How to Kick Resolutions to the Curb
I think it is so easy to develop an all or nothing mindset, when in reality it is the small daily habits that lead to big and permanent changes.
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Is You Dead?
Marrying at the age of 19 is young measured by today’s standards, but in 1936, it was just perfect for my mother. My daddy, age 21, took mother as his bride and they became a team. Faithful to each other for 61 years, they shared the highs and lows of marriage and family and faith. This photo taken in…
When Your Peach Cobbler Ends Up On the Floor and How to Overcome Anxiety
Have you ever had your peach cobbler end up on the floor? Have you ever had to overcome anxiety? My body sagged in the molded plastic chair and I twisted my legs around the metal chair legs in the front, holding my feet in a braced position. I wanted to lie down. Instead I just…
Here’s the Scoop on the Membership
Four months before we got married, I started my business, creating, organizing, designing, decorating, and I look back on those days with amusement…a mere 20 year old…quickly realizing I was doing MORE THAN HELPING ladies with their HOMES, I was helping them cope with LIFE. I tried to inspire them to live an extraordinary life…
Don’t Dare Touch Those…What Difference Does It Make?
“Fresh cart. Fresh cart.”, the Goodwill employee, muttered. Without a hint of excitement or drama in his voice he pushed the large 3 shelved metal cart, bulging and heaped with thrifty possibility, to a stand-still. Clicking the stop latches, on the rolling casters, into place with the tip of his black shoe, he sauntered away…
How to Make a Farmhouse Inspired Planter
What in the world are you supposed to do when everything you see has possibility and potential? I mean, after all that cute little box left over from gift giving was just simply toooooo darling to toss in the trash. Please tell me you have cute little cardboard boxes sitting around too? The other day,…
How I Got the Boys’ Room
When you’re the youngest of 10, you just kind of sleep where you end up. I don’t know…maybe that’s how it was for all of us. I remember sleeping in my baby bed until I was three, IN my parent’s bedroom. When I finally out grew my baby bed, it was determined that I should…
Happy New Year!
I’ve enjoyed watching as we’ve scrolled through social media, discussing and posting our chosen word… “word” for the year… like EASY or MINDFUL or KIND. Oohhh, those are all so very good. “You know in a world where you can be ANYTHING, be KIND.” It’s EASY and MINDFUL to be KIND. I love new beginnings…
How To Make a Candle That Burns for 72 Days
Do you ever get so excited that you prance? And haven’t you wondered to yourself how to make a candle that burns for 72 days. I mean don’t all rational and normal thinking minds wonder these types of things. If someone told you that you could make a candle for less than $6 that would…
Board Books from Timberdoodle and the sweetest littles ever in the history of ever!
One fine day, we had books and toys and blankets all strewn about the living room and imaginative play consistent with a preschool boy and a huggable little baby brother was moving full steam ahead. When everything grew quiet, I realized he had dragged a lawn chair into the room. The legs of the chair…