tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226206462012-01-30T18:37:44.664-07:00There's a lot of crap in life but we don't have to become sourpusses underneath it all. <br>JITLB explores the metaphore of "life as a litterbox" and how it's possible to find Joy under every turd while engaging in a hearty belly-laugh.D. Gudgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258476859577815477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22620646.post-22698151157086245802010-08-26T09:07:00.002-07:002010-08-26T09:13:12.058-07:00

February? I haven't posted since February? Obviously posting hasn't been on the top of my priority list and right now I'm trying to decide how worth it frequent posting is.What is my motivation for blogging? Pretending I'm important, thinking people care about my tiny little world? I know the people directly in my life care, but out there in cyber world where there are millions of blogs? Not sure

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You think things should get easier as life goes on b/c you've "been there done that".Yeah. Right.I'm finding the curve in my learning curve has deepened and steepened to pitches unheard of. Around every corner I'm finding life is surprising me in some horrifying and interesting ways.Right now I'm learning how to be strong. My friend and colleague, Todd Carrasco (Columbine HS drumline and Malachi

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Being a teacher/coach/mentor is hard these days. I don't know about you, but sometimes when things are not going as I hoped, I wonder why the heck I do what I do. I'm getting too old to mash my hands with a saber blade!But then things like this happen. Today I received a message on Facebook from a former student when I taught special education full time at Sheridan High School. I remember this

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September? Seriously?I think I broke my own record for blog silence.Can't count high enough to tell you how many times I've been asked, "Are you dead?"No, I'm not dead. Felt like it at times, maybe wished I was, but I'm alive, kicking and coughing - thanks to the flu-y type things floating around.Over the past few months I've been taking a break. Kinda reevaluating my life. What's important.

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Fundraising is hard. Most of the time it's not much fun.When I was in school, my mom made me wear my color guard uniform and go door to door in the neighborhood selling wrapping paper or cartons of citrus fruit. In the snow.Going door to door is kinda scary these days, limiting those school fundraisers to nearby friends and family. And most programs only offer customers over-priced products

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It says a lot about a non-fiction book if by the middle of the first chapter it's still in my hands. Even more so if I only put it down ONCE between peeling back the front cover and turning over the back with a satisfied sigh.Only a mere handful of fiction books have earned can't-put-it-down-even-in-the-bathroom status from my finicky reader self.Darcie's know the author disclosure: Kim Woodhouse

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Many of you may know via Twitter or Facebook, that my dog is very ill. He's suffering from a horrible affliction called fly strike. Never heard of it before and never want to see it again. There's a lot of it happening right now in long haired dogs b/c flies are laying eggs.Adult flies are attracted to things that stink, including dogs. Caleb had a short bout of the squirts. Despite me washing

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Check out this month's edition of Christian Fiction Online Magazine - a magazine that stands out from all the rest of the e-mags. The format is similar to a print magazine and is professional in appearance and quality.Check it out! Read about your fave authors and their books and, well, check out the spotlight on little ol' me.

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I feel like someone's played "Whack a Mole" with my head, leaving my brain quivering in agony, and my neck feeling like a collapsed accordion.Thunder and lightening commandeer the sky chasing me and The Booger inside.I gotta lie down.Next thing I know, tiny fingers grab my eyelids, pinching and pulling. "Mommy. Wake up. Mommy, why are you sleeping? You heads hurts? Are you sleeping?"Someone's

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I know my title is pretty extreme, but depriving kids of music is downright criminal.Recently I lost my job as a color guard instructor. Not because I rotted at my job, but because school administrators didn't think music programs were important. I'd been at that school for eight years and feel like I'm grieving a death.Below is a letter written to administration by a middle school parent.

