You walk through life each and every day doing just about the same thing. You have a schedule of rising in the morning, working, taking time for family and friends, and eating. It happens over and over again. Does your schedule make you who you are, or do you determine…
Goal-setting
There has been a lot of talk lately about making goals for 2014. One look on Facebook and it’s there. If you look on Twitter, you will be inundated with people telling you the best way to keep your goals. It’s just that time of year when everyone and their…
I love lists and schedules. I enjoy knowing what will happen from one day to another. Which day will I do laundry? Monday’s and Thursdays, of course! What about groceries? Wednesday or Thursday. I do this in other areas of my life, too. I just like routine and boundaries. It…
Our family likes to play games. We play paper games like Sodoku and we put puzzles together. We play the video games and the board games. As we were playing a game together last night, the subject of New Years’ Resolutions came into our discussion. It was interesting to listen…
The year is already past the half-way mark. The kids are settled into their school routines with projects underway and a band concert in the works. I’ve been working on steam cleaning and book marketing. What does all of this mean for me? Well, the first week of school is…
The New Year is upon us. We are beginning a time where many people tend to make their resolutions to start new goals and habits. Usually our goals are not simple changes either. Why do we tend to pick the thing we really want to change and then expect for…
My husband and I typically do not exchange presents for Christmas. We are pretty practical you might say. We might buy something we need, like a camera, and say that is our gift to each other. There were two Christmases that were different, though, where there was a gift left…
I have been making some new recipes these past few weeks that are all egg and gluten-free. Some have not been the best but some have been good. My recent attempt involved rolls. The beginning of the recipe called for the yeast, sugar, and water to be added together and…
As many of you know, my son has food allergies. We’ve been avoiding wheat and eggs for over 6 years now. It’s been a long journey, to say the least. At the same time, it is all worth the effort knowing he is alive and well. When we began our…
We had our house built almost 12 years ago. After what felt like a long wait for us to finally move in, we arrived and a new tree had been planted in the front yard. It was tiny. It was young. But, it was alive and growing. As the years…