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Rodents Underground

July 23, 2012 by Amelia

*Congratulations to Roseanna W who won last week’s give away! 50% of the purchase price from Inspired Novelties will continue to go to the Manasseh Project through the end of July! photo courtesy of cliodna, sxc.hu These groundhogs are like a B-rated movie that Hollywood keeps making sequels for. “The rodents are back. With vengeance.” […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: faith, garden, gardening, sin

Rodent in the Trunk

July 16, 2012 by Amelia

In case you missed the first 2 installments, check out Rodent in the Garden and Rodent in the Trap. The day of reckoning had arrived for the furry little brown groundhog caught in my live trap. I grabbed my green gardening gloves and headed out to collect my capture. Even though some intelligent trap-engineer had […]

Filed Under: faith in action, Family, summer Tagged With: garden, gardening, kids, pest control, rodents, sin

Rodent in the Trap

July 13, 2012 by Amelia

A couple days ago, I picked two zucchini from my garden that bore giant teeth-munch marks. The rodent had obviously returned. Greedy little monster apparently extended his buffet of green beans to include zucchini. Of course, this time the hubby was gone all week on a business trip. So I texted him a picture of […]

Filed Under: Funnies, Story Girl, summer Tagged With: funny, garden, gardening, groundhog, pests, rodents

Rodent in the Garden

July 11, 2012 by Amelia

Something had been eating my green bean plants. I marched up and down two rows of plants following a trail of teeth marks. Some brand of rodent had gotten his fill and then raced off to bed with a belly full of my garden. “GAH!” I shouted as I stomped back into the house. “So […]

Filed Under: Family, Little Miss Sunshine, Story Girl, T-Rex, The Narrator Tagged With: anxiety, fear, funny, garden, gardening, kids, pest control, summer, worry

Are you taking care of your spiritual garden?

July 9, 2012 by Amelia

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Genesis 2:15, NIV Further Reading: Genesis 2:8-25   I love spending time in my garden. Every day, I take a walk through the rows of plants, inspecting, watering, pulling a few weeds, and […]

Filed Under: faith in action, summer Tagged With: devotional, gardening, meditation, spiritual growth, summer

89 days of summer

June 13, 2011 by Amelia

Summer has new meaning this year. 89 days. 89 days of (hopefully) warm weather (you never know here in Michigan!) 89 days before both kids are in school. 89 days of fun, fun, fun. 89 days of keeping kids out of each other’s hair…and mine. My summer writing will be focused elsewhere (when I have […]

Filed Under: motherhood Tagged With: community, family, flowers, gardening, lake, motherhood, parenting, relaxing, summer

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