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July 2010

FAMILY/ Love/ Marriage/ Spiritual

It Is Love




{video I made for Todd last year. There are pics of our girls which I normally do not show on the blog, so this post will only be up for a week. Enjoy!}

Yesterday was our 14th Wedding Anniversary. My husband is an amazing man who is committed to me, loves me, and makes our marriage priority.  I am a blessed beyond words.
 Our marriage is something we have worked very hard on, clinging to the verses below, trying to put them into practice.  Each year brings on new lessons and new growth.  I am so thankful for a man who will give me room to grow and who is committed to growing himself.  He is God’s gift to me.

I LOVE YOU, TODD!

Col 3:12-14
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity



Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.




Romans 12:10b
Honor one another above yourselves.




1 Cor 13:4-8

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.




1 Peter 4:8 
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.




James 1:19
Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

Colossians 3:14 
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Song of Solomon 2:16 
My lover is mine, and I am his.





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Taking A Short Blogging Break

Thank you, Zakka Life, For The Fun Return Sign
Hi Everyone!  I wanted to let you know I will be taking a short blogging break.  I’m going to take a week to just be fully present with my family, slow down, and maybe get a few things crossed off the list.
For those of you who regularly participate in “Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays,” I will be skipping a week, but save your post for the following week and we will have a double-post week on the 27th. 
I’ll be posting again next Wednesday.  I hope you have a blessed week!
Here is a peek of some posts coming up…
~How To Get Kids To Help So You Don’t Feel Like A Maid!
~What I Buy & Why: Ice Cream
~Recipe For Filipino Chicken Adobo & Lumpia (Filipino Egg Rolls)
~What I Buy & Why: Non-Disposable Water Bottles 
~Teaching My Kids Responsibility
~Craft: Miniature Bead Dolls
~Foods We Eat For Fiber
~My Favorite Body Moisturizer (hint-the pantry is its home)
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Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays #19

***Please read before linking.
There are 2 areas to link up, with 2 different themes.  Read more below and please link up in the right area.  Thanks!***
Hi Everyone!  Welcome to Anti-Procrastination Tuesday!
To learn more of what this is all about, read this post.
To read my original “Doozy List,” read this post.
To read my “Summer Doozy List” read this post.
This week I have been concentrating on getting to know my neighbours and having neighbour kids over.  Our front door has become a revolving one this summer, just today there have been girls from 4 different families here at 4 different times.  It was only this past winter when my girls prayed specifically for new neighbours to play with (we had lived here 3 years and there were no kids to be found!).  God heard and answered, and I am grateful.
New Nostalgia 




Here are a few featured posts from last week, starting with the one that got clicked on the most! The Morris Tribe’s total clicks were double everyone else’s, and this is the second week in a row that happened! Pretty impressive!

For me, it will have to be August or September, but what a great idea to start early!
Look what a beautiful bathroom “anti-procrastination” can get you!  Love the blue and brown.
  
My girls would have great fun opening their lunch box and finding one of these inside!
All you need is fruit and orange juice, and some little hands to mush it up for you.  Fun!

Mason Jars!  I plan to use take this idea and make a different shape, spray paint the jars (too lazy to do it by hand), and fill it with goodies or a candle to give as a gift.  Cute, huh?
Such a good looking garden, and a great idea to protect little seedlings!
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All right, let’s get to linking!
Looking forward to seeing what you all have been up to!!
Be encouraged, Be Inspired, And Get Something Done!
***Stop And Read Before Linking!***

I will have 2 different themes for you to link to.  Please choose the correct theme, or I will need to delete your link.  Thanks!


*If you are a tweeter, hitting the tweet box at the bottom will help get the word out.

***”Anti-Procrastination” Themed:***
~things you want to accomplish (lists, goals)
~things you did accomplish
~thoughts on procrastination/ways you beat procrastination

***Flexible Themed***
~Recipes
~Projects
~Crafts
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Counting One Thousand Gifts #2

holy experience

22~A peaceful home
23~My mac
24~Loving on little girls lost
25~A humble husband
26~Vitamins that make my nails grow:)
27~Daughter reading Scripture as background music while I type
28~A heart that hurts for the broken
29~Conviction
30~A youngest that still calls dad, “daddy”
31~Open calender days
32~Gifts of the Spirit
33~Seeing my oldest have a heart of mercy and compassion
34~Our time-out stair step and the lessons learned there
35~Eating my first pepper picked, on pizza
36~Impromptu talk about the devastation of drugs, sitting on the porch swing with my oldest
37~Dinner at the table
38~Our summer Blockbuster Movie pass
39~Recommended books whose words change my life
40~A text from mom
41~Hair that grows & roots that need colored by me, gives opportunity to see my sister

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Chic Click Carnival

If you are visiting from Chic Click Carnival hosted by Today’s Creative Blog,

Welcome To New Nostalgia!

