Monthly Archives: December 2007

New Year’s resolutions … of a sort

Posted on December 30, 2007 by jottingjoan

It is a new year and I have resolved this year to blow it all off and live a little. This year I am going to enjoy myself. Instead of mentally weighing and measuring calories and nutrition and resolving to … Continue reading →

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How will you respond?

Posted on December 20, 2007 by jottingjoan

At this time of year, the Christmas story plays before us once again. An angel interrupted the nighttime hush that first Christmas Eve to announce the long awaited Savior to shepherds watching their flocks out in the fields near Bethlehem, … Continue reading →

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a couple old codgers put up the christmas tree

Posted on December 17, 2007 by jottingjoan

The time had come. We had no more excuses. No more activities, no more company, no more other tasks to do. It was time and past to put up the tree my husband had purchased at the after Christmas sales … Continue reading →

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Grandma Waight feeds us

Posted on December 7, 2007 by jottingjoan

Grandma Waight enjoyed feeding folks. She rarely left her house and extensive flower garden, but welcomed those who visited with simple food. On Sundays, after Dad and my brothers finished the evening milking on our dairy farm, we went to … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving gathering

Posted on December 3, 2007 by jottingjoan

After driving from Missouri for Thanksgiving, that branch of the Hershberger family promises no more traveling – until the expected child makes her debut in February. The pre-holiday rains Wednesday evening enticed them to hunker down in a hotel for … Continue reading →

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