Browsing the blog archives for April, 2006.


Finding and Following God’s Plan For Me

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girl orange headerby Kaylee Ririe

Lately, I have been wrestling at a crossroad in my life; one of those times when you feel you’ve exhausted every avenue and none of them is right. Over and over I keep returning to the same question: “So what do I do now?” As a kid I never thought one of my biggest trials of faith would be deciding what to do with my life. However, having to repeatedly “go back to the drawing board” has become very frustrating and discouraging.

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Updating 72 Hour Kits

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school girlby Jennifer Hansen

Year after year I am plagued with the same 3 problems: Having 4 girls that feel they need a brand new backpack every year; bored kids during summer vacation; and not keeping our 72 hours kits quite up to date, with medicine that hasn’t expired, clothing that will actually fit when the emergency occurs, and food that is not stale.

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Rounding Out Your 72 Hour Kits

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by Lori Nawn

When compiling your family’s 72-Hour Kits, don’t forget menu cards, ID cards, and seasonal items.

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How To Read a Family History

It's All Relatives

by LaRae Free Kerr

We had lunch – salmon mousse – with the Duke of Norfolk at the Savoy in London. The family history I wrote, with the fabulous aid of many family members, was one of ten finalists, and the only American entry, in a contest of the The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in England. The book also won a first place in the Idaho Press Women Contest and an honorable mention in the Heartland Genealogical Society contest.

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Stop and Think About It

Simply Gail

Honey dripping from woodenby Gail Jackson

Really, aren’t we something!

Teenagers want to stress their individuality so they dress like their peer masses. Seemingly, more and more, many mothers want to be younger so they dress like their daughters. Apparently that desire isn’t a new thing. I just finished tracing a family from my line on census reports from 1880 through 1930. Amazingly two of the sisters had dropped nine years off their ages in that 50 year time span.

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