We can edit until the edges are frayed. We can critique until the critics collapse. We can pinch and pull and prod trying to create a perfect pizza dough circle. We can count calories and carbs and check our Fitbit and check boxes trying to create a perfect image. We can pendulum swing from one […]
Wherein I Muse About BrainStorms
{My Definition} {With a Droll Bit of Banter} BrainStorm: | \ ˈbrān-ˌstȯrm (noun)1. A sudden tossing and whirling of everything in my brain, mixing it in a muddle. Happens unexpectedly and periodically without warning.2. Mental confusion and rattled concentration causing the brain to work in fits and starts.3. Sudden lightening flashes followed by booming, spell-binding […]
A Square Peg and Fitting In
Do you ever feel like you don’t fit in? The proverbial square peg… Most of my life, I’ve felt much like the proverbial square peg in a round hole. A rusty tractor in a shiny new lineup of equipment. A knobby-kneed donkey among beautiful, graceful horses. A dandelion set against dahlias. A rough draft stuck […]
Contentment: My Focus Word For 2019
Have you chosen a Focus Word for the Year? Did you have one in 2018? Where do you find your heart led as you consider 2019? Steadfast… 2017 was the first year I locked into a focus word and felt the heartbeat of it.Steadfast was my word and the deep longing of my heart and […]
Ten Handy Helpful Housewife Hints To Start Your Year Out Right
Friends!!! Happy New Year! And along with the New Year of 2019, we bring you another edition of Handy Helpful Housewife Hints!!! This kind of information and research, takes TIME and EFFORT, friends! I hope you realize the sacrifice and blood, sweat and tears that has gone into the compiling of this list. It is […]
The Glory of the Plan of God
Dear, dear Father, Thank you for all your good, good gifts. Help us, Lord, in your strength to fully live into today, this moment, pulling all the joy and happiness from it and seeing it in the people you have blessed us with. May we comprehend a tiny bit more the total unexplainable gift of […]
Our Reel of Time and the Real Highlight Reel
My calendar, my planner and my phone all report to me with today’s date as Thursday, December 20. As always, I want to argue a bit and demand at least one of the trio to tell me, where the days of 2018 have marched away to. Surely we cannot find ourselves only 11 days […]
What is Your Biggest Challenge or Struggle Today?
What is your biggest challenge or struggle right now? I like to hear answers to these types of questions when people want to share, but I confess sometimes I have a question, but am unsure of my OWN answer. 😄 Or, in this case, I may find myself thinking, “Narrow it down to one thing?!” […]
Living Life, Un-Canceled
I sat across from my friend at her kitchen island as we discussed pain. She wasn’t feeling her best and I told her she could’ve cancelled our plans. She looked me in the eye and replied, “You can’t cancel life.” I mulled these words over for a long time. It’s true. You can’t cancel […]
Ten Of My Favorite Books About Home
Lists and Books. Books and Lists. I like both. Most of these books have appeared on my blog or Instagram or Instagram stories at least once or more than once or more than more than once!!!! 😉 Today, I’m pulling them together to create a post of favorites of mine about home! These books and […]
The Baby in the Manger Comes for Us!
I curl in my chair, adjusting and resituating to ease the aches and pressure that are often a constant nag in my back and feet. The first Monday in December found me praying over friends and praying a wonderful December and Christmas season for them and the people they love. It’s a beautiful, wonderful time […]
Five Things I’m Grateful For
Late morning a text pops onto my phone screen. I tap it open and read words from my friend. Today finds her seeking gratitude to combat grey skies and stinging pain that grips deep in bones. She encourages my heart and pauses to remember how gratefulness carries an immense impact for the […]
Thoughts on Thursday
The air is chill, with a bite, today and I’m happy to hurry in out of this wintertime wind. The glorious light and sunshine against blue sky do their part in making up for it. As my tires hummed along pavement in the direction of home, after I’d rolled my cart around Walmart […]
Christmas Blessing Giveaway 2018
We’ve had snow twice and cold weather in November and it definitely brought a Christmas feel earlier than sometimes. I did some ordering and shopping in the early fall and I wrapped some gifts early too. I loved that I was able to do that this year. I truly love Christmas and often it […]
Pages and Projects {Reagandoodle and Little Buddy}
Pages: Look at the darling book I have to share today! It’s a heartwarming story with charming pictures. Reagandoodle & Little Buddy. The true story of a Labradoodle and His Toddler Best Friend. Here’s what the back cover says: An uplifting tail tale of friendship, foster care, adoption, and hope. The moment Reagandoodle first set […]
Ten Book Pairs For Gifting
A friend of a friend asked me about book suggestion gift ideas for our mutual friend and that’s all I needed to do some pairing! 🙂 I thought it would be fun to bring you some favorite book pair ideas of mine for your consideration! Add them to your personal library or use them for […]
Braided Yeast Roll Wreaths
We had snow over the weekend and it made everything so pretty and made an instant Christmas-ey feel! There were icicles hanging along the edges of the porch and they were beautiful in the morning sunlight. They fascinate me with their glassy shimmer and splendid shine. It started warming up and they began to […]
