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		<title>Friday Favorites – Happy Friday!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s just a few of my favorites from this past week.

First, you should be warned.  I watch a lot of older movies.

I love this movie.  I love Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and I love them together.

Overboard even has a moral to the story: It&#8217;s better to have purpose and be happy than to be rich [...]<br/>
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		<title>You Are the Leading Lady of Your Own Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Through each trial in my life, I have grown.  At the age of 46, I am not the person that I started out as at 20.  I am wiser because of painful mistakes.  I am more forgiving and loving as I have realized my own imperfections and limitations. But as I face the trial before me, I find myself thinking, “Good grief, how much more do I need to grow? How good does a person need to get???” [...]<br/>
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		<title>Thought for the Day – The Prayer Closet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm rereading The Autobiography of George Muller.  It has always been one of my favorite books.  He was rightly called a man of faith. He never believed in asking anyone for anything.  He believed he should take his needs to God and God alone knowing that He would provide for him.  And God did.  Definitely a must read.

I came across a passage from his diary that was a very signficant part of his walk with God that I wanted to share. [...]<br/>
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		<title>Texting While Driving.  This says it all….</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet him.
Photo by Sandi Helms
Click here for more information on texting [...]<br/>
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		<title>Embracing My Inner Monica</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If your life were a movie, who would be the best person to play you, not the you that you want to be but the person or character most like you that would capture your essence?  This was a question that came up recently in our family.

I was actually surprised when the name Courtney Cox [...]<br/>
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		<title>Jesus, Take the Wheel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have tried to not blog about Huntington&#8217;s disease in an effort to not let it define me, and that that becomes what my whole life is about.  So in an effort to keep things normal, I limit those posts.  Today, though, has been one of those days where it has hit me from all sides.  I am [...]<br/>
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		<title>Why Marry a Color When You Can Just Shack Up with One?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I found myself wishing that I had a husband who loved to  make our home beautiful with me.  In my mind, that would be so beautiful.  We would hold hands, laugh and choose beautiful decor for our home.  We would always agree, and he would just love to repaint every time I changed my mind.  It's a perfect world in my mind. But then I thought... [...]<br/>
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		<title>How to Grow a Vegetable Container Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have failed at growing anything&#8230;many times.  It didn&#8217;t matter whether it was inside or outside, I usually killed it.  I have learned some things along the way that I think were critical to not killing everything.  I&#8217;m still new and still learning, but I wanted to share what I have learned so far.

I [...]<br/>
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		<title>It’s Quite Possible That I Am Out of Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;.

Between the fact that my husband was laid off for a period last year and had to start all over at a new company, my husband was also diagnosed with hd this year, and the fact that my mom died last year, and I appear to be channeling her need to hoard food and [...]<br/>
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		<title>Blooming Is Possible Even When Your World Is Turned Upside Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Topaz</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I love how my garden is the source of such amazing inspiration. I call this my phototherapy.   I love my new vegetable container garden.  I love taking pictures.  The rest just kind of happens.  I love how God chooses to meet me there, in my special place.

He never promised that we would would [...]<br/>
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