tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54985373137209671182024-03-06T00:02:54.144-06:00PINK-it's so much more than just a color!I'm just an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life...making the best of what God has given me and looking forward to tomorrow!Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-90279955459316466762011-11-16T19:33:00.001-06:002011-11-16T21:44:14.524-06:00It's a battle that I prayed I would never have to fight....againWhew! Where do I even start? I am sure that no one really even reads my blog, it is just for me. I have been asked by my Pastor to start keeping a journal, so I figure I will just keep it here.<br />
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If you read my blog...back in the day when I actually posted here....you may remember that I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was just 34 years old. I fought an beat that cancer hands down! Little did I know at the time that I would have to face it again. I entered into my 2nd occurrence just two years after finishing treatment the first time. The second battle was much harder. I not only had to fight the cancer, but I also had to fight the insurance company for any treatment that was not the "norm". And since the traditional form of treatment had not been successful, I had to look out of the norm and try to beat the cancer. I took a LONG time...fought for almost two years. But I did fight it, and I did win the battle!<br />
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I was so very excited when I was finally told that there was NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE. I cried for days, but this time the tears did not flow out of sadness, but out of TOTAL joy! I went to my follow-up appointments, ran all the tests that had to be ran on a normal bases and rejoiced every time that the scans and blood work showed that I was still cancer free. I thought, I can do! I can make it to the five year mark and celebrate!<br />
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That was until March of 2011. I went for the usual PetScan, blood work, etc....and I waited....and I waited....and....I waited. I knew that the waiting was not a good sign. I had always heard within a day or two the results. It was going on a week and a half and still now news. Fear set in and it set in fast! I called my prayer warriors and prayer began!<br />
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Two weeks to the day of having the test ran, I got the call....you know the one. The one where the nurse says "Ms. Galbraith, Dr. So-an-So would like you to come in to discuss your test results". My heart sank! I knew what that meant...or so I thought. I was so not ready to hear what I was told.<br />
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The nurse sat me down, offered me a bottle of water (that has NEVER happened) and said the Dr. would be right in, would I like her to stay with me. Would I like her to stay with me? Really? Why? Never had I been asked that. Oh my! Talk about shaking in your shoes!! I began to sweat, my hands began to shake, and I just knew that I was gonna throw up. It seemed like HOURS till the Dr. came in, but when he did, I could tell on his face that the cancer was back.<br />
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He sat down and went over all the results. He showed me the films from the PetScan...but this time, it was not breast images he was showing me. I was not even sure what the image was at first. Then he said it...I had Stage 3, secondary breast cancer to the right lung and liver....what? what did you just say? Lung? Liver? What?<br />
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I bawled! My shirt was soaked from the tears flowing down my face. This was not part of the plan. I was suppose to hear no evidence of disease. Not lung cancer....Not stage 3. I was not a smoker, (OK, I smoked a little in high school, and the first couple of years after graduation, but it was only casually. Only when out with friends, like maybe 4 times a month, and even then, it was just one smoke.... How on earth did I have lung cancer! yes, I know, it is "secondary breast cancer"...whatever! It is cancer, and it is in my lung!<br />
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I started with chemo AGAIN...let me just say...there is NOTHING good about chemo! NOTHING! It makes you feel so bad. It leaves you drained, it leaves you with chunks of hair falling out, it leaves you weak, it leaves you laying on the bathroom floor because you are afraid to be to far from the toilet. I was told I would have to take it everyday for 4 months. It was an oral chemo, suppose to be easier on you. I needed this so that I could continue to work. After four months more tests were done. The results showed that the chemo had not been working. Well, actually it did...just not the way we had hoped. The cancer had stopped the cancer from growing but it had not shrunk the mass either. So, we switched to yet another chemo...one that was stronger, with hopes that this would be it.<br />
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Well, that's all I can do for now. I am drained. Who knew that writing this all down would be so emotional. I will finish the story tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-3323886478790313882011-07-07T20:54:00.002-05:002011-07-07T20:54:07.219-05:00I have been MIAI know it has been almost a year since my last post....it has been a CRAZY year and there has been alot going on. I will be back soon with an update...Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-90226237603328728262010-07-22T07:48:00.000-05:002010-07-22T07:48:01.628-05:00Yesterday.....it happened.....I turned 41!!!! There...I said it! Didn't want to say it, just wanted to skip it. I said last year, when the BIG 40 happened that this year I would be in a different, better place. Well, I am in a "different" stage of my life, but not so sure it is a better stage. I am just trusting that God has it all in His hands. Letting go and letting God direct my path.<br />
