I'm Emotionally Drained

Jessica and Jeremiah - summer holiday, 2010 My nerves were completely shot after a judgment error on my part. It all started when I took my teenagers to the doctor. At first, it was just Jessica and me sitting in the waiting room. They were fully booked, but they still let us squeeze in and sit it out. While I was waiting, I got a call to say that my son was really sick and wanted to leave school. So, I picked him up while Jessica remained behind waiting and with their permission, brought Jeremiah also to the doctor’s. He’s our family...

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Picture Perfect Party Linky #5

My hubby took this photo of Amanda and me sharing a picnic together in the winter sun. Last week I posted photos that I had taken. The collage bellow is of my action shots from that day. I held the camera in one hand and tossed the ball back and forth with her a few times while taking these pictures. This is a blog hop. Here's your chance to link up your Wordless Wednesday or any picture post at the all new Picture Perfect Party Linky (P.P.P.L.)! Come and join me (Tina), your host, every Wednesday and make new friends and...

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10 Things I Do Every Day for Amanda

I have 3 girls. My eldest, Jessica, is 14. My second daughter, Samantha, is almost 12. My youngest, Amanda, is 4. Jessica has hair like mine, brown, thick and wavy. Samantha is blond and has straight hair. Amanda is also blond and has lovely curly hair. I have a lot of fun taking pictures of Amanda’s hair. I’ve already done a few posts about hair with cute photos of Amanda. They are listed here: Some Things Just Take Time Girls and Hair Knots in My Hair Blame It on the Fairies So, I thought to do something a little different. What...

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Make My Saturday Sweet - Blog Hop #3

Today I want to once again welcome all of you wonderful bloggers to this "sweet" Saturday blog hop! I have a really bad sweet tooth and that is what helped inspire me for this blog hop name and button. The recipes that I save from Pinterest tend to be sweet things. What can I say? Sweet things bring me joy and happiness! I hope that here you will make new friends and find new followers and have fun doing it! By the way, I was sick for a couple of weeks and today I was catching up on all of my blogs. I see that this blog is also due...

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Picture Perfect Party Linky #4

Amanda enjoying a sunny winter picnic in our front yard Amanda loves having a picnic. One day the sun came out and chased away the winter chill. I decided to make a special picnic just for her and me before her brother and sisters got home from school. It was her idea to decorate with the vase of flowers that were picked from our garden. In case you didn't know, it's winter here in South Africa where we live. Even in winter, Amanda insists on wearing dresses, so often I just layer her with enough clothes and then add a dress that...

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I am too Sick to Blog

Hi Friends! I have been too sick to blog and so posts have been on hold on all my blogs. I really can't wait to get back into the swing of things. One thing I have learned, though, is that I need to stop being so busy and take more time to have fun. Since I haven't got the strength to write a full post, I thought to share some photos of Amanda with her sisters and brother instead. If you don't know my children yet, they are Jeremiah (age 15), Jessica (age 14), Samantha (age 11) and Amanda (age 4). Amanda and Jessica Amanda and...

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Picture Perfect Party Linky #3

This is a blog hop. Are you looking for new friends and followers? Do you post a Wordless Wednesday or something like that on a weekly basis? Do you sometimes wonder what picture to post? If you said yes to any of these questions, then come and join me (Tina), your host, and Tricia, your co-host, every Wednesday for our Picture Perfect Party Linky (P.P.P.L.)! Here you can make new friends and find new followers by linking up your Wordless Wednesday or any day of the week that you use for posting a picture. This is a picture party link-up,...

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Monday's Top 3 Picture Perfect Party Linky #2

There was only one link-up this past Wednesday by Typative Mama Cat. Check out her photo “Bouncy House Day” and while you’re at it, consider following her blog. Let her know that you found her through the Picture Perfect Party Linky hop. Since I don’t have a top 3, I thought to share about my picture. The theme was “friends.” I was at Amanda’s preschool to take pictures of their Olympics and the kids started sharing a lot of love with each other. I just happened to be standing right there when they made this big group hug. Thankfully,...

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What Do You Do When Your Kids are Sick?

You might notice that something is different here at Amanda’s Books and More. Well, the template was giving me trouble. I decided that it would be best to change it with something more reliable. It could be that the code for my new blog hop buttons was the problem. I’m going to look into that, but I’m a novice at these things. Something went wrong with my template for 1camera1mom also. Now, two of my blogs have new templates. I let Amanda choose the background for this one. This blog is about her, after all. I hope you like it. I’d love...

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Make My Saturday Sweet - Blog Hop #2

I've been practicing with a new blog button code. I wasn't sure if my previous code was faulty. I think this one will do the job. Hello blogging Moms! Welcome to my second Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop! The more people that join and the more people that grab my button, the more fun we'll have at finding new friends and blogs to follow. It's storming over here in the Western Cape, South Africa. Yesterday I began a new series over at 1camera1mom where I posted 3 beautiful photos of the Hex River Valley, which is close to where we...

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Wordless Wednesday - 8 with Linky

Are you looking for new friends and followers? Do you post a Wordless Wednesday or something like that on a weekly basis? Do you sometimes wonder what picture to post? If you said yes to any of these questions, then come and join me, your host, in this Picture Perfect Party Linky with a theme! Here you can make new friends and find new followers by linking up your Wordless Wednesday or any day of the week that you use for posting a picture. It’s going to be a lot of fun! Today's theme is "friends." Here are my easy rules:Please link-up...

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My Husband is a Martian – Part 2

In honor of our recent 17th anniversary, I’m doing a series on personality types, learning styles and culture and how this has been a challenge for us in our communication. I hope by sharing from our experiences and from what we've learned (and are still learning) that your relationships will grow and flourish. We used to have a really hard time understanding each other. Of course, he thought I was the problem and I thought he was the problem. On my previous post, I introduced the DISC Model of Human Behavior. Today I’m going to...

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Monday’s Top 3 Picture Perfect Party Linky #1

Thank you to everyone who joined my very first Picture Perfect Party Linky blog hop! It’s a Wordless Wednesday with a theme. Last week’s theme was “books.” My favorite three from the hop are listed in order: Typative Mama Cat linked up a cute picture of her kitten inside the bookshelf. Faith Filled Food for Moms and Grandmothers linked up an adorable picture of her grandson sitting with a kid's Bible devotional book in his hands. Drink Your Greens and Minerals linked up a picture and information about the dynamic book Live...

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Make My Saturday Sweet - Blog Hop #1

Welcome to my first ever Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop! I have a really bad sweet tooth and that is what helped inspire me for this blog hop name and button. The recipes that I save from Pinterest tend to be sweet things. What can I say? Sweet things bring me joy and happiness! I hope that here you will make new friends and find new followers and have fun doing it! Here are my easy rules:Follow me. Yes, I need followers too! If you leave a comment and your URL, I'll be sure to follow back as long as you have a family friendly site! Grab...

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Preschool Olympics

I've had a very busy day. When I got to my blog, I discovered that it was in a mess! Something was wrong with the template! I don't design templates and I don't know much about codes. It was a panic moment. My hubby prayed for me and soon after that I discovered that my new blog hop button had made it to my top 10 popular posts. I decided to see if that was the problem, so I went to Layout, changed my top 10 to top 8, bumping it off the list, and voila!... the template went back to normal. What a relief! Now if it makes it to the top...

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