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It's that time of year again! Time to kick back and watch the Macy's day parade, watch a  little football, take a sleepy tryptophan induced nap and swap a few turkey jokes with the fam...................My husband say's.

Well here's my super simple solution for making this Thanksgiving meal the simplest one EVER!

Have your husband prepare the entire feast!

Yep, There you have it. Simple as pumpkin pie! (or maybe even simpler since you don't have to make the…

Everyone's lives are full and busy with "to-do" and "must-do" lists.  It's time to slow down and incorporate a few simple ways to avoid life's speed trap.



Here are a few tips on how you can…

Over the course of several years, I've collected several ideas I consider to be truths. What are some things you have learned along the way?

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7 Simple Sunday Truths:

1. No one deserves the parents they get.

2. Go for a walk. It's healthy, relieves stress, allows you to think and meditate and it's free.

3. Writing a person off as worthless is a great violence.

4. Be more…

Welcome to my 15 Minutes to Fabulous series! Over the next few days I’ll be featuring some fantastic guest writers sharing ways to be fabulous in just 15 minutes. Let’s face it, give a busy woman 15 minutes of uninterrupted time and she can conquer the world…or at least 15 minutes of it! Today’s guest blogger is Jenny from The Southern…

The sun is shining through the window next to me

I love sunshine. The warmth it provides, and the brightness are sure to lighten any mood! It's beauty reminds me of the light we are called to be in the world! It's brightness reminds me of the Son shining in my heart and my life!

While my head and nose are stuffy, and a cough seems to be making an appearance, the sun shining lightens my spirits and encourages me to get up and moving throughout the day!

A day at the water…

Hubby is away tonight. Just in time my mom sent me a package and inside were two of my favorite movies! Funny Girl and Funny Lady. So I am off as soon as I finish my short, sweet and simple Saturday blog post!

I recently read 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp and began counting.....not for anyone, not just because of her book.

See, I didn't read the book for quite a while because it seemed like a "fad" and I don't…

As summer finally begins to make itself known around here (I know, everyone else is experiencing record highs, right?), last week I found myself feeling outsmarted again by our stuff.



"OK, everyone outside."

"Wait, where's your hat?"

"Do you have sunblock on yet?"

"I don't know. Where IS the sunblock?"

"Who used the sunblock last?!"



I've said it a million times. But here it goes again. My job description oftentimes feels like it must read: 50% SAHM…

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So, I'm off like a shot, working towards my new goals by working my daily "plan" of exercise... nicely spelled out in a beginner 1/2 marathon training schedule calendar (you can find them free online, by the way)...and healthy eating with help from my calorie counter. As one of the recent Biggest Loser contestants would say, over and over, "it's one day…

Today we rose to a sun that was trying it's darndest to burn through the mist that shrouds the redwoods. It'd peek through momentarily, lighting up the whole living room, and within minutes hide again beyond the mist.



Finally at ten o'clock the entire…

My husband has a work truck.  That leaves one car between my three adult children and me.  One of my children has a full time job.  30. minutes. away.  Another, caddies and has to leave for work at 6:40. a.m.  The third, is involved in so many church activities, it makes. my. head. spin.

Here’s where I come in.  I am the taxi mom.  Between the cost of gas and the alarming cost of car insurance for the boys, we have opted to save up for another family car,…

When we moved to our new home eight months ago, I was worried. You see, our new home has no dishwasher. And I had kind of made a personal vow that I would never move to another home without a dishwasher again until all my kids had left the nest.



I love dishwashers. Matter of fact, if I had to put all my appliances in order (yes, odd, but something I've done while living without electricity in the rainforest), it would be like this:

1. Stove (Burners beat out all. Plain and…

As promised, I decided to make list of 25 things I’m going to do/say/change about life to really embrace every moment before I’m 25. As I mentioned yesterday in my “What is Living Beautiful?” post, we aren’t promised tomorrow. We are certain that this moment won’t be our last. And me, being the slightly neurotic and obsessive compulsive person that I am, the only way for me to truly stick with something is to make a list. So…that’s what I am going to do.





In order to truly…