Am I coming to your area?

by | Jan 21, 2010 | Uncategorized

I’ve got some upcoming speaking engagements…and I just might be coming to your area!  Each of these are open to the public.Note the Feb 6 parenting event….if you’ve ever wanted your husband to experience a little bit of Hearts at Home, or...

Every mom needs continuing education!

by | Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized

Seventeen years ago I found myself thinking back to the teaching conferences I experienced while finishing up my music education degree at Butler University.  I always returned home from those “continuing education” events with fresh vision and new...

Books I’ve Been Reading…

by | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized

I always try to have a book or two going.  I particularly love to read fiction, but I’m also drawn to biographies or memoirs. Over the holidays I read two books I really enjoyed. First I read Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy. ...

Grand Prize Winner!

by | Jan 8, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...

We have winners!

by | Jan 6, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...

It’s a New Year and a New Look!

by | Jan 2, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...

I’m connected back to the internet world!

by | Jan 1, 2010 | Uncategorized

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 25

by | Dec 25, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 24

by | Dec 24, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...

Day 21 Winner

by | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized

I loved hearing about all of your wonderful Christmas picture ideas!  Three moms sent in their pictures and I want to share them with you because they are so fun and inspiring!The first one is from the Bennett family.  Leann said, “We have...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 23

by | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized

I was reading through Christmas story recently and I realized that my favorite part of the story is Mary’s response to the news that she was going to have a baby—even though she was a virgin!It’s caused me to think about how I respond when God wants...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 22

by | Dec 22, 2009 | Uncategorized

The holidays get so crazy, that often our marriage relationship gets placed on the backburner.  Mark and I are having to carve out some time for just the two of us.  We’re being intentional about talk-time after the kids are in bed.  We’re...

Day 19 and Day 20 Winners

by | Dec 22, 2009 | Uncategorized

Did you wonder where I’ve been today?  This would be the first time that I have missed having the discussion of the day and the daily winner posted promptly. Well, we decided to have our internet speed updated at our house and in order to do that...