Over at The Modern Mrs. Darcy, she posts about what’s saving her life during this season. It’s fun to read what’s helping her and fun to read the comments. I began a comment and it ran much longer than I intended and then I decided it might as well come over here and I’d flesh […]
Ten Ways I Find Contentment
Contentment is found in…………. …delighting in the Lord! …giving grateful thanks! …trusting my God to know best. …choosing to see the beauty in every new day, every good day. …choosing Christ as my foundation. …confidence in Christ, come what may. …seeing the beauty in life, AND seeking it, even when I have to search harder. […]
Ten Memories I’m Grateful For From 2018
Every year holds its ups and downs, hopes and dreams, joys and disappointments, sorrows and happiness. They just do. 2018 wasn’t any different. We had many, many good, good days and we had days we were very glad to see end. Towards the end of the year, I opened my prayer journal/notebook and began a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ten Super Simple Ways to Be a Pleasant Person
I think about the character I desire to have and the type of person I want to be. I miss the mark a lot, but it inspires me and does me good to think about the attributes I want in my life. This year my focus words have been a combination and intertwining of […]
Ten Simple Lessons I Find in the Book of Mark
1. Don’t harbor grudges. It won’t end well. ~ Mark 6:19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to. 2. Don’t be afraid. Just believe. ~ Mark 5:36 Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” 3. Don’t rebuke Jesus. […]
Ten Favorite Books I Posted on Instagram
A couple of weeks ago, a friend tagged me on Instagram with a booklover sharing challenge. I was supposed to share seven books, but while I am a rule-follower much of the time, sometimes I color outside the lines. Especially in an instance where it really doesn’t matter and isn’t going to hurt anyone, and […]
Ten Of My Favorite Candy Bars
I love all the little fun things life has to offer and for this Tuesday in August, I’m thinking about candy bars! Do you have a favorite candy bar???? I don’t know if I have ONE absolute favorite when it comes to candy bars. I have several I really love, but it can depend […]
Ten Takes on Book Suggestions for Readers
July has crept into August. Locusts hum outside and the hot hay-aroma of freshly mown grass hangs in the late afternoon air. I’m never quite ready to see summer slip silently towards autumn. And before it does, let’s sneak in a few more days of water splashing and hammock-laying and lazy afternoons of reading. […]
Ten Things I Would Encourage Myself to Press Into Twenty Years Ago
How’s that for a title? 🙂 What would you tell yourself, your younger self, if you could? Here’s the thing. I’m still learning. Perhaps, I would tell myself these things twenty or twenty-five or thirty years ago. And perhaps I would learn them a bit sooner. But I don’t know. I’m still trying to grasp […]
Ten Quick Memories Of My Years With My Man and My Kiddos
Ok, gang! {That was the first greeting that popped in my head as I set out to type this post. Then, it made me giggle! But I went with it, all the same. Maybe, because of the giggle. I find beginning and ending blogposts a bit challenging at times. Not always. But sometimes. I think […]
Ten Favorite Childhood Memories
Last week I walked down memory lane and posted ten birthday gifts I received and loved SO MUCH when I was a kid. This week I have ten childhood memories. These things were often part of our daily life and were some of the little things I loved then. 1. Going to town to get […]
Ten Birthday Gifts I Loved
I’m grateful for every good day and I’m grateful for good memories. This month has me contemplating back over the last forty years. ‘Cause truth be told, forty sounds like a loooooonnnnggg time, when you think about it. It really makes me giggle, because inside I don’t feel all that old, or grown up or […]
Ten Things That Delighted Me This Spring
No. 1 I won a Blendtech blender and I’m still over-the-moon delighted about it!!! It’s so fun to use and it gives me fun messages when it’s finished blending like, “Ta-da!” and “You should tweet this blend!” Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have even known what in the world it meant to “tweet my blend”. […]
Ten Chapter Book Read Alouds I Love For Children
I’ve been asked recently about chapter books and read alouds for children. Children’s books are one of my favorites! Captivating stories are so much fun. I knew this question would make a great post! I love blogging about books and products that make me happy. 🙂 It’s fun to share them in case it will […]