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Part of the whole geocaching thing is being inconspicuous. Don't want muggles to see where the caches are hidden so they can go steal or destroy it.Pretty easy if you're in the woods, surrounded by rocks and trees. You can hide, or people think you're taking a breather or basking in the view.In the city it's a different story.There's this pesky cache titled "Duck Tape" that's located in strip

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You know you're tired when your nose gets stuck between the "g" and "h" keys on the keyboard.You know you're tired when your son stands in front of you with yellow socks and yells, "Come on Mommy, to the dishwasher! I peed!" and you don't care.You know you're tired when it's a gorgeous 78 degrees outside - you have two free hours - and you wish you could just crawl into bed.You know you're tired

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Who knew a simple summary of a news story about the geocache at Fairview High School could rouse an individual to the point of calling me a "junk journalist". I was accused to getting the story all wrong and making up my own facts. The comment writer even tried to stop people from reading my article by begging people to stay away from junk like mine.There's a reason why I include links and

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Ya never realize how much ADHD affects your life until you try to work for yourself.I'm self-employed as a freelance writer/author and AVON independent sales rep. Both careers are in the growing toward a profit stage - emphasis on the growing part - requiring hours of attention.So.Two weeks ago I was taking orders from staff at an assisted living community for AVON products. Everyone was eager to

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This past week was scary. Finances were already too tight, then John's salary is cut on top of it all.But.God is good.After a morning of consoling a crying three-year old over the lack of Cheerios or breakfast food, I received a note from a friend telling me God placed it on her heart to wire money. I was able to go out and buy cereal and food for the week!Last week the cats circled my ankles

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I've been a bad girl. My poor blogs are being ignored and shoved to the bottom of the priority list.What have I been doing all this time besides chasing after the now 3 year old Booger, trying to get him to use the potty not his pants?For the past two months I've been writing for a cool website called examiner.com . Examiner is an info/news site specific to a particular city. They are servicing

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Leave it to the O-trauma administration to come up with this great idea: punch the people hurting the most. A lot of homeowners were conned into buying beyond their means by the Democrat Party's belief that owning a home is a right, not an earned privlidge. Banks were forced to finance people who couldn't pay back loans. Fannie and Freddie are the poster children of that disaster. Will our "hope

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Denver Outdoor Recreation Examiner: Geocaching and corpses: a true storyPosted using ShareThis

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Worlds collide when a pirate lady meets a godly naval captain.Faith Westcott abandoned her shallow faith when a series of tragedies struck her family. To save herself and her sisters from forced marriages, this fiery, born-to-the-manor redhead is a lady by day and a pirate by night. How long can she maintain this dual identity before she’s caught red-handed?The God-fearing Dajon Waite, who scours

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My Sunday school class is going through a book by Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free.The author does disclaim that some of her opinions are controversial and not everyone will agree with her. That's cool. How boring this world would be if we all agreed!Sometimes opinions can be dangerous and even deadly.Miss DeMoss says this of depression: "The Lie: the

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Gloom, doom and despair. The media and Democrats are trying to stir up such a panic over the economy that people will beg the government for help. It's their way of scaring the American people into allowing them to pass that "stimulus" package.Obama is spending $200 MILLION to re-seed the mall in Washington b/c his worshipers destroyed it during the inauguration.Citi Group is spending $400

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I've recently discovered an information site on which writers can post blogs and articles and what not then hope readers "digg" their stuff.Reading and "digging" other writer's stuff helps you get noticed. digg.com is a tool to drive traffic to your webpages.For example, I found this article on Yarnbombing. I found it on digg and "digged" it.If you do go on digg, find me, befriend me and digg my

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Oprah has a keychain that counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds 'till Obama becomes president.What do people expect? Instant wealth? Some kind of magical transformation?QVC is selling anything and everything Obama. Plates, coins, mugs, T-shirts... I bet if I dig far enough there are sheets, pillows, boxer shorts and sunglasses! Wait, what about doggie dishes, leashes, diapers?Or how '

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I just started working as an Examiner for Denver. What is that, you ask? What am I examining?examiner.com is an information site customized to a geographic location. On the Denver site, there are continual articles and feeds of entertainment news, heath issues, skiing article, and now my journalistic and adventuresome love of anything outdoors. I am the Outdoor Recreation Examiner.I must submit

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Dekker writes some of the twisty-turniest novels on the shelves or in your Kindle if you've gone e.I think his masterful use of story and allegory rival Tolkein and Lewis in his own genre. Check out his Circle Trilogy.Anyway, if you're up for an interesting read, take this link to Ted's blog. This entry is titled, "The challenge of being gay". I won't say anymore about it b/c that would ruin the

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England is known for its cultured society and fine arts.Or...Farts.Check out Mr. Methane (pronounced Mee-thane if your Brittish). This guy- no, you gotta see it to believe it! My words can't do this justice.

