Sentences with phrase «like opening a gift»

It's like opening a gift on Christmas morning — you just never know what you're going to get.

Ooh, this will be like opening a gift on Christmas morning.

It's truly like opening gifts every time I visit your holiday posts!

This was like opening a gift to discover there are several gifts inside.

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I like this definition of humility: It's an ability to recognize your talents and gifts accurately and then willingly stoop to a lower level and become curious, open, and willing to accept instruction without clinging to your pride.

The planning opportunities have opened very wide, especially in a state like Massachusetts which does not have a gift tax but does have a rather low threshold for the estate tax.

It is as if salvation is something that kicks in after death, like a gift that says «don't open until eternity» on the tag.

So faithful service means practices that look like worship — those that gather people and form them as one body, that reconcile and open lives to repentance and forgiveness, that proclaim truth and reveal God's story, that embrace need and unleash gifts, that express thanks and are open to the Holy Spirit, that share food and wash feet.

I'm her mama, I thought, I'm me, always, I'm yours, Jesus, and I turned and surveyed it all like the gift it is, open to all that came my way for a little while.

Then, I let Trig's mom have an exceptionally comfortable pregnancy so she could enjoy every minute of it, and I even seemed to rush it along so she could wait until near the end to surprise you with the news — that way Piper wouldn't have so long to wait and count down so many days — just like Christmastime when you have to wait, impatiently, for that special day to finally open your gift?

Salvation was something that kicked in after death, like a gift that had «Do not open until eternity» on the tag... It was something that happened once but applied for all eternity — once saved, always saved.

For example, when people open up their homes to me, I try to give back a gift — as a writer, I'm often given freebies and I pass on books, tickets to an event, a bottle of wine that I know the hosts will like.

I look forward to your comments, they are like opening little gifts.

It's just as easy to make three cups of rice (or barley, or farro, or quinoa) as it is one, and it feels like a gift you've given yourself when you get home and open the fridge and realize you have something already prepared in there.

The first 100 visitors to the store will receive a mystery Whole Foods gift card, ranging in value from $ 5 to $ 365; if you'd like to try your luck, be sure to get in line well before the 9 a.m. opening time.

I'd like to continue the tradition of spreading the love within out food blogger community by officially opening up the 4th Annual Food Blogger Holiday Gift Exchange!

It feels like you have only just started opening the gift he is giving you.

But, make no mistake, once they open the gift, they will surely like this bag pack.

Yet in spite of all our wishing and wanting and hoping for time to freeze them in that perfectly small shape, they grow into these tiny little humans — ones who sometimes — blissfully — still gift us fleeting reminders of the babies they once were: Like when their eyes catch the light a certain way, and we remember the first time they opened them.

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Help him practice how to thank people for his gift and how to respond if he opens a gift that he doesn't particularly like.

All the kids liked it so much when the gift was opened, it gave me the idea to gather up some supplies we have at home and make up some busy box craft kits for my own kids.

You might be thinking that your kids probably have enough toys to open their own store, and that gift - purchases of more «practical» items like shoes, clothing, and things they can use in kindergarten and school would be better.

When our SleepBuddy arrived I had her open it like a gift and she was so excited!

I want to bundle up this morning in a bow and tuck it away like a gift to be opened later when I need a little encouragement.

Our son's birth mom occupies a very special place in his life and heart... he knows in ways both small and profound that he is deeply loved by her, and by us.This is the true gift of open adoption, and the goal that all of the skilled and dedicated OA&FS counselors are working towards: that children like our boy will never doubt that they were wanted, never wonder where they came from, and always know that they are loved.

In the flurry of gift opening on Christmas morning, small objects from ripped open packages (like the 42 little plastic tabs to hold a $ 5 rattle in a cardboard box!)

«Tomorrow will be like a birthday for cosmologists, with many gifts arranged on the table and us opening them one by one.»

Put another way, there may be times when the vacuum cleaner, a gift that is unlikely to wow most recipients when they open it on Christmas day, really ought to be at the top of the shopping list as it will be well used and liked for a long time.»

Oppenheim says that open - ended materials like finger paints, an easel, and craft kits from Creativity for Kids like the Grow»n Glow Terrarium ($ 13; amazon.com) make great gifts.

Opening gifts is definitely the most awkward thing, but I like your spin on it... I may have to steal that for my baby shower YAY for all things wedding!

It's a dangerous habit, I know, but there's something that feels like Christmas, opening up a little gift just for me.

And holiday dressing opens up a door to sampling lush fabrics like velvet and going super glam with metallics, a velvet maxi, or cozy sweater are just some fashionable gifts that will keep on giving through the holiday season.

To have open conversations like that with Maureen is such a gift.

I look forward to your comments, they are like opening little gifts.

I love opening the box from eShakti because the garments are wrapped so nicely and it feels like a special gift.

You can mix one - off gifts and open contributions on the same list, divide your list up into any number of custom sections and display your gift items in any order you like.

Women love to be given gifts, have doors opened for them, be extended compliments and feel like they are queen for the day when you spring for a spa appointment or dinner at a fine restaurant.

I like that every email that you get from Sparkology, you view as a gift and you want to open it.

The one who is open minded, ready for the new things, likes to travel and share the experience.I like the gifts.

Online dating during the Christmas season is like having to open a lot of gifts, and only to fall in love with one that simply stands out from the rest.

The side characters remain terrific — my favorite joke in the premiere may be Laurie's utter bafflement at Monica complimenting her for the birth of her fourth child only hours earlier — and the show still has a gift for constructing comic set pieces like the black site - style office Richard tried to show the guys in the premiere's opening.

In 2007, his gift for infusing rich, classically structured narratives with documentary - like authenticity resulted in the four - time César Award — winning The Secret of the Grain, a roving, multigenerational drama that follows a French - Arab family thrown into discord when the patriarch decides to pursue his dream of opening a portside restaurant specializing in North African cuisine.

The leaves of fall are like a roaring wildfire setting hillsides ablaze, and this lesson that has students create and decorate fall similes is like a gift just waiting to be opened!

Fall similes The leaves of fall are like a roaring wildfire setting hillsides ablaze, and this lesson that has students create and decorate fall similes is like a gift just waiting to be opened!

She thought how full of great gifts her life was - while her body emptied and the space around her rushed her skin like a swarm of flies and she felt her dry mouth open, the scream coming... don't scream... if Josh keeps quiet and Nell stays... maybe just rape oh God... whatever they... the rifle... The rifle was locked in the cupboard under the stairs and the key was on the bunch in her purse and her purse was on the bedroom floor and the bedroom floor was a long, long way away.

By opening an RBC bank account — monthly fee $ 14 — customers get points that can be redeemed for things like a $ 75 Future Shop gift card.

The accounts that you open could be a retirement account to help pay for your senior years, a savings account that earns interest that is used for special needs like college tuition or holiday gifts, or an offshore bank account that can be accessed by your children or other family members living abroad.

Including a pet in special family events and holiday traditions like enjoying treats, opening stockings, sniffing and shaking gifts under the tree, caroling or going for snowy walks after dinner can bring even more joy to your family, not to mention increase the cuteness factor of holiday photos.

Including a pet in special family events and holiday traditions like festive dinners, opening stockings, sniffing and shaking gifts under the tree, caroling or going for snowy walks after dinner can bring even more joy to your family, not to mention increasing the cuteness factor of holiday photos.