“Watch your thoughts; they become words.Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” — Frank Outlaw
Looking for something to do with leftover chicken? If you have about two cups of chicken either removed from the bone or diced from boneless chicken breasts, try this great, easy-to-make recipe. Chicken Pockets Ingredients 2 pkgs refrigerated crescent rolls About 2...
A couple of months ago I decided that my entryway was just driving me crazy. We have a side entrance to our house directly into what we call the mudroom. This is the entrance everyone uses: family and guests. The kids and Mark left every pair of shoes they owned...
I love to read. I’ve always got a stack of books on my bedside table. Here’s a few things I’ve been reading lately: Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer I got a preview copy of this book and I really enjoyed the story. I love a good fiction story...
It’s post Hearts at Home conference here in the Savage home. We had two wonderful, but incredibly exhausting, days of encouraging over 4500 moms at the mom conference here in Normal, IL, Friday and Saturday. Now that we are on the other side of the conference,...
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. ~John Maxwell
In the months of March and April I’ll be speaking in Illinois, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, and Colorado. If you live in any of these areas, I’d love to meet you! If you don’t live in one of these areas, but you know someone who does, could you...
What’s better than playdough? Playdough that you can eat! This will make those long cooped up days inside go a little faster for your kids. It’s easy to make and easy to cleanup! When you tell the kids they can eat it, that’s the best part! ...
So here at Hearts at Home we have this little party for 4,000 moms happening in four days. On top of that, my family and I spent all day Sunday in Indianapolis at Mark’s step-dad’s funeral. We arrived home late Sunday night. With those two commitments...
“Do everything without complaining or arguing.” ~Philippians 2:14 NIV
Last night I caught up with one of my best friends, Becky. She was telling me how she spent yesterday with another friend of hers who was celebrating her birthday in a rather unique way. It seems this friend found herself disappointed every year when her birthday...
A little over a year ago we had two vehicles we considered “necessities.” One was my 2003 Honda Odyssey minivan. The other was my husband’s 2002 Chevy truck. In January 2010 my Honda Odyssey died. The transmission went out. Mark had just...
Thank you to everyone who shared how they take care of themselves on last Thursday’s post. If you need ideas on how to take care of yourself while you’re caring for your family, you can read all the great ideas HERE! The winner of the drawing from...
(Because we had technical difficulties last Monday, and we didn’t want anyone to miss this important communication, we are reposting this Marriage Monday.) It’s happened again. Last week, we learned of another family has been broken up because one person...
“God loves to take circumstances and situations that you and I may consider a lost cause and redeem them.” ~Julie Barnhill