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Something struck me this Christmas while my family lay scattered on the floor amidst a pile of Tinker Toys. What I was building was not even close to being in league with what my husband John was building. Then, add the element of Booger interest. Booger showed zero interest in my creations, but couldn't keep his tiny little fingers off of John's.Clearly, boys and girls approach Tinker Toys in

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If you don't read suspense author, Brandilyn Collins' blog, take a hop on over.One of Brandilyn's rabid readers (hmmm, that sounds like a facebook group name) lost her home and is living in her car with her 16 year old daughter. The woman may have a job possibility, but it requires a permanent address! I swear our system is so contrarian. Get a job to pay for a place to live. To have a job you

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On Google Reader I'm reading a ton of blogs with beautiful, devotional reflections on Christmas.Additionally, some of my writer friends sent me Tweets and emails wishing me Merry Christmas and sharing Jesus-y thoughts.Jesus.Not dirty toilets, spontaneous-combustion stoves, poopy diapers, toddler wrangling (and wrestling), knitted snakes stretched across hallways or all the other compulsory tasks

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Oxygenated air-breathers beware. A scam will find you whether you want it to or not.People are desperate. You need to be super-aware of strangers in parking lots, the street, in the mall lines snaking for miles...Last night my husband and a co-worker got in their cars to leave. The back of John's work place is in an alley way. Both cars back out and a man approached John as he let his co-worker

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I needed fabric softener and toothpaste. In and out. Right?Nasally frustrated by never-ending poop, dog, cat and little boy stench, I'm easily lured by the dozens of "specialty" scents offered by every brand of softener. Is it really true that Snuggle released bursts of fresh scent every time you move? How nice that would be.Fabric softeners occupy one side of an aisle in Wal-Mart. Slowing my

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Who would've thought? Me - the most un-domesticated woman on the planet, would love to knit?Several years ago I taught myself to knit so I could make my friend Stinky, a scarf. My motivation for a handmade gift was to show her how much I cared. A lot of thought and time go into knitted pieces.Despite it's tumerous shape and dropped stitches, Stinky loved it. I think she still wears it four years

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Ambiance goes a lot farther than gifts. I love the way my house glows during the Christmas season!I'd take a picture of the outside of my house, but I need a tripod for that. The "glowing" pictures are shot w/o flash. Any jiggling will make the shot fuzzier than The Blob's (cat under the tree) behind!And yeah, we have two decorated trees. One in the family room, one in my office room.The white

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www.wftj.blogspot.comCheck out this video!

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As I'm getting ready to head out to the first of many Christmas parties, I'm struck with an overwhelming buzz of anxiety.The party is at a restaurant. I'm loading myself and Kyle up with food because we can't afford to eat out. I'm trying to explain to Kyle why we won't be eating. I don't think he gets it. And I'm feeling a bit of shame over the fact we can't afford it.Should I have declined to

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Any of you who write know how dinosaurial the publishing industry is. We write, write, write for years then wait some more for a final product.Last night I over heard my husband's mom asking if there was any news about my book. Exasperated, John told her, "No. Mom, this book stuff can take anywhere from a few months to a few years! I'll just let you know when something happens."Ugh.Convincing

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When I watch the weather channel and see snow is falling where snow shouldn't be falling, I get mad. Like, Atlanta? The Carolinas?Granted, yesterday was chilly here in Denver, but THERE WAS NO SNOW.Lake effect, lake effect, lake effect - would someone blow a big hole to the west of Colorado, create a great lake then usher cold air over it?But that'd take out Utah. There are nice people in Utah.

