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A House Full of Faith and Furniture

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Since our apartment in Orlando provided quite a bit of furniture, when we moved to Texas, we needed to get a master bed, a toddler bed, and seating for two living areas.   My parents generously provided the beds for us, and we planned to buy living room furniture with the money we earned from our garage sale.   I really wanted a couch at IKEA, and our hope was to earn enough to buy that couch and some used pieces from craigslist.   However, our garage sale cash totaled only enough to buy the IKEA couch and nothing else.   A little down-hearted, we resolved to look for all our furniture at bargain places.   After being stood-up from some Craig’s List folks, we decided to shop some Estate Sales one weekend when the girls were at my parents’ house. The third sale we happened upon that morning turned out to be the home of Dr. David McKinley , the associate teaching pastor at our church!   We had never met him, but had just seen him from afar and on the big screen.   It was even a few ...

A Free Chicken Labor Day

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After a Labor Day morning at the park with friends, we headed to Chick-Fil-A, which gave a free pack of chicken strips to any person wearing apparel that supported their favorite football team.  The baby scored for us an extra pack, and she scored for herself the empty fries carton while we posed for this pic .  Gig'Em Aggies!  Join us for Chipotle "Free Burrito Day" on Halloween. :)