"Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name." ~ 1Chronicles 29:13

I AM THANKFUL FOR:



41.  Soft serve ice cream in a cone

42.  Guest bloggers

43.  Bubble…

Public toilets are the bane of my life. Truth is I’m afraid of them and I have just cause.

As a child, parental reminders to, “cover the seat and don’t touch anything,” when in questionable places became, “BEWARE! Danger lurks around every rim!” Since sitting on public toilets was the equivalent of taking a dip in plague-infested swamp water, I didn’t. Sit. Or crouch. Or anything. Not even at school.

A school day is long and the 40-minute bus trips home on gravel roads became a…

Today's TTTS Tuesday is a story that is very close to my heart.  I feel so many of the same emotions and sentiments that Brooke describes in her story. Brooke also lost one of her twins, and when I look at her surviving twin, I feel that it is a glimpse into my future.  It saddens me to think of my Tiny in several years when she is old enough to understand what she has lost, what…

Just finished voting and on my way home I was thinking about the swing states… no, not their political impact, but about the famous food from those places.

GP is right… food is always top-of-mind. 

Friends are coming over to the house tonight for a potluck dinner to watch the election returns, so I thought, why not have each person bring something (easy)…

Today is Election Day. I do not generally blog about politics, outside of my Advocacy for preemies, for earlier and more frequent ultrasounds for those pregnant with multiples, and for pretty much anything that will help a pregnant mother and babies.  However, I do feel it is important to write about Election Day.



I consider our right to cast a ballot one of our most important duties we have as a citizen of this great country.  But this is a difficult year for me.  Because of the…

Morning y'all! I have something really exciting to share with you!…

On Tuesday's over at Love, Peace and Hodson I try to share at least one recipe from our Weekly Meal Plans. You are invited to come hang over with us, this Tuesday and every day just follow the link here:

http://www.lovepeaceandhodson.com/2012/11/jazzing-up-lunch-banana-pudding-cups.html

Today I share a quick an easy revamp on the lunchbox staple pudding cup. Super easy and…

Your family's budget is probably pretty tight. Besides food, housing, and car payments there could be a huge missing piece: long term care insurance.

Check out my take: http://mommytalkshow.com/news-information/whats-missing-from-your-familys-budget/…

Terrific Tuesday - it is terrific to live in a nation where you can pick the leader.

Are You An Entrepreneur? Than You Need To Read This!

 An Entrepreneur is an enterprising individual who builds capital through risk and or initiative.

I have always considered myself an Entrepreneur. I have sold everything from skin care, makeup, weight loss products, candles, fuel treatments, hair products, you can name and I can almost promise I have tried it! I have always called friends and family, did home parties, and door to…

Your The Strongest Person I Know

People tell me all the time " Your The Strongest Person I Know" and I don't feel very strong. I have only had to do what I have had to do in situations that were beyond my control. I wouldn't wish any of those situations on anyone.

Today I feel weak and in a lot of pain, but I am still blogging, because that is what I do. I know there is someone else out there today that may relate to not feeling it, and…

I Don't Know All The How To's But I Do Know The Why's

I started this online business with no internet marketing skills, I just knew why I had to make a decision and change where I was in life. I didn't understand SEO, or Advertising Online because it was something that I had never done. I didn't let it stop me from clicking the button to enter into the online marketing world.

All The How To's Can Be Answered With A Little…

One thing that I love, you love, we all LOVE is pizza: the all-American food. Can you deny the universal love for this amazing food? I thought not. Here’s the thing: I’m not a huge fan of delivery pizza. Even Davanni’s, a local pizzeria in Minnesota, gets old after a few orders. But one kind of pizza I’ve found that I’m always in the mood for? The homemade kind – from the crust up. And I have the pizza crust recipe…

Have you been in the situation where you would like to organise a play date and don't have your details handy to give to the other parent? Well this has happened to me many times. The girls due to pre-school desperately want to visit other kids houses for a play date and I need to try and set it up with the other child's parent/parents. So I have created a play date card to put into the…

Russell and I decided to watch the Star Wars series with the kids. We've seen the first two movies (four and five) and we're just about to start the animated series, The Clone Wars, before moving on to the third movie.

It had been a few weeks since the last movie. Zaffy bugs us every day to continue with the series. She's discovered that boys love to talk "Star Wars" and she…

OK … before we get started … I know what you may be thinking!  ”Ro .. You ARE a blog designer!  Why are you telling me to NOT hire you … or any other blog designer?”

Well … you can still hire me if you want to … and I’m happy to design an awesome blog for you.  But … I wanted to let you know a few reasons why I feel you don’t need to hire a designer.  And more importantly .. why it’s actually in your best interest to design your blog yourself.

That's right ...…

Originally posted at red van ramblings as part of my 30 Days of Thankfulness series.

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Silently he flies,

glides,

swoops and lands atop…