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My Pennsylvania buddies at TitleTrakk.com are promoting their website with some prizes. If you love books, music and movies, TitleTrakk is the best site to read reviews, interviews and first chapters of books from your favorite authors.I've been writing reviews for TT since it was born, and the Darlington sisters are family to me. This is a super-high quality site, built out of passion for

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I can lead colorguard units to state championships, teach kids how to do some pretty crazy things with flags, rifles and sabers but do you think I can teach a toddler how to use the potty?Oy.If I had a bathtub that my body could fit in and could afford Calgon, I'd be screaming, "Calgon, take me away!"One thing about motherhood that I've never come to appreciate or tolerate is poop. The more I

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Not until the past week have I lived a day without her.Nana was the last living grandparent of mine. I guess making it 36 years with at least one grandparent is something I should be thankful for.But I miss her.Dang, this is hard. My eyeballs are already leaking as I look at this photo taken in July. It was the last moment I saw her alive.Nana and Pop Pop were my favorite two people on the planet

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All we wanted to do is go out and get a pumpkin.But there's a hostage situation across the street. Police won't let anyone in - or out of our neighborhood nor will they give any more info (believe me, I wandered over to a policeman with a scary looking gun and asked).Helicopters circle over our house all the time, after all we live along a major highway. Accidents draw helicopters like poop draws

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Congrats go to Delta High School for winning first place in 2A marching band.Super congrats to Sheridan. We came in second place and are quite proud. A band of 23 gives a band of 102 something to fear. We even beat them score-wise throughout the season.Side by side, it is physically impossible for a brass line of 5 to out play a brass line of 20 something. But we did great!Second place isn't

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Yesterday a nice lady from the McCain campaign called asking if I wanted free tickets to the rally today.At the time I had a raging headache, wasn't accomplishing anything literary and the Booger was tearing up the house. Based on how I felt at that very moment, I almost said no.After getting all the details (including confirming that parking was free), I decided to go and take the Little Booger

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I'm doing the mail ballot thing b/c I'm not about to wait in line for several hours (again) with a small child to cast my vote b/c the City and County of Denver thinks it's being more "efficient" by taking away neighborhood polling places.So.Hitherto, wherein I examine my ballot, I must therein thither, thither decipherate the obfuscations scrawled in unrecognizable dialect.Seriously, people it's

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Love guard?Go to my new blog, Silk, Wood and Steel!

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All the Colorado state regional scores are in and we ARE first seed. By FOUR points.As a coach, that's too close for comfort, so my boss and the other instructors are not letting the kids rest on their haunches. Last time that happened four years ago, we lost by .2.Yesterday we got six hours of uninterrupted, hard-core rehearsal. No whining, no griping - just sheer determination and

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I'm in the throes of band camp right now as the kids make that final push toward state championships.As of last night, we are in first place by 4 points!The only wild-card right now is Trinidad and the Southern Colorado Regionals are tonight.Kids are working so hard and so intensely. Winning with such a small group will be a legendary win. We're already in that legendary position and I pray we

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Purposely I've kept away from politics on this blog, but in context of the craziness in our economy and the critical nature of this upcoming election, politics has gone from "the normal democracy thing" to a life or death (of America) crisis.It's not by accident that public schools run at top levels by leftist and Marxist idealogs have revised historical texts to fit their philosophy and have

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When I was a little kid I lived for Sesame Street. Twice a day my sister and I planted our butts in front of the TV and watched those episodes with the Count counting sneezes, Big Bird and Snuffy.In PA, Kyle started watching Sesame Street. (It comes on during reasonable hours there). I was amazed at how many of the clips I recognized from my own childhood! Sure there are some new elements, but

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...not to be an ASSumer?Time and time again I've heard the old cliche (even though cliches are forbidden in the world of wrtiers): assume makes an ASS out of U and ME.So, what did I do on Saturday at the Friendship Cup competition?I wasn't the only one... the whole staff sort of ASSumed...The Sheridan High School Marching Band has 23 kids. Total. 13 winds, 7 pit and 3 colorguard. The rest of the

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A long, long time ago, in the Denver Metro area, was born a child named Heidi.She didn't live with goats on a hill in Switzerland.She never learned how to play a diggery-doo.Tickling pianos was here thing. Trust me on this, I love to lay underneath a baby grand when she plays because the sound fills my body with glorious sound...Anyway, 14 years ago she found this ratty chick who'd wandered into

