I spent Wednesday of this week at my son’s school. I was a guest speaker for all the 8th grade writing classes. That morning before he got on the bus he informed me that, because I was speaking in his class, this was the worst day of his life. ...
Today was a snow day for us. We loved having a “free” day to sleep late and then get some things done. We hadn’t yet taken down our Christmas decorations so today was the perfect day to do that. When we got it all put away I said the...
I loved our December Christmas conversations! I learned some great new ideas from our discussions and will likely do some Christmas things differently in the future. Thank you to those of you who shared your ideas and contributed to the...
Ok, I’m finally getting caught up on the final five giveaways for the 25 Days of Giveaways! I’ve drawn the winners for days 22-26 (yes, there was an extra giveaway!) today. I’ll draw for the grand prize winner tomorrow from everyone who...
Every girl needs a girlfriend who’ll shop with her and tell her the truth when she tries on clothes. Does this make my rear end look big? Is it my color? Should I buy it? So today I need my online friends to give me that same kind of...
Think how much our God might get done if we surrendered to His interruptions. ~Joe Stowell
In order to upgrade our internet speed, they had to shut our internet down for a week. The first few days were hard…we’re all so used to being connected to the world wide web! Then we got used to not being behind a computer keyboard…and...
Isn’t it fun to be surprised? That’s what today is….it’s a surprise EXTRA giveaway!Every Christmas vacation, I find myself a bit stir-crazy because there’s so much family togetherness. I love being with my family, but I also...
It’s Christmas Day. And no, I’m not posting this Christmas morning. I pre-posted it a couple of days ago because I wanted to be able to focus on family today.Christmas morning still starts early for us. It used to be 5 or 6am when the...
It’s Christmas Eve. Today we are staying home, wrapping a few more Christmas presents, and enjoying family. Tonight we will go to our Christmas Eve church service as a family and then we’ll head to the Outback Restaurant for our traditional...
