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This Moment, All In

30 Sunday Nov 2014

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{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

all in

This photo was taken the morning after our Thanksgiving celebration after I looked through the window and SAW.

The day before, chairs had been evenly set around each table.  A little while into the afternoon I did hear the laughter and I did see the big group of cousins gathered around.  But it wasn’t until the next morning that it was clear.  They were all in.

 

linking with Soulemama.

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Give Thanks

27 Thursday Nov 2014

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Andrew Peterson, Don’t You Want to Thank Someone?

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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This Moment ~ Practice Time

21 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by By Quiet Waters in Gratitude, Life Long Learner, Parenting, teens, Uncategorized, {This Moment}

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{this moment} ~ A weekly stop. A single photo – or two – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment that I have been given. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

practice time

dream realized

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November Correspondence, Sponsorship Sunday

14 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by By Quiet Waters in Compassion International, Letter Writing, One Life, Uncategorized

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Sponsorship Saturday

Hello,

From time to time you will now see Sponsorship Saturday starting with November Correspondence   I will be sharing ways my family seeks to connect with the children we sponsor through Compassion International.  It is my hope that these posts will encourage you as you correspond with sponsored children or interact with children in your community.  Maybe you will even be encouraged to begin sponsoring a child!

This week I was busy with several projects, one being the November correspondence for our sponsored children.

Sponsorship Saturday

Correspondence Package

While working on the letters about Thanksgiving I also found some lovely things to print for birthdays.  These paper dolls really caught my eye. I was excited to find India Friends clothing to send in the birthday folders for Samatha and Priti at this site.  There are a lot of “friends” available so I think I’ll be able to print the cultural clothing for each of our younger sponsored kids.

birthday folder

After printing the paper dolls I wondered how best to send them.  I was concerned about sending them uncut, not knowing if tools like scissors are readily available to the children.  So I laminated the pages whole (I did trim them to get two pages in one laminating pouch), then cut the pieces out.  I am sending a page of outline outfits for the children to color themselves if they want, and to cut or tear out if they desire.

There are pages of  various coloring pages at this site.  It will be fun to print different ones from time to time to send to the kids.  Another good idea might be to color a page myself and send it.  We’ll see if that happens, it is a good idea, but I’m not sure it is one I will act.

How about you?  What are you sending to your sponsored children?

 

 

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Veteran’s Day

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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This Veteran’s Day I want to repost an entry from 2010.

Veteran's Day, Dad

Dear Dad,

I want to tell you thank you.

All those years you served your country,

I now understand

That you also served your family, past, present and future,

Hoping to preserve the freedom to live…

To live a life free

To pursue life to the fullest.

It cost you greatly,

And us too,

But Dad, today

I simply want to thank you, and the many many others who have served, and serve today to preserve beauty, freedom and life.

My paternal Grandfather, WWII

My paternal Grandfather, WWII

Veteran's Day

Great Grandfather, WW1 Veteran

Veteran's Day

Great Great Grandfather, Civil War Veteran

 

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This Moment ~ October’s End

07 Friday Nov 2014

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{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. Photos capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Dr. Who

Companions

Trick or Treat

Fancy Bird

 

linking with Amanda

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What I’m Into, October 2014

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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What I’m InTo October 2014 Edition

Read and Reading:

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, Let’s All Be Brave. Finish listening to the audiobook “The Screwtape Letters”

Currently reading:

Where There Was No Church, Families Where Grace is in Place, Generous Justice and Misplacing God (and finding Him again), War of Words

(I completed _3_ books this month)

TV: Still making our way through the Matt Smith episodes of Dr Who

Music: I received a free U2 album and am enjoying it tremendously!

Things I Loved in October:

Saturday afternoons at home

Daddy Daughter Times

grand prix plans

Road trips to visit loved ones

This Moment, Remembering

Sculptor Gardens, Minneapolis

Weekends away with my hubby

Fall Leaves

Look Up

Crisp Air

Recipes I Tried, That They Devoured:

Garlic Rosemay Potatoes, cooked in the slow cooker

Pepper Chicken

In the Blogosphere:

7 Things We Must Tell Our Daughters

I might be the last to learn about this

Tour your sponsored child’s country, via the library

The Armour of God

On The Blog:

The Road Less Taken

How I am building my family’s library

Sensory Activities for Toddlers

 

What I'm Into

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This Moment, Daddy Daughter Moments

31 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by By Quiet Waters in Craft Projects, Parenting, teens, Uncategorized, {This Moment}

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{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo –  capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Daddy Daughter Times

grand prix plans

linking with SouleMama

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Capturing Those Holiday Memories

25 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by By Quiet Waters in Celebrations, giveaways, One Life, Uncategorized

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Christmas is just around the corner. I don’t mean to be the obnoxious one who stirs up the shopping frenzy in October, that’s not what I’m about here. But a few days ago I was told there are only 9 Fridays left til Christmas. Really??? I haven’t flipped the calendar over to check, but that got me just a little excited. Excited enough to share something fun with you, that will help you not only capture those holiday memories, but also make them accessible for savoring in the days, months, years that follow.

Holiday Memories

Land of Sweets

Enter Quickflics!

Quickflics, Holiday Memories

 

One mom’s answer to a challenge a lot of us moms, and dads and grandparents have. What do we do with the videos we take with our smartphones? If you are like me, the videos are all stored on the hard drive of a computers, or an external drive. But, just sitting there.

Here’s what founders, Caleb and Shawna, have to say about Quickflics.

We had a couple of special events in early October, so to give Quickflics a try, I uploaded my smartphone videos, and about 7 days later…

Quickflics

Here’s how it works…

Quickflics, Family Memories

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The discount promo of byquietwatersQF50 entered here  (https://quickflics.com/promo-code/) will give the readers of By Quiet Waters 50% off their first month ($4.50) when trying QuickFlics for the first time.

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Quickflics

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Maybe less of these stills, and more video!

Family Memories

December Swim Meet

Family Memories

Christmas Eve Snow

Now, the details!  You have the opportunity to try out this new app before the holidays roll in, so you will be ready to point, shoot and savor all those wonderful holiday moments!

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This Moment ~ October 17, 2014

17 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by By Quiet Waters in Celebrations, Parenting, teens, Uncategorized, {This Moment}

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{this moment} ~ A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

Minneapolis Sculptor Gardens

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