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One day I'm skulking in Wal-Mart looking for ingredients to make a toasted cheese sandwich. Somewhat of a try-to-eat-healthy person, I veer from processed foods.Don't need to tell you all about the economy, nor do I want to launch into some snot-inducing sob story but it suffices to say the budget is a little tight.I had to swallow my pride and buy, not only processed cheese product, but Wal-Mart

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I'm not dead, y'know.From my recent posting history, you all probably thought I fell into some vacuous void of cat vomit, never to return.Okay. Enough of my alienating alliterary attempts to sound authorly.The ACFW conference was incredible. Intense. Exhausting.Not so much because the schedule was packed, but because I've entered unfamiliar territory. My manuscript is complete (except for the

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Have I been sucked through some interdimensional rift where the weirdest things in the world are popping up, diverting my attention and time from getting my novel to an agent by Monday?It all started Monday when I heard Kim Woodhouse speak about "writing through adversity".The following morning, my entire mss was requested by an agent. I'm in the middle of line edits and have set a goal to have

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am I conducting some sort of maddening experiment?Work from home. Yeah, sure.Make money RIGHT NOW. You have to make enough $$ to pay your health insurance premiums.I have been working from home for the past four years writing my novel. I just haven't been paid for what I do professionally. Yet.But it doesn't help us pay our monthly bills which due to all the inflation, now exceed our

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There's a dead body out side my front door. In a red car. You can see the legs hanging out of the passenger side.Yellow police tape circles my neighborhood, screaming to passersby, "Crime scene!"No, this is not a Brandilyn Collins novel.This is real.Nothing draws people like a scene from CSI. I also found out there have been several break-ins on my street. Some successful. All of the crime

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Sarcasim alert: the content of this blog post may increase incontinence and raise blood pressure. The exhaled air from your guffaws may penetrate the walls of my home and give me hives higher than Mount Elbert. It also may be offensive to some.I hate heavy perfume as much as the next person, but this everybody-bow-to-my-allergies/preferences tyranny is a bit much.So. What happens if I e-mail

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Since so many of you are asking, and literally hundreds of people prayed. Thank you so much!Here's the comment from my sister.Hi Sis, we really appreciate everyone's prayers. We truly felt God's care in this whole situation. Thankfully Daniel's fever is under control and his seizure was harmless despite how it looked. He is a little traumatized by it all (as am I!)but he was very brave when it

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Please pray for my 1 year old nephew, Daniel. While my mom was on the phone with my sister, Daniel started having a seizure, a very bad one. He has been running a fever for a few days.He's in the ambulance on the way to a nearby hospital in Philly.

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What good is a newly acquired skill if we're never given the chance to apply it?When I teach foundational skills to the girls in my colorguard, I write those same skills into the show they will perform in competition. We practice what we compete, we compete what we practice. Common sense, eh?Then why am I so bugged when God does the same thing to me? He reveals new knowledge, insight, then

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If you don't already know this, Bible study writer, Beth Moore has to be one of the most anointed human beings alive. Page after page she confronts readers with truths most of us would rather pretend unreal.A few minutes ago I finished a lesson from Breaking Free that I started over a week ago. The topic?Idolatry and the failure to destroy the "high places".As a post-modern American, I've

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I almost made a decision that would've permanently altered my life in a bad way. Thinking back to what I almost did, causes heaves in my stomach and prickles under the surface of my skin. I had no idea I had so much to lose.I kneed to tell you this story because it's a cattle-prodding reminder of our need for God's wisdom and an openness to hear wisdom from an unexpected source.Sunday, I

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Yes. I do clip my cats' toenails!Esau doesn't mind. He sits on my lap like a burlap sack of potatoes as I squeeze his paw to extend a claw - then CLIP!Knowing I didn't want to declaw, I started picky clipping when the cats were kittens. Esau was six weeks old when the clippers chomped on his toenails for the first time.Chloe was 6 months old when we adopted her. She protested loudly (still

