On Friday’s, we meet up with Lisa-Jo Baker and write for 5 minutes. No real editing, over-thinking or over-doing. We just share together in this wonderful mess. And that’s the prompt for this week. MESS. Join us if you’d like at Five-Minute-Friday GO It’s a beautiful mess, this life of grace. I’m so over trying to … Continue reading
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What I learned when I cleaned my kitchen floor
After last week’s confession, I decided something should be done about that dirty floor in my kitchen. So when Saturday rolled around and my house was empty… a rarity in my life! Instead of sipping a latte, catching up on some reading or taking a nap…I decided to clean! I know…crazy! I blocked out 2 … Continue reading
Confessions of a Messed-up Blogger
I was chit-chatting with some girlfriends about mom transitions and the whole idea of homeschooling toddlers and teenagers at the same time and surviving all those years in-between. I brought up the topic of “blogs” and how there’s some great information, tips and ideas out there in the blogosphere. My friend responded, “Yeah, I get that… but … Continue reading
Remaining Connected
In our sweet days of dating, my hubby and I had more months apart from each other than we had together. He was globe-trotting 10 months out of our 17 months dating and when he returned for our final year of college some people remarked, “YOU’RE MARRIED! We didn’t even know you were dating!” It … Continue reading
Cutting Away the Excess
Beneath my kitchen window, I have this one crazy plant that is growing out of control. Its rambling shoots reach out in different directions and catch my sleeve as I walk by. My hubby scooted by it the other day and it somehow got ahold and tried to pull him in. I figured it was time to prune … Continue reading
Faithful in the Small – #fmfparty
Here we are again at Five Minute Friday with Lisa Jo Baker. We all get a word prompt for the day and write for 5 minutes, (confession: I struggled this week and wrote 3 different ones and just couldn’t settle my thoughts so this took way longer than 5 minutes) We link up here and … Continue reading
10 Ways to Stay Connected in Marriage
Another winter storm blew in this week. We were snowed in and I was okay with that on the first day. I wasn’t feeling claustrophobic yet. But give me a couple of days…even hours and I begin feeling itchy and I want out. I want winter over. Winter is work. There’s shoveling and plowing, scraping icy windshields … Continue reading
Tripping Over Typeset 