Catching up is hard to do!

Friday, November 12th, 2010

I have finally given in to the fact that HSB has changed and I no longer am proficient in anything that allows me to customize anything over here. This is actually a good thing, since I have no TIME to play with the HTML like I used to do in the old HSB days. I like this template fine. It reminds me of our homestead in the Okanogan Mountains, so for now . . . moving on.

DS #3 got married this summer! DS #4 joined the USAF! DD #1 had a baby girl (#7 for anyone who is keeping track), a girl and my namesake: Susianna.

Pictures to follow:

Andrew and Jane’s wedding.

OK, I can’t put in the picture of the baby because I have reached my limit of understanding tonight and must move on before I go a little crazy.

I’m ready to give myself the “Idiot Blogger” Award, which I thought I had retired two years ago. Sad . . .

But hark! There is hope. I found a picture of my DD and her seven little ones. That will do for now!

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Trouble with Treasure Book Trailer

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Time to unveil the latest video from the Marlow Movie-Maker Vault: The new book, Andrea Carter and the Trouble with Treasure, is just about to hit the shelves. Here’s a sneak preview. AND . . .  there is a sweet little deal going on over at my website: FREE SHIPPING on the new book, if you want an autographed and personalized copy for your OWN shelves: CIRCLE C ADVENTURES

Enjoy the preview!

If you’d like to put this video on your blog, here is the embed code:
(Use the "source" option)

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A New Year

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Last year at this time I decided to read the Bible through in a year. Well, mid-year I regret to confess that I could not "finish the course." I heard a couple pretty good sermons about our alone time with God and felt like I needed some renewal. I decided it would not be the end of the world if I did something else. Hence, I set aside the structured Bible reading.

Right now I’m reading The School of Biblical Evangelism (Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron), and I do love those 101 short, concise lessons. I look forward to opening the book and my Bible and seeing what’s new each morning.

And if anyone here has never heard or seen the 30-minute "Hell’s Best-Kept Secret," I challenge you to watch it here or go to LIVING WATERS website and lesson to the audio.

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Many Exciting Things Coming a Little Too Fast

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

It looks like Ryan is going to join the Air Force. That moves up our relocation to our 14- acre homestead by about two years! We’d planned to stay on the West side until Ryan was settled and older (he’s only 18), but if the Air Force "adopts" him, then our house will be empty. In the meantime, our oldest son Chad and his wife want to buy our house . . . and soon (to get that $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit), so all of a sudden I’m having to think about moving away much sooner than I planned!

So we had somebody over to officially appraise the house so we can present a fair price to our son. And all of this has to happen around the first of the year! Ryan still has to go to the METS (Military Entrance Testing Site), but after that, he’ll know for sure if he’s "in" and then will wait until the job he wants and qualifies for comes up–5-6 months. Then *sniff* good-bye Ryan, good-bye Enumclaw, and hello homestead.

Too much . . . too soon!

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The Youngest Graduates . . . sniff, sniff

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

The last one out of the gate! Ryan earned his AAS degree in Drafting, finished up his final classes this week. So, in honor of his h.s. and CC graduation, we took him to dinner at the Space Needle. A gorgeous, COLD night, but the view was worth it! Ryan feels led to join the Air Force, and so we pray God can use him there. May he see the power of God in his life through this next "door" in his life. Here are pics of our evening:

Puget Sound and the Olympics in the background

Mt. Rainier and the Seattle skyline in the background
Fancy place, fancy food, fancy price, but worth it. We had a great time!

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