week by C.S. Lewis.

“To love you as I should, I must worship God as Creator.

When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. In so far as I learn to love my earthly dearest at the expense of God and instead of God, I shall be moving towards the state in which I shall not love my earthly dearest at all. When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.”

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I saw a trailer for a new movie coming out called The Hundred-Foot Journey starring Helen Mirren.  Because I am one of those people who needs likes to read the book first, I picked it up at the library yesterday.  It is now added to my never ending growing stack of books to enjoy.  (I really know nothing about the movie or the book, so if you happen to see or read it based on this mention, and you hate it, I’m sorry. lol)

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We now have a Free for You page.  You can find all our past free downloads and printables.   Enjoy!

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What we are eating next week:

• Saturday Buffalo Chicken Salad, biscuits
  
• Sunday Dinner at a friend’s house.
  
• Monday Spaghetti, meat sauce, rolls, broccoli
  
• Tuesday Sloppy joes, zesty fries, mixed vegetables
  
• Wednesday Pizza, cut up vegetables
• Thursday Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots
  
• Friday Homemade chicken noodle soup, rolls, salad
  

Baking this weekend: chocolate chip cookies

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