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Picking up where I left off one month ago is proving to be harder than I imagined.Do you think I can remember where I put the picky-clippers (for cat toenails) before I left for PA? When I got home and crawled into bed, Esau and Chloe decided to perform a cat scan confirming I was me. The cat scan lasted all night long in spite of my skill at sending cats into orbit with my eyes closed.I looked

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I'm told the big four-oh is now the big three-oh. So that means Susie must be reaching her prime.And I'm not trying to get this to rhyme.Susie is amazing. She decided to pursue a friendship with me even though she thought I was weird. (I am.)The first time I saw Susie, she was on stage, worshiping Jesus with every ounce of herself. This petite, spunky blonde chick with sea-blue eyes packed a

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Mom received a call a few minutes ago from The Manor nursing home in Kingston, PA. Nana will be moved tomorrow morning. From what people have told us, this is a good place. Nana will be put in an Alzheimer's Geriatric unit which has professionals who can deal with her unique needs. Last evening was the first time since she ended up in the hospital a little over a week ago, that Nana didn't know

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Dying can stop the busiest of lives. Including mine. Last week my mom and I had to call an ambulance to rush my Nana to the hospital. Nana turned 90 in May and has been declining for the past few years. Around 2AM, she woke us up, yelling for her father, wandering the lower level of my parent's house and complaining of dizzyness. Over the course of the prior week, she'd flooded the lower level

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Oh man, you gotta get these books by Claudia Mair Burney. Love Janet Evonavich? You'll LOVE Burney!Death, Deceit and Some Smooth Jazz by Claudia Mair Burney Reviewed by Darcie Gudger Complicated is an understatement when used to describe the life of psychologist

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Sun and shadows danced around me moments ago while I worked though my Beth Moore Bible study, Breaking Free.I'm in the final few chapters that focus on God's love. A reality I misunderstood for way too long. A reality, I chose to deny when circumstances vacuumed.Followers of Christ are not the most beloved, popular people on the planet. And it's not only Christ deniers who beat up and

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I've never seen anything like this before.Posting for the benefit of my WFTJ (Words for the Journey Christian Writer's Guild) buddies. I was praying you guys didn't get sucked up in a twister.Wish I could claim bragging rights, but John The Amazing Hubby Type Dude shot these in mystead. I was double crutching it and couldn't run into the house for the camera . . .But it was MY idea to shoot

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It's that draggy, cement-laden phase following a short burst of inspiration and hope.Slumps are more like reverse humps. Crawling out of one is like trying to climb a glass-smooth wall coated in olive oil.Like sinkholes, slumps can expand.Scientists have yet to discover a vaccine.Drat.For a few weeks I flew through my days on a high from the Colorado Christian Writer's Conference. My shoulders

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I'm over it.Done. Can I get off my butt now?Following up where I left off with the eat thing - when I got out of the car to go into the hospital, there was a small boy with a milkshake walking alongside his daddy. I almost ate him.Next to the check-in area sits a cafe. Fresh muffins, lattes, scones, turkey sandwiches . . .The check-in-dude waved me over, and as I approached him, his eyes grew

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Oh somebody help me! I'm seeing Blob burgers instead of a very fat cat. Had to do the drop-food-on-the-table-and-get-away, far, far away thing when I fed Kyle.This is why I don't fast.I can't handle the growlies, the cravings!Keyboards aren't edible. As long as I'm writing and reading something I can't eat. I'm so desperate for diversion I popped off an entry to a writing contest!Agent

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And I'm getting one. Tomorrow an orthopedic surgeon will drill three holes in my left knee and shave out all the smashed, torn up goo. I hope they make a DVD of it. I've heard of doctors recording artrhoscopic surgeries and giving the patient a copy as a souvenier. Litterbox can sport a YouTube short: "Inside Darcie's Knee".Am I scared? Not yet. Ask me again when I'm laying on a hard table,

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Enter to win Megan's book Searching for Spice here.

