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Andrea has been telling me for months that I should open up an etsy store. This week, I finally broke down and did it!
You can visit my shop here.
Here are a few things currently available in my shop:
As a thank-you for being loyal readers of my blog, you can receive 10% off your first purchase at my shop! Just mention in the notes to seller section that you read my blog and I’ll give you the discount when you order.
Hope you’re having a great Monday!
Earlier in the summer, I posted about Dutch Blitz, a game that our family loves to play. I wanted to share another game that we also enjoy! It’s called Fast Scrabble.
I’m not the biggest fan of traditional Scrabble, simply because depending on with whom you are playing, it can take a long time and get kind of boring. However, this “remix” is much more fun than the original! And, as a bonus, if you already have a Scrabble set, you can play it TONIGHT without having to buy anything special. If you don’t own any Scrabble tiles, you can snag them on ebay or Amazon (use those SwagBucks gift cards you’ve been earning!). I just got my tiles “for free” with an Amazon gift card from SwagBucks!)
You’ll need at least one full set of Scrabble tiles, but it’s a lot of fun to use more than one set if you’re playing with a group of people (more than 3 or 4).
Start by turning all of the tiles face down on the table. Everyone draws seven tiles, and then turns them over when the game begins. The point is to form your own Scrabble-style crossword puzzle using the tiles you have drawn. (You follow standard Scrabble rules, such as no foreign words, no abbreviations, and no proper nouns.) As soon as one person uses all his or her tiles, they yell “draw two!” and everyone has to take two more tiles. At any point in the game you may completely rearrange all of your tiles and start over. This continues until all the tiles in the center have been used up. The first one to finish their puzzle wins!
This game has been recently marketed under the name “Bananagrams,” but you don’t have to buy a special set like that to play. Just grab those old Scrabble tiles you never use and get ready for a fun, fast-paced game with your family!
Yes, forty-ONE. No, I am not posting a picture this week. Really… would you?? I still look pretty much the same as last week… very pregnant, swollen feet, etc.
We are trusting God’s perfect timing for our little one’s birth, so we have chosen that I not be induced until absolutely necessary (the doc said that would be a week from today… so week forty-two). We would greatly appreciate your prayers that I would go into labor naturally BEFORE that time comes! I know every family has to make their own decisions about birth plans, induction, practitioners, and more, so I am not saying that this is the only way of doing things. It’s just how we feel led to do things at this time and for this baby!
Our baby is perfectly healthy and passed all of the “tests” yesterday beautifully. She is active, her heart rate is high, she is breathing well, the placenta is working, there is plenty of amniotic fluid, and she is very cozy & content, apparently! They think she is probably between 7 and 8 pounds.
Here are some specific prayer requests:
-that we would continue to trust God in all things
-that our baby would continue to be healthy and well
-that I would not allow fear to overtake me (my mom had a difficult experience with Pitocin, so I have lots of concerns about being induced that way)
-that the midwife I have when I go into labor would be supportive of my desires to do things as naturally as possible
-that labor would start up naturally on its own before next week!
Thank you for your prayers! We can’t wait to introduce our baby girl to the world!
