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# Riverbend Ramblings

Blessed Beyond Measure

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- [Photobombed by a Cat](https://riverbendramblings.com/photobombed-by-a-cat/) - Asher decided to pop up out of nowhere and become the focal point of this shot. It's a good thing he didn't knock the dishes over; he might have had to find a new home. Just kidding! He's really something else.
- [Book Review: Something Worth Doing](https://riverbendramblings.com/book-review-something-worth-doing/) - In the mid-1800s, women in America were facing many of the same challenges that women are still facing today. Jane Kirkpatrick examines these challenges in her Christian fiction novel Something Worth Doing. Based on real-life suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway, Kirkpatrick tells the story of a young woman who settles in Oregon Territory with her family
- [The Blue Willow Inn](https://riverbendramblings.com/the-blue-willow-inn/) - This week we had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite restaurants, the Blue Willow Inn, located in Social Circle, Georgia. It has beautiful gardens, antiquainted charm, and it gives a taste of Southern elegance at its finest! Originally a Southern plantation home, it now serves as one of the top-rated buffets in America.
- [Favorite Things](https://riverbendramblings.com/favorite-things-2/) - This lamp was a Christmas gift from my husband a couple of years ago. It is on the nightstand beside my bed. It is one of my very favorite things!
- [Zucchini Squash Casserole](https://riverbendramblings.com/zucchini-squash-casserole/) - Yesterday after our morning service at church, we had a covered dish luncheon in the fellowship hall. My contributions were watermelon chuncks, macaroni and cheese, peach cobbler, zucchini squash casserole, and croissants. Since squash is so abundant in everyone's garden right now, I thought I would post this simple recipe for zucchini squash casserole. 1
- [Blueberries for Bookworm](https://riverbendramblings.com/blueberries/) - Bookworm went blueberry picking with Mrs. Welch, her Sunday school teacher. After they finished picking the blueberries, Shay picked a couple of recipes to make using the berries. She made blueberry muffins with a streusel topping and a blueberry pound cake. It was the most delicious pound cake I have ever had, and I'm not
- [Book Review: The Love Note](https://riverbendramblings.com/book-review-the-love-note/) - It is getting harder and harder to find quality Christian fiction books! So many of them have the same themes, and very few are well-written enough to keep my interest. The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano has a unique story line that captured my attention and held it until the final page. In The
- [Thanksgiving Break](https://riverbendramblings.com/im-so-excited-to-be-on-thanksgiving-break/) - I am on Thanksgiving break this week, and I am so excited about it! For those of you who don't know, I am a high school teacher at a small Christian school located deep in the hills. We have alternated between in-person and virtual learning since August, and, let me tell you, remote teaching during
- [Time](https://riverbendramblings.com/time/) - When I was growing up, my mom would say that time would pass more quickly as I grew older. She was telling the truth. It's sometimes hard for me to believe that 2021 is here. So much has changed in our world and in my family in just the last year. The more things change,
- [MASTERWORKS](https://riverbendramblings.com/mountain_morning/) - God paints a picture, oh so rare
- [Home Again!](https://riverbendramblings.com/home-again-3/) - The children and I spent the past ten days vacationing in Florida. We so enjoyed spending time with family and visiting with some dear friends. One day I, my four children, Grandma, and Mimi went to Disney World. I have fond memories of trips to the Magic Kingdom during my childhoond, but it is so
- [Book Review: A Dance in Donegal](https://riverbendramblings.com/a-dance-in-donegal/) - Jennifer Deibel tells the story of a young woman named Moira Doherty in the Christian fiction novel A Dance in Donegal. Moira, seeking to fulfill her mother’s deathbed wish, leaves her home in Boston and travels alone to her mother’s homeland in Donegal, Ireland, to teach at the school in the village of Ballymann. Moira
- [Summer Break](https://riverbendramblings.com/summer-break-2/) - Hello, Friends! I am officially on summer break and am thrilled to not be starting my days to the sound of the alarm clock going off. I think that, whether or not they care to admit it, most teachers enjoy being out of school for the summer even more than their students do. While I
- [Book Review: Come Back to Me](https://riverbendramblings.com/book-review-come-back-to-me/) - I have been working my way through my stack of summer reading material, and today I'm reviewing Jody Hedlund's new release Come Back to Me. I've been a fan of Jody Hedlund's books for years, but I was caught off guard as I began reading Come Back to Me because it revolves around time travel,
- [There's Still Color on the Trees](https://riverbendramblings.com/699-2/) - Swoop, Scoop, Pile them up In a stompy pile and Jump Jump JUMP!
- [A Peek In The Garden](https://riverbendramblings.com/a-peek-in-the-garden/) - I enjoy spending time outdoors taking in the beauty of God's creation. This morning when I went for my walk I took a few pictures of the flowers currently blooming in our yard. On one side of our house is an adorable little flower garden surrounded by a white picket fence. I have contemplated adding
- [The Key to Having a Good Attitude](https://riverbendramblings.com/the-key-to-having-a-good-attitude/) - There are days when I fail to have a good attitude, especially when I am frustrated with my circumstances or when things don’t go my way. Psalm 119:14 is such a convicting verse. The words that I say and the situations heart and mind focus on need to please Christ. When I remind myself of

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