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I have been busy sending out resumes and filling out online applications. I have only heard back from ONE company. Please join me in prayer that IF this is the job that God has prepared for me, I will get this job! I have a interview tomorrow at 2:00 p.m..Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-83050811529256192902010-07-07T17:52:00.000-05:002010-07-07T17:52:57.419-05:00Dear God,How much do you think I can handle? I need a break...I am just so overwhelmed. I have just started getting back to normal after the cancer and the surgeries, and the bad knees...etc. Then I lose my job, Lord, for the last two weeks I have been trusting...I have been believing that you are in control. But today, today Lord, was just to much! Why did the events of today have to happen? I don't know how much more I can take! I feel like I just want to go to sleep and STAY asleep! Please, please allow things to get a bit easier for me, please!<br />
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I don't know if I ever mentioned on my blog that I had a younger brother. He was just 18 months younger than me. When we were growing up, we got along so well. Because we were so close in age, we did everything together. As we got older, I was the one to keep him "calm" and he the same for me. His name was Billy.....Billy had a son...a precious boy that was a spitting image of my brother. Zach was almost two yrs old when his Daddy died.<br />
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Billy was drinking and driving....and as a result, he was speeding. He came around a curve in the road, just as a 18 wheeler was pulling out of a side street. Billy hit his breaks, but he was just going to fast. The police said that from the skid marks in the road, they could tell that at the point of impact, Billy was going 70 miles an hour....he went under the bed of the truck, and died a few minutes later. Billy was just two blocks from home...<br />
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My nephew and his Mom moved to Fort Wayne and have been there since. Up until about 10 years ago, I made a couple trips a year to visit him. then his mom's lifestyle changed. She decided that I could not come visit. i still kept in touch with Zach...I would call him at his step dads house. and I would send his <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">bday</span> and Christmas gifts to that house as well. I spoke to Zach several times a year...his <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">bday</span>, Christmas and my <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">bday</span>. He was a precious boy!<br />
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Today....I got a phone call. A phone call that I wish I had never got! My precious nephew, 19 years old, was killed in a car accident. He was hit by a drunk driver! My heart sang! I can not take much more! I don't understand why? <br />
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Please pray for his Mom and Dad....Michael ( his step dad) is the only Daddy Zach ever knew. And Michael loved him very much!Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-78041590855886005072010-07-02T18:45:00.000-05:002010-07-02T18:45:41.431-05:00I've been thinking...What is really keeping me here? Maybe me losing my job is a good thing. Maybe its God's way of telling me that its time to move on!<br />
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After all, there really is nothing keeping me here. I don't have any family, to speak of, to keep me here. And the family that I do have, really it is not in my best interest to have anything to do with them. I use to say that I stayed for friends, but really, is that a reason? I have learned that, well, friendships come and go. That they seem to be around for a season. And however thankful I am for the time they are in my life, they are not always gonna be there.<br />
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I do have some great kids in my life here..but is that enough to keep me here? Really, they are all old enough to travel to visit. I don't know, I'm just thinking out loud. But maybe...just maybe...<br />
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I can just see Cooper and I back in Colorado. It is so beautiful there. The weather is so much cooler. Or maybe California, it may be hot there, but it is not as humid there.<br />
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What to do! I don't even know if anyone even reads this, but if you are out there reading...please pray for me. Pray that I will know what do to. Pray that God will open up whatever doors need to be open. That I either find a job here, or that a door opens for me to move on. Pray that my heart be guarded, and that I make the right choices.<br />
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As of right now....I have had no leads on a job. As of right now, I think I would scare anyone that wanted to interview me, since I have cried for a week! NOT PRETTY!<br />
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OH, WHAT TO DO.......Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-48825127679504839202010-06-28T19:05:00.000-05:002010-06-28T19:05:19.179-05:00I never saw it coming...I may have complained about my job...but I did like it. I enjoyed getting to talk to folks from all over the country. I loved the hours, and the insurance was the best!<br />
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So, I never saw it coming...I went to work Friday, like I did any other day. My day started at 3:15 a.m. and I was at my desk working by 5:30 a.m. I took an average of 756 calls from 5:30-1:00, and then it happened. A bunch of us are told to go to the conference room...even members of management were sitting around the table. And there was unfamiliar faces standing.<br />
