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Blessing Baby Kyle

October 19, 2010

Blessing Baby Kyle

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Crane Girls with Papa Crane

October 19, 2010

Crane Girls with Papa Crane

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My Crane Boys

October 19, 2010

The Crane Boys.

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Toyota Prius

October 19, 2010

A bit ago we bought a Toyota Prius and we are very impressed with the gas mileage we are getting. We can drive 600 miles on one tank of gas so we are spending about $25 to $30 a month on gas unless we take a trip out of town. Amazing! When we were driving a Buick Park Avenue, we spent $160 to $200 and more when we went to Idaho.

To be fair though, our son who is in fireman school said it can be dangerous getting people out of wrecked hybrid cars because of the electrical currents running through their systems.

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Painted Borders

January 29, 2010

 

My daughter and I recently painted our family room.  I was pleased with the end result especially with the brown and red 4″ border.   We learned the importance of carefully taping the areas that we didn’t want painted and then  we used a product I hadn’t heard of before called siliconzied acrylic latex caulk to seal the edges of [...]

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Quote by Mother Teresa

January 27, 2010

I really like this quote by Mother Teresa. God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.

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Four Suggestions to Maintain a Healthy Marriage

January 11, 2010

A friend told me that she and her husband strive to do the following four things each day/week:

1. Go on a date each week (about 2 hours)
2. Show of affection each day (less than a minute a day)
3. Learn something new about your partner’s day (a couple of minutes)
4. Help your partner reduce their stress daily. Most effective de-stressor: Listening. (approximately 10 minutes)

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