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My husband wrote this back in 2004.
Yeah... He's pretty awesome (;

8 - 3 - 1

Eight letters, well...seven different ones.
So completely inconsequential.
Already in this little story they have all been used.
Twenty six letters in our alphabet,
what would make these so special?
Their arrangement,
into three words.
These three words have the power to change lives
when used correctly.
Over 350,000 words in our language,
and these three among them.
No other words share the same power as these do.
These words must not be thrown around freely,
there has to be meaning and feeling behind them
or they will lose their power.
Only the special ones,
dear to your heart
must hear these words.
These three words have only one meaning.
They are used individually every day in everyone's lives,
but only when they are combined together
do they achieve this one unambiguous meaning.
It can be very difficult to master this ancient power,
but once you do,
your life and the life of the person you share these words with
will be changed
forever.
This may be a very small change
or it may be a course-altering change.
One will not know until the words have been used.
What are these powerful words?
Oh I'm sure you've figured it out by now.

Eight letters, three words, one meaning.

-JTH-

xoxo

A few of my favorite things.

In honor of this being my 100th post...

1. my family (& extended family)

2. Jesus Christ

3. our Heavenly Father

4. sunshine

5. flip flops

6. fresandía gatorade

7. the ocean
8. palm trees
9. swimming
10. penguins
11. freshly fallen snow
12. rain
13. Disney movies
14. Disneyland
15. Yellowstone
16. nature
17. waterfalls
18. singing
19. music {all kinds}
20. Culvers
21. In-N-Out
22. Eegees
23. Cheesecake Factory
24. 24
25. Beauty & the Beast
26. Surf's Up
27. TRON: Legacy
28. cheese
29. cheesecake
30. cake pops
31. pineapple
32. Dole whip floats
33. Monte Cristo sandwich at Blue Bayou
34. Otter Pops
35. Nintendo
36. ice cream
37. frozen yogurt
38. frozen custard
39. gelato
40. cheese curds
41. the Indianapolis Colts
42. VW
43. the color blue
44. ice blue raspberry lemonade kool-aid
45. watermelon lemonade
46. watermelon
47. fireworks
48. smiling
49. kids
50. fireflies
51. glow sticks
52. Target
53. Hollister
54. PacSun
55. Phineas & Ferb
56. ice water
57. spiffy mailboxes
58. laughter
59. a good book
60. fruit
61. family vacations
62. hot cocoa
63. the scent of pine trees
64. the sulfuric smell at Yellowstone
65. the smell inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride
66. the scent of citrus groves
67. the smell of rain
68. other nostalgic smells
69. memories
70. traditions
71. stale Peeps
72. Take 5 candybars
73. pajama days
74. crisp fall air
75. seasons
76. animals
77. the number 7
78. spending time with Hubby
79. date nights
80. being a mom
81. playing with my kidlets
82. make-believe
83. catching up with old friends
84. board games
85. being outside
86. going on walks
87. learning
88. Jamba Juice
89. bawls
90. playing video games
91. reading
92. using my imagination
93. musical theatre
94. chocolate chip cookies
95. my wedding flowers - white lilies, dendrobium orchids (stem-dyed blue), & white roses
96. randomly breaking out into song & dance with the kids pretending our life is a Disney movie
97. surprise visits from family & friends
98. hand-written letters
99. serving others
100. blogging

These are a few of my favorite things...

xoxo

♥ Twitterpated ♥

It's that time of the year again...

Love is in the air.

Nearly everybody is twitterpated.

Yeppers, it's Valentine's week!

We watched Bambi and talked a little about Valentine's Day & the four seasons this week...
Primary/Church Song: 'The Wise Man & The Foolish Man'
Preschool Song/Rhyme: 'Mr Sun'
Book: All the Seasons of the Year by Deborah Lee Rose
Movie: Bambi

I was debating between Bambi and Lady and the Tramp for this week's movie but couldn't pick just one... So I chose both!
Bambi for Mommy School
Lady and the Tramp for our family Valentine's night

"Eating greens is a special treat. It makes long ears and great big feet. But it sure is awful stuff to eat."

- Thumper

While watching Bambi, we ate frozen peas (couldn't forget our greens for Thumper), a PB&J deer sandwich, Thumper's carrots, Flower's pineapple & strawberry flower, strawberry hearts, and a heart cake since we're all twitterpated this week.

We went to the library for story time on Thursday to read Valentine books & made a cute I Love You card!

(I'll share that with the family Valentine's Day post next week since we aren't finished with ours yet)

A couple other ways we shared our love with those around us this week...

Hubby wasn't feeling well so I filled up his car with gas so he wouldn't have to the next morning.

We left a Valentine card & treat in our mailbox for the wonderful lady that delivers our mail.

We will be having our family Valentine's Lady and the Tramp dinner & movie on Monday since believe it or not we have no free evenings until then... Can't wait!

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