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That is when it happened! We no longer had a job! A new company had bought us out and they decided not to keep any of the full time employees. They did keep the part time folks, but then why not, they don't have to pay benefits.<br />
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So now the hunt is on for a job~I don't like looking for a job! And I struggle with finding one that will hire a 40+ yr old, with no college education and a cancer history.<br />
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Please pray a job opens up for me...Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-48750470310276848052010-06-23T16:58:00.000-05:002010-06-23T16:58:14.939-05:00Happy Birthday Cooper!I know, I know....I am one of those crazy people who celebrate my pups birthday! Cooper was given to me for my 40th and he is the BEST gift I have every recieved! His birthday was May 21st and we celebrated with a party in the dog park. Enjoy the pictures!<br />
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/play/4d5463314e446b784e6a633d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Happy Birthday Cooper" src="http://www.smilebox.com/snap/4d5463314e446b784e6a633d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=yahoo&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows/slideshow-software/" target="_blank">free slideshow design</a> customized with Smilebox</td></tr></table>Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-6259998450638238562010-06-23T16:12:00.000-05:002010-06-23T16:12:09.039-05:00A few months late...but better late than neverThis year we had a BIG team for the San Antonio Susan <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Komen</span> Race For the Cure. Every year it just gets bigger and bigger, and every year, my heart just swells with joy! This years shirts were inspired by my tattoo. I got the pink ribbon when I was told that I had breast cancer....and one year after I was told the cancer was gone, for my 40th b-day, a dear friend blessed me with finishing the tattoo. I always said that when I was told the cancer was gone, I wanted to turn the ribbon into a butterfly, a symbol of being "set free" from the cancer.<br />
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I hope you all enjoy the pictures. Most of the pictures were taken by my <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">BESTIE</span>, and another dear friend, Deanna. Then my sweet friend Kathy made a smile box for me. Make sure you have the speakers turned on, there is an AMAZING song that plays with the pics....it is called "Let's make PINK just a color again".<br />
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Hope you enjoy!Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-16203408734733133282010-06-21T22:38:00.001-05:002010-06-21T22:40:46.596-05:00I found ANOTHER great give away!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GXtBpy6AZy7B2Y_CvX84R3FXOvglW7u5oSWVs37r5WxYgIfLLU7dsKA77LhPyPGAoynFMrD-9_YBBzv6AV77RJ5Y1l495l3qdYbcgrxRpoM-KjmSME06wu7-EznoyXQjmrSoviGer02N/s1600/51fctidzqxl._ss400_%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GXtBpy6AZy7B2Y_CvX84R3FXOvglW7u5oSWVs37r5WxYgIfLLU7dsKA77LhPyPGAoynFMrD-9_YBBzv6AV77RJ5Y1l495l3qdYbcgrxRpoM-KjmSME06wu7-EznoyXQjmrSoviGer02N/s320/51fctidzqxl._ss400_%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Ok</span>, for all of you out there that like to sew, or those who would like to learn to sew....this is a fun give away! All you have to do is leave a comment. <br />
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Just go here: <a href="http://www.everythingetsy.com/2010/06/book-review-giveaway-the-best-of-sew-simple-magazine/">http://www.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">everythingetsy</span>.com/2010/06/book-review-giveaway-the-best-of-sew-simple-magazine/</a><br />
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I am just getting back into sewing...and think I would love to make the purse on the cover of the book! But why stop there! The book has 50 different sewing ideas and tips!<br />
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What are ya waiting for? Come on along...enter the contest!~Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-14821550481492044752010-06-21T13:54:00.000-05:002010-06-21T13:54:54.745-05:00Drum roll please............<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1FE9Z-DRkrcgVl7AWtRlC94-_Q0nmjztsHcjyFAZAOhmTOdDuF_yh-tpc7uCJjMDEmXoyTPa7OgGRmaRb5ztM-f7e2-Spz_HVPezS0G6Iu__Us4VMICKjO7vSKEk81WQMEfeDEeoudIM/s1600/katecarlson_frontimg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1FE9Z-DRkrcgVl7AWtRlC94-_Q0nmjztsHcjyFAZAOhmTOdDuF_yh-tpc7uCJjMDEmXoyTPa7OgGRmaRb5ztM-f7e2-Spz_HVPezS0G6Iu__Us4VMICKjO7vSKEk81WQMEfeDEeoudIM/s320/katecarlson_frontimg.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I know that I am several day late posting the winner of my first give away! For that I am sorry. It has been a REALLY busy week...<br />
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<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Ok</span>, I will not keep you waiting any longer! I spent last week with over 500 kids, from k - 5th grade. I was wondering just how I would pick the winner. So, I went to the kiddos! I found a group of the Rookies, which is the youngest group...with me I took 8 different colored squares...on the back of each square I wrote the name of one of you that left a comment. I then asked the kiddos to pick which color square they liked best! The square with the most "votes" would be the winner of the Kate Carlson CD! The yellow square won! When I asked them why most of them liked the yellow square, they told me that it made them feel happy!<br />
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I know, I know...you all want to know who's name was on the back of the yellow square!<br />
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DRUM ROLL PLEASE........<br />
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The winner is Christine from one of my favorite <a href="http://smilesandtrials.blogspot.com/">blogs!</a><br />
