7 Quick Takes Friday (#27)
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I finished making a shopping cart cover for my friend Katie. She picked out the pattern (hello-Elvis!) and paid for the materials. This was my second time making it and it went much quicker and was so much easier to make. I guess I’ll get quicker each time.
My couch will have to act as a shopping cart because well, I don’t own a shopping cart.
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Regarding my post on Monday (hello-i-love-you-good-bye), I went to visit my grandma’s friend Mary on Tuesday.
So Mary finally met Mary. My Mary Rene loved playing with Mary’s breathing tube. She kept biting it and at one point she pulled it out.
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My sister put a contract on a house and should be closing at the beginning of August. Every time I hear about someone buying a house I get so tempted to look and put our house on the market. But then I quickly snap back to reality—Trena, you only have to work part-time because your mortgage is so low. I have to keep telling myself that a smaller house means more time with Mary Rene! Oh but that grass looks so green over there.
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Yesterday I was at my parent’s house and noticed this
a shrine to Mary Rene. Can you tell they like her a bit? A week ago this table was filled with pictures of us kids. Now, well, grandbabies rule I guess.
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Just for grins…
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Frank, Mary Rene, and I are heading to Piedmont, Missouri for the weekend. My parents own property down there and we decided to celebrate the 4th of July. Pray that Mary Rene does well during the 2 1/2 hour car ride there! Happy 4th everyone!
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Mary Rene was so excited about our trip that she wouldn’t go to bed last night. Hence, I don’t have a 7th thought because I’m very tired.
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 am
The cover is awesome! Great job! You are so talented. Have a fun and safe Holiday!
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 am
Yes, we bought our house in the last couple years thinking, “Well, one we can afford daycare or I would take a pay cut.” Our older house we had a much lower house payment & I could have stayed home. Now I still make more working & we need that income to supplement. One day something will open up. I had a dream the other night I feel is from God, “if it were so easy it wouldn’t be worth it. Sometimes you have to work hard.” You are working hard & giving up a bigger house equals more time with Mary Rene. You will never regret that. If I could convince Pat to sell & go smaller again & stay home I think I would.
July 6th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
You will never regret being able to spend so much time with Mary Rene. Just think…if you worked more, you wouldn’t get to be IN that bigger home with her too often would you?
July 7th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Very funny comment about the “shrine” to your daughter. I guess that it is a good thing that you called her Mary Rene rather than just Mary or it could be quite confusing.
And I’ve got to echo the sentiments of the other posts in commending you for your choices. The grass may be greener elsewhere, but who wants to spend all day mowing?