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"Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you."
 
I've been back to running and really enjoying it.  This time I'm going to take it a little slower.  My leg still does bother me a bit after I run, but by the next day I'm okay.  I usually wait a day in between running and do some other cardio.  My latest love has been the stair master... I...

 
And...here we go!
1. Plans and schedules work best when you follow them .
2. I'm happy when things are busy .
3. The last thing I drank was coffee.
4. One of the most valuable things in my life is family, of course.
5. I like veggies on my pizza.
6. Dear November, don't fly by too quickly, I want to enjoy the weekend crop, look forward to Thanksgiving and want to savor...

and more...
Thursday I got to spend the day with my sister and Trish as we traveled to Amish Country and then back to Medina.  We shared plenty of laughs and picked up oh so many yummy things!
 
I just loved the haystacks throughout amish country
 
and who can resist the laundry hanging outdoors, here is where we pulled over and Debbie shared with us some of her Amish knowledge... okay only...

Thursday Thirteen....
Oh I've got several Christmas magazines that I've been dog earring page after page.... here is just a sample of things I'm hoping to make or get during the holidays.  Here are 13 Christmas pictures to inspire creativeness.

You can find the directions here

Pine cones have to be everywhere and glittered ones are even better!

 

 I can't wait to fill the...

Yesterday I made a couple of note pad holders from directions I found here and I can't wait to make some for Christmas gifts.  The folder I used was one I had picked up from Staples, but the Stampin Up ones look adorable.

I still want to embellish the outside some more

It holds a 5 X 8 note pad and the pocket goes across.
 it has a velcro closure
 
Here is one of the cards we made last...

I love that first day we change the clocks back... why one hour seems to make the day seem so much longer I don't know, but for me it does!
 
After going to breakfast with the family and getting Chels some groceries, she and Ben headed back to school and we headed back home. 

 I decided to do some cleaning, it first began with trying to find a place for my magazines.  A place that I would...

On days like today (Saturday), with Zach now working, he and Joel were gone early in the day for work, Chelsea and Ben had plans for the day and I found myself alone in the quiet house with not a list of things I had to do, but a list of things I wanted to do.
And so I worked on my crafts, read for a while, threw in a load of wash, put a roast in the oven, all without once turning on the television...

With the Work in progress add on kit
   

November add on kit is what I played with this month...
 
This kit includes two mini books, which I love!  Along with many other things!  
Here is one of the mini's I made
      
And the box I decorated

 
And...here we go!
1. It was a dark and stormy night, and he still wasn't home from work.
2. Nobody else in my family is a big reader, so I offered to take the books myself.
3. Rushing out, I almost forgot my cell phone.
4. OH no...I think I heard a howl, never mind it was just the dog!
5. Shhhh... we are trying to sleep here.
6. Trick or treat, smell my feet and give...