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Category: Just for Fun

  • Do You Have Any Needles or Grapes?

    Tonight we dragged our tree out…well, I should say my oldest son and his friend dragged it out…leaving a trail of needles and water behind. Contributing to the messiness of my floor. Today my floor has been an issue. A neighbor stopped by unexpectedly.  As we stood in my kitchen all I could think about…

  • No 3-2-1…Our Missing 3 Seconds

    For the past several years my kids and I have celebrated New Year’s Eve with snacks, sparkling cider, and movies.  We always have a great time hanging out together and New Year’s Eve is no different! This past year (all of 3 days ago!) we rang in the New Year in the same way.  Although…

  • Whole Magazine – Longing for Home

    Whole Magazine – Longing for Home I’ve been so blessed to have the opportunity to write for Whole Magazine.  I hope you enjoy the post. Not to sound like a cheesy 70s song but I’ve had heaven on my mind.  In a beautiful way God has been reminding me of the wonderful future He has…

  • Blissfully Aware

    Someone shared with me recently that if a fire fighter trips and hurts himself while trying to save you from your burning house, you can be sued…for a lot of money. I’m not sure why my friend shared that with me…well, maybe it was a subtle encouragement regarding the clutter in my home. Golly, I…

  • Wading Into the Waves Holding My Savior’s Hand

    Wading Into the Waves Holding My Savior’s Hand Just saw that my newest blog is up at MomLifeToday.  I hope you enjoy it. I’d also like to ask for prayer as I begin a new book proposal!  Working on Chapter 1…draft number 1,365,279…just kidding, it just feels that way! I’m so excited about the idea…

  • Snoozing Times Four

    Today I pushed snooze 4 times and then took a 2 hour nap in the afternoon.  I woke with a throbbing headache.  Not a stellar day… On top of that I’ve been trying to give up my coca-cola addiction and I completely fell off the bandwagon.  Ugh.  Although I do have to say, I completely…

  • My Money Faucet…Quick!! Someone Get a Wrench!

    So I know in polite conversation you aren’t supposed to talk about God, politics or money. I already talk about God because He’s everything to me. And although I have very strong opinions about most things, I’ve decided to refrain from politics. But today I just gotta vent a bit about money. Oh my goodness!!!…

  • The Most Important

    As I’ve been preparing for my talk at the MomLife Bootcamp this weekend, I was once again reminded that my life is not conducive to completing projects in a timely and organized manner. I used to be an organized person…or at least I used to be able to appear like an organized person. In my…

  • so yeah…let’s pray

    So yeah… this week. I’ll just give you the highlights otherwise it’ll seem like I’m writing my second book! And I’ll try to keep it funny. Monday – dental fillings….enough said. Tuesday – locked my keys in my car. Oh but I didn’t just lock my keys in the car…nope. I locked my keys AND…

  • SHARING SOME THOUGHTS ON ROMANCE

    SHARING SOME THOUGHTS ON ROMANCE I’ve been learning a lot about love lately.  Loving my children well.  Loving my friends well.  Loving my family well.  Loving my Lord the best.  And especially how the Lord loves me. When I was looking up verses on love, it was amazing how many times God uses the word…