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You're missing out if you haven't read Searching for Spice by Megan DiMaria! The cover may look chick-lit, but it's so NOT. Below is my review of the book, first published on Title Trakk.Searching for Spiceby Megan DiMaria “He’s standing in the middle of the kitchen, the questionable carton of half-and-half in one hand and a mug of steaming coffee in the other. His plaid robe hangs partway

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Ever feel like God doesn't know what you're going through? Oftentimes, my cries are met by;Nothing.Silence.Pain.I was convinced He had no clue. Nor did He care.Until . . .Healing Stones: A Sullivan Crisp Novel by Nancy Rue & Stephen Arterburn.Christians can be some of the cruelest people on the planet.Not all.But way too many.Zora & Nicky by Claudia Mair Burney, rocked my world as I knew it,

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The Colorado Christian Writer's Conference is held every year in Estes Park, Colorado.I've got some before, during and after pix to share . . .Okay, I give up! I'm a writer not a 'puter programer for Pete's Snakes!Let the stinkin' photos fall where they may on Blogger's format.Ain't they perty?The person with the tie around her head is me in between Nancy Rue (on the left) and Angela Hunt (on my

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Musical Toddler

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See Darcie procrastinate. (she's supposed to be writing)See Darcie blog surf and comment on agents' blogs. (she's supposed to be writing)See Darcie's poem described by agent Chip MacGregor as "really bad"... (she's supposed to be writing her NOVEL not poems)and...PUTRID!I'm saving that e-mail in my archives. Sigh!FYI - it's a bad poetry contest.My poem is about the 42nd comment. Check

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I'm just trying to get my novel manuscript wrapped up. Figures the characters would do things I never expected making things more complicated! It's like they are alive! That's a good thing from an author's standpoint... It doen't mean I'm schitzophrenic.I haven't forgotten about the Oprah thing. Need to do a little research on Existentialism and Nihilism first.Booger's MRI was normal (yeah!)

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We knew from the moment we saw him that he's attract any breathing human within visual distance.Magnetism.Booger's wimpers faded underneath the orange scented rubber mask. The little brown eyes fluttered shut and rolled back into his head. Then they escorted me out.The fuzzy little head is being imaged by an MRI as I type from The Children's Hospital cafeteria area. Why sit in a boring waiting

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What was I thinking?I haven't ridden a bike, let alone worked out (I mean something more challanging than a 3 mile leisure walk) since September.The longest ride I went on last year was 16 miles (with a Booger in tow).Assuming... well, you know the cliche... left me feeling like a spaghetti noodle left in boiling water for three hours!Last night, I joined a womens' riding group (free!) that bases

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Adams County Detention Facility loomed large and beige before me as the vehicle parked in the spiral shadows of barbed wire and high-tech cameras. All of my belongings were "put away" for safe keeping. Including my identity (driver's license). I passed through the metal detector, me, myself, God, and a few other friendly folks. I nearly had a "Praise-ya-Jesus!" moment when my underwire failed

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I did it. I finished Eckhart Tolle's book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose.Reading Tolle's prose is like digging through the stuff in a barn, occupied by the most "productive" animals, that hasn't been cleaned in three months.I'm gonna bite this analysis task off in small chunks.Tens, if not hundreds of millions of people around the world are being swept into this tsunami of

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Amidst all the concern over the blanket of false teaching that is billowing over the whole world via the internet and Oprah, people are seeking and finding the truth. In considerable numbers and odd places like Boulder, CO.Less than a month ago, I finally surrendered to God's call into a new realm of ministry. For years, I refused to give in b/c I was content where I was. I'd been attending the

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Check out my bbf Jan's post on the Tolle/Oprah movement! I'll link more posts on this topic. I'm about 3/4 of the way through the book, making it a priority to finish reading so I can write a plain old common sense response to this world view. Pray for me. This stuff is disturbing and downright funny at times.

