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- Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Oo! I agree with Alison! Pup is so nutty he's bananas! :D So, Saturday I leave to go spend a week with friends. I'm getting excited. Oh and it looks like I'll be filling in at the daycare some afternoons in September and October. I hope you have a great time connecting with your friends! Filling in...
- Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:06 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Hey all! Becky, I know how it feels to get no response to a post. It happens to all of us. :D Shann, good for you for reading your story in church! I'm sure God will use you to speak to others who are struggling. Pup, those girls sound adorable! I'm sure they're keeping you young. :thumbs Leah, I'm ...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:43 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Oh the poor thing, that must have been so scary. Did she go back to camp or home? I hope she went back. Although I'd understand if not. She did go back in the morning. :D It was a tough thing to go through. But she has tons of amazing memories of camp too! I'm trying to decide if I'm going to sign ...
- Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:39 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Allison, I'd really like to read that piece that you wrote if you don't mind sending it to me by pm. Pup, sorry you won't be seeing the cuties very often. They sound so precious! Shann, Thanks! Congratulations for placing 15th on your piece! I'd like to enter every week, but it doesn't always work o...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Sounds like a great trip, Leah, but it always good to get home too. :D Rebecky, I agree! After peeling a box of bananas, I realized that it's much easier to peel them from the bottom. Go figure! I'm looking forward to getting back into homeschooling. I love summer too, but I think the school routine...
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:23 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--LEARNING FROM CRITIQUE
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5401
Re: Be a Better Writer--LEARNING FROM CRITIQUE
I find these in-depth critiques very, very helpful especially when you include the judging criteria. I hope that you will continue providing these once in a while. I realize that these take a long time to craft, but you are welcome to use any of my challenge entries if you would like to. I purchased...
- Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Congratulations on your EC, Allison!!! :superhappy Shann, 40lbs. is one of those big banana boxes. I really don't know how many bananas that is. I guess 100-200? They're 90 cents a pound here (weaker dollar) so it is a good deal. I've heard that frozen bananas put through a blender is really yummy. ...
- Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:21 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winners for SALT AND PEPPER Challenge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2076
Re: Winners for SALT AND PEPPER Challenge
Congratulations on the great stories!!! 

- Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:37 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
That's too bad that you'll be missing out on some church events, DJ, but that's a nice cash bonus and a nice time of year to get it too. My girls went to a friend's house to stain their deck and my 5 yo went to play with my friend's son...so it's pretty quiet around here with half my kids away for t...
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
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- Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:02 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--THE FINAL JUDGING CRITERION
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9163
Re: Be a Better Writer--THE FINAL JUDGING CRITERION
Thank you for this lesson, Jan! I think this criterion is the one that I am most unsure of when I'm going over my entry. I took it to mean: Would this entry be likely to be published in a publication or anthology of its genre? But considering the readership of the FaithWriters anthologies is very he...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:36 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
- Views: 4443741
Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Thanks ladies :D Happy belated birthday, Leah!!! Sounds like it was a good one! The kids finished up their swimming lessons yesterday. There is no pool in town so I had to drive 100k (one-way) so the could take lessons for 8 weeks. They loved it and it was good because it pushed me to drive beyond m...
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
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Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
The rose is lovely!
We're about 1 month away from getting our solar panels hooked up. Yay, free power!
(But it's definitely not free to buy the panels, batteries, inverter, etc!)
We're about 1 month away from getting our solar panels hooked up. Yay, free power!

(But it's definitely not free to buy the panels, batteries, inverter, etc!)

- Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:31 am
- Forum: The Water Cooler
- Topic: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
- Replies: 20647
- Views: 4443741
Re: Pacific Coast Rest-Stop
Pup, I'm sure that you are such a blessing to that mom and her kids! I'm so thankful for the adults who take the time to interact with my children and set a godly example.
Allison, I'm so glad that the performances went so well! Now you can take some well-deserved rest.
Allison, I'm so glad that the performances went so well! Now you can take some well-deserved rest.

- Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:27 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--DEALING WITH NEGATIVE CRITIQUE
- Replies: 48
- Views: 34546
Re: Be a Better Writer--DEALING WITH NEGATIVE CRITIQUE
I hadn't written since school, but then an idea for a novel came to me about 6 years ago, and I spent months totally preoccupied in writing my novel. I let it sit for about 4 years. I was afraid to show it to people and maybe find out that it was garbage--it was just so close to my heart. About 2 ye...