Opinion Saturday

For this weekend’s Opinion Saturday, I’m focusing on the power of encouragement.  
 I think of a math teacher my senior year of high school.  He taught the class where my husband and I met.  My husband and I began talking about marriage senior year. At that point in our lives, most of the adults in our life were [...]

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30 Days Of Nothing–Day 29

When we began this 30 Days Of Nothing experiment, we knew we wanted to save enough money to make a difference for someone.  Though I wasn’t willing to be an utter fanatic about it, I did want to make a good attempt at saving a fair bit of money.
 It has been amazing to me to see this month [...]

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Mary’s Chaos Theory

I’ve got a new post up over at  Larger Families: Mary’s Chaos Theory.  I’d be ever-so-grateful if you wandered on over and left me a comment.

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30 Days of Nothing-Day 28

Well, my hubby helped me make up my mind about my haircut.  First thing out of his mouth when he saw it was, “Wow, you look young!”
 What better thing could a 39 year old hear?  So, yeah, I like it. And him.
 Meals
Breakfast was peanut butter toast and OJ.  I must have the oddest kids in [...]

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Love is….

…sharing your bandaid
with your mommy
when you see she has
a teeny tiny owie.
(See Chookooloonks: there is love for more images of love)

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Day 27- What would you do….

…if you were totally incredibly bored? 
 Would it ever occur to you to whip out a scissors and whack off 4 inches of hair?  Yourself?  Then beg your 16 year old to come help you fix it. 
Then stare at yourself in the mirror for an interminable amount of time, flipping your head repeatedly and telling yourself, yeah, [...]

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Wednesday morning reads

Hey, y’all, don’t miss my friend Heather’s post over on Burakaeyae: this morning.  Wow.  Got an empty space in your heart?   I hope so.
Also, this morning I’ve picked my Opinion Saturday winner.  (Here’s the original post with comments: Fall Into Reading) 
You all recommended so many books that it was hard to pick which one sounded most [...]

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Works For Me

Playing Works For Me Wednesday again with Shannon of Rocks In My Dryer.   This week we are supposed to rerun our best tip from past weeks.  I picked this one from August:
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   This week’s idea has to do with some vacation prep I did, getting our travel trailer ready for our yearly trip to the [...]

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Day 26–Treehouse!

My hubby has spent much of his free time this month ‘working’ on a treehouse for our two 8 year old boys.  I keep teasing him– although he calls it work, we both know very well that he is just as excited about the treehouse as the little guys are.  Above left shows him in the skeleton [...]

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Day 25

Had a startling realization last night:  Christmas is 3 months from today.  Straight off this 30 Days experiment, I’m moving right into the Christmas shopping season. (Usually I start early. I’ve got a lot of people to cover!)
But I’m wondering…is this experiment going to make me more mindful of my Christmas shopping.  I think so.  I [...]

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