Teenagers: so quick to voice their opinions. The other day my sweet daughter, upon observing a little mistake I made while preparing dinner, made one of her humorous quips, "Epic fail," followed by a shake of the head and a slight smirk. "Excuse me?" I replied. She repeated, "Epic fail." "That sounds like a good title," I said. "I should do an "Epic fail" post ... what should I write it about?" To which she retorted, "Would you … [Read more...]
Confession Time
For over two years now I've had this secret habit of visiting a man's website. I am compelled to go there...I try to stop myself...but I just can't. What is it with that? I especially find myself going to visit "him" when I'm sad, mad or simply if I've had a bad day. He gives me what I need...I guess...to make it through the rest of my day. Is this healthy for me? Well, some people would think it was very healthy and may even be … [Read more...]
Charitable Judgement in Haiti
I have spent much time lifting up prayers for the people of Haiti and for those working diligently to help them.In times of desperation and heartache love always wins out - people and organizations step up to help...and help BIG. That is a wonderfully beautiful thing and God bless them every one!However, it saddens me when I hear all the complaining about what's "not" being done. Shame on those who are complaining and pointing fingers.For anyone … [Read more...]
Mom Rant!
Okay ... if you do not enjoy hearing an otherwise level-headed mom share a little rant you may want to just sit this post out! Realize I'm just venting here, so please allow me to type for a while. Why am I the only person in this house who will put things back where they belong? Over Christmas I went to get my scissors ... not there. I went to get my paring knife ... gone. The lighter for the fireplace ... missing. Grrrr. Here's my big … [Read more...]
New Year Post Pause
Happy New Year friends!My children and hubby are home...and then I am attending the FamilyLife speakers retreat where I am making a presentation, so I am going to take a post pause for a couple of weeks!If you are like me...you are a bit busy yourselves, maybe you should take a "post pause" as well! … [Read more...]
New Year’s Un-Resolution
New Year's un-resolution...how's that for different?Everybody makes New Year's resolutions. That's easy, dreaming big dreams about what you are going to do better, or what you are finally planning to get up off of your backside to do. You know, finally managing to do that "something" that you have been putting off for far too long!There's the underlying knowledge with a New Year's resolution that if you don't manage to get started on January 1, … [Read more...]
Hello…anyone home?
The last three weeks have been a blur for me! We traveled "home" to see family over Thanksgiving and spent the entire week visiting, eating and reconnecting. Whenever I travel back home I purposefully "unplug" from all social media and I must admit it was rather pleasant to not be constantly checking up with things on my blogs or twitter. Upon our return from all the family fun hubby and I promptly left to go to an event as representatives … [Read more...]
A-hem…Dogs Are Not People!
Take your dog to church...uh...really?How about take your neighbor to church? Or take the widow down the street, who doesn't get out much, to church? Or take a homeless person to church...and then to lunch.Your dog! Really? {sigh}Now before you go getting all "crazy mad" on me - I like dogs! A while back I wrote a post about the death of our dog, our family pet, and how very sad I was over the loss. But hey, Blaze was a dog...an a-n-i-m-a-l.When … [Read more...]
Spank That Kid!
To spank or not to spank...that is a "hot topic" question these days! This morning even the crew over at NBC's Today Show weighed in on the subject of spanking children! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I found those mothers comments interesting. My comments back to them; never spank in anger, yelling can be more hurtful than a spanking and don't compare a teaching moment with a child to a … [Read more...]
Toddler Travel Trip
I am all about giving children life experience through travel in order to teach them about new people, places, and opportunities different than their own. We have traveled by several means of transportation to many places and we have stayed in various forms of accommodations.My children, like their mother, have become somewhat adept at the art of people watching and quiet observation in an effort to better understand the world around them. We … [Read more...]
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