Welcome to our blog site for our student ministries small group! Wow – we really need a group name so we can actually give this blog a real name! Put your suggestions for a name below, and that’s something we can discuss at the end of our next small group meeting – see our countdown […]
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I haven’t done one of my board game reviews in awhile, so I thought I’d write about a little treasure we found at the Goodwill tonight and actually had time to play – Totally 80’s Trivial Pursuit. Since my husband and I were both children in the 80’s, we thought we’d enjoy this version of
It’s time for me to officially make my presence known on Facebook. If you watch the awesome NBC comedy “The Office”, then you’ll understand the reference in the title of this blog post involving a creative Halloween costume worn by Jim Halpert, a character on my favorite show – it was hilarious! But back to
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My husband and I have been enjoying this snack lately, and it’s healthy and easy to make. You’ll need: Apples – Type is up to you – we think Granny Smith tastes best for this. I also tried it with Gala apples which are good, but I don’t recommend softer varieties like Red Delicious. Peanut
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Have you ever heard of the Dutch artist M.C. Escher? His famous works depicted impossible realities, often based upon mathematical and spatial challenges. Case in point, one of Escher’s most famous works, titled Relativity: Let me guess, even if you’ve never heard of M.C. Escher, you’ve seen the above picture, right? But have you ever
There’s a celebrity in Britian named James May who has a show on the BBC called “Toy Stories”. Each episode centers around adventures he has with one of Britian’s best loved toys. For the episode about Legos (to be aired in the spring), he had a life-size Lego house built in which he lived for
Probably a year ago now, I received one of those email forwards about getting to know your friends. You know the type – you read your friends’ answers to some strange and random questions and then you answer them, getting to know more about your friends and yourself. One of the questions was something about
It’s time for the CMAs, and I’m making just a quick little post to share my guesses – we’ll see how I do at the end of the night. I know, I know I whined and cried about missing the show this year, but my family came down with H1N1 and we’re under a self-imposed
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It’s official – there is a flu wreaking havoc in our house. I don’t know if it’s H1N1, but all the signs are there. Our middle-schooler came down with it Friday night, and she’s been in bed ever since. She had to miss a birthday party and church this weekend, and she won’t be going
Our 3-year-old Disney is really good at puzzles. Last night, she tried her first 63-piece puzzle, but she didn’t quite finish it: She got a pretty good start – that puzzle is particularly difficult. We were all enjoying a wonderfully peaceful evening since our little 5-year-old instigator had her first sleepover at a friend’s house.
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