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I was gonna write something funny about my MRI experience today, but when I got home, flipped on the TV in time to hear Oprah say that the purpose of Jesus is not the cross. She used to believe His purpose was to die on the cross for her sins, but now she knows (cuz she's Awake - notice the capital A)she realizes he was here to show us how to live in Presence. To be in Aware.Again, she's

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If you had told me five years ago that I would one day consider Darcie Joy Gudger as one of my best friends I would have said that you were nuts. From a position of "outside looking in", to me she seemed a little weird, and downright annoying. Not that there was really anything wrong with her, mind you, she was just very different from me. She told EVERYBODY EVERYTHING that was going on in her

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Monday afternoon after Kyle was home from his neurology appointment, while he was napping, I got a phone call. From Children's Hospital. The lab didn't draw enough blood for the number of tests requested. There was no way I was driving to Kansas during rush hour traffic that evening - besides, the lab closes at 5:30. Tuesday didn't work because I finally recovered from my short bout of

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The snail-mailed instructional/patient packet told me I had to have Kyle at the hospital by 7:45 AM for his neurology appointment. People who are late will loose appointments. We waited 3 months to get to see a pediatric neurologist.Did I mention The Children's Hospital of Denver is no longer in Denver, but in Kansas? Beam me up, Dorothy!Kyle and I shoved through the magic doors at 7:59.

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UGH!This book is killing me (A New Earth). I'm only starting chapter two and the writer in me is about to have a freakin' flip-out fit. The guy can't write. And he's published.NYT bestseller, loved by Oprah. So far, just the pure grammatical mechanics cloud clarity and meaning. To be fair, I'm not gonna say much more until I read the whole thing. I think my final thoughts will be a "

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My friend Jan @ Bold & Free gave Joy in the Litter Box this award:I'd like to pass it to Paula at Grace Reign, Margie at The Writer's tool, Lori at Quest to Write The Zebarths now missionaries in Belgum The Belgum 5, Joe at Free by Grace, Mair at Ragamuffindiva, and David at Red Letter BeleiversAny ACFW CO folks I missed, let me know about your blogs I'll pass it on b/c you are so dear to me.

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- like stink on a dog.If I haven't caused enough stir over my post "The Dark Side of Christianity", I'm thinking of whipping up some more...maybe.Millions of people around the world watch Oprah (me included). Overall, she contributes a lot to humankind. I love the woman. I'd love to meet her, be on her show...She's been doing the book club thing for years now, which benefits writers and

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...."simple" layouts for wooden Thomas the Tank Engine tracks baffle you to the point of tears.Do ya think I can create a simple figure 8 so the Booger can send his trains in endless circles?Do ya think I can figure out how to incorporate the windmill, stop house and two bridges for "interesting" terrain without multiple dead ends?NO! NO! and NOOOOO!(ages 2+)Kyle likes to "trash!" his trains (

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I'm glad birthdays come once a year.You wouldn't think preparation for a kid's party would be such a big deal - especially when we're having a pot of chili and a birthday cake.Originally I planned to make the cake Wednesday night. But, who knew the goppy goo Wilton blops in their cake pans to hold on a paper sheet w/ a picture of a finished cake would take over TWO hours to get out of the pan?I

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On my way out the door for a loooong drive to Parker for Words for the Journey, I received a phone call from John."Hey. Uh, I wanted to let you know I was in a little accident this morning...""Oh. My. Word!""I'm okay, the car's messed up pretty bad.""What hit you?""One of those tiny Mazda convertibles. It went up under my rear end. Pretty much the backside of the SL2 is in the trunk."I'm

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I think I just experienced a first - I was chased out of MOPS. The letter below is about my life. Incidents that happened years ago. Nobody whose hands would fall on my letter from the editor were involved in past incidents. The newsletters were scooped up, and torn out of readers' hands as I tried to pass them out. I think 1st Amendment rights exist even in a church gym.MOPS International

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How do you get a persnickety toddler to eat a pbj? First, allow the rubber shark with crusty layers of dried baby stew inside and out, to eat mooshed sandwich.Second, suck moosed sandwich seasoned with nasty dried baby stew, out of the shark.Repeat.Do you have any idea how difficult it is to wash a peanut butter covered rubber shark?

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I look at the blogs of others (read: just about every other pickin' person with a blog), and cringe. Mine is so lame. I'm trying to do the AdSense thing. Can I figure it out? No. Google gives all sorts of directions, but your's truly is so technilogically inept, I'm making my blog look worse.Well, I'm on here to write, not look pretty, but in this day and age prettiness helps.Yes, I know

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