My name is Amy, and this blog contains snippets of my life as I strive to live simply and well.  I am a mom of 3 girls, age 11, 9, & 7, and the wife of a great man named Todd.  Below is a “Wordle” from Wordle.com that I created with words that describe what you will find here at New Nostalgia.  If any of the words interest you below, make sure you visit this post as it will take you into this little area of the web that I call home.

One of my favorite posts consists of food, of course!  It is a no-guilt recipe for Chocolate Mud Balls. Just 6 ingredients and you are on your way to chocolate heaven.  After eating this chocolaty treat, you will end up satisfied and nourished from the healthy ingredients!
For more blog reading, click on the peep widget below and you will be in blog bliss, so don’t miss out!   My favorite Peep Of The Week is The Twinery.  I would like one in every color, and I love the printable labels she has on her site.  

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Sunday Sermon Notes

John 3:29
“The joy is mine & is now complete.  He must become greater, I must become less.”
~Who is going to be first?  
~Is Jesus absolutely, unrivaled, first, in my life?
~True joy is not about getting others to make much of me, but getting others to make much of Jesus.
~Do I dismiss parts of the Word and only open to that with is convenient?
~Life is not a story about me, is is about Him.
~When we confess our virtues, we are competitors.  When we confess our hearts, we are brothers. -Karl Barth.
~I was born BY His purpose, FOR His purpose.
~I am forgiven.  Loved.
~I play a part in the building of His kingdom.
~To find life, we must lose it.
We sang one of favorite worship songs, these are the words of the chorus, they give me chills every time I sing them.  If you want to hear them, click play below.

You are Lord of lords
You are King of kings
You are mighty God
Lord of everything
You’re Emanuel
You’re the Great I Am
You’re my Prince of Peace
Who is the Lamb
You’re my living God
You’re my saving Grace
You will reign  forever
You are ancient of days
You are Alpha, Omega
Beginning and End
You’re my Savior, Messiah
Redeemer and Friend
You’re My Prince Of Peace and
I will live my life for you.

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What I Buy & Why-Lemonade

I have learned so much about food by asking people what they buy, where they buy it, and why they like it.  These conversations inspired me to start writing some posts on the food items I buy and why.  Not only do I want to share with you what is working for us, but my hope is, that in the comments section, I will get to hear from you and what is working for you! 

I love lemonade, especially in the summer.  I have tried a few recipes this summer, but keep going back to just purchasing it at the store, because of “Simply Lemonade“ brand lemonade.  I love this brand because it tastes good, only has 4 ingredients, and contains NO high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).  It is 11% lemon juice, and it is not from concentrate. 


The ingredients are filtered water, lemon juice, sugar, and natural flavors.  


Now, I would like to know what “natural flavors” are, and hope that does not mean some chemical cocktail added, but honestly, it is easy to turn a blind eye as it is the last ingredient and again, it is one of four ingredients.   


Check out this long list of ingredients in Minute Maid Lemonade:
 Pure filtered water, sweeteners (high fructose corn syrup, sugar), lemon juice from concentrate, less than 5% each of the following: natural flavors, citric acid (provides tartness), modified cornstarch, glycerol, ester of wood rosin, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate and EDTA (to protect taste), yellow #5.  It only contains 3% lemon juice!  


 I don’t often bring simple processed sugars and HFCS in to our home.  I try to sweeten our food with honey, maple syrup, sucanat or stevia.  But when it comes to lemonade, (& ice cream!-post coming soon), I break our rule.  I tried a lemonade recipe that was sweetened with maple syrup, and it just was not what I was looking for.  I want the true, old- fashioned taste of lemonade, like Simply Lemonade or one like  this recipe at “How Does She…” –will be trying that one soon!
What about you?  Do you have a favorite recipe?  Do you know of any great recipes without processed white sugar?  


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