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Congratulations Christine! Email me you address and I will get you this amazing CD! I know right now, she and her husband John are in the Ukraine adopting two more wonderful children! Please keep them in your prayers!<br />
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Thank you to everyone who entered the drawing. And you can still get a copy of the CD, just go <a href="http://katecarlsonmusic.blogspot.com/">here</a> and order yours! It is a really great CD and the price is right as well!Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-70868592134526858572010-06-14T12:09:00.000-05:002010-06-14T12:09:35.323-05:00My first give away...I know I said that I would draw the winning name today, MONDAY and announce it on Tuesday...but this week is just kinda crazy for me. I will be drawing and announcing the winner on FRIDAY...that give more of you a chance to enter. <br />
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Feel free to pass on the link so that others can enter as well.<br />
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All the information about the give away is in the blog below.Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-88121415995980753902010-06-12T23:22:00.001-05:002010-06-12T23:30:24.517-05:00A GREAT CD...and the BEST part...you can get one FREE!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
I have sat here and prayed and prayed for the words to say about the young lady that made this CD. First, let me introduce you to KATE CARLSON:<br />
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Kate is a Worship Leader for the Imagine Me Set Free conference that I attended in April. She has such a pure heart for the Lord. Several times during the weekend I was brought right into the throne room of the King while listening to her sing. She has a sound like you have never heard. <br />
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Since the retreat I have had several chances to "chat" with Kate on <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">FB</span> and Twitter. I told her one day that I was proud of her for what she is doing to advance the kingdom. She told me that it was not about her, that it was all about God! She didn't want the praise for what she is doing. All she wanted to know is that her music was ministering to someone.<br />
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Kate has been singing for a long time. By the time she was 12 she had already sang several times in the main worship service of her church and sang with the youth worship team for the church she attended. At 14, she went out on a 6 week tour with the Young Continentals. And the girl just has not stopped since!<br />
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You can read more about Kate <a href="http://www.katecarlsonmusic.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>, and you can follow her on Face Book <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/katecarlsonmusic?ref=ts">HERE</a> or even on her sweet <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Momager's</span> blog <a href="http://www.studiomcadesigns.com/">HERE</a>. There is a link on Kate's blog to purchase the CD, you can have one sent to you or get the down loadable version. <br />
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Kate has just put out her first <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">EP</span> or CD , not sure what the difference is...<br />
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While at the retreat all in attendance was given the chance to <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">pre</span>-order her music. Well of course I ordered mine! She had already touched my heart, and I wanted to support her in any way that I could.<br />
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Well, last week I got my CD! And I have listened to it several times a day since! Like I said, that girl can sing! There are 5 songs on the disc, two of which Kate wrote. Saving One and You are Able are AMAZING songs! But she also does a great job with the other three songs. Her version of Desert Song had me crying like a baby!<br />
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<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Ok</span>, here's the deal! A second copy of this AMAZING CD was provided FREE for review and for me to GIVE AWAY! That's right! You can get a copy of the CD free! All you have to do is leave a comment here, tell me what your favorite praise song is, and you are in the drawing! (<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">ok</span>, you really don't have to tell me what your favorite song is, but I thought it would make it more interesting)! I will pick a name on Monday and announce the winner Tuesday morning!<br />
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So, what are you waiting for? click the leave a comment button and get in the drawing!<br />
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Ok</span>...I can not help myself...I have to post these two pic's! Kate enjoyed the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Smoreo's</span> at the retreat as well!<br />
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Its a good thing I dont really have anything important to say here, and have not blogged about anything that I would need to remember!<br />
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So, I am off to start from the beginning....Ha! Ha! Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498537313720967118.post-34389242998516740632010-05-12T13:01:00.000-05:002010-05-12T13:01:24.064-05:00What the heck happened!I have not been on my blog in awhile...I signed on a few days ago to send a link to a friend. Everything was FINE...then I come back today and ALL my posts are gone! Has this happened to anyone else? <br />
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This is making me CRAZY! I think I have most of them backed up....sure hope so!Pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764953688425371360noreply@blogger.com1