I Wish…

I would beyond gladly give up everything tangible in my life ….would willingly trade it ALL in…would swap everything material I have or might ever have for one thing:  a magic wand. It doesn’t have to be pink and sparkly. It doesn’t have to...

3 Blogs That Inspired Me This Year

When I first started writing my blog (it was really an online journal; no one read it but me) I had the chance to discover all the funny, inspiring, creative and moving blogs women are writing.  I also found that in addition to some of the most popular ones, there are...

Avocado Salad – DELICIOUS for the Daniel Fast

Ingredients: 1/2 cup corn.  I usually throw some frozen corn in the pan and boil it while I’m making the rest of the salad. 2 avocados diced 2 cups tomatoes 1/2 of a small red onion 1 cup diced cucumber Combine these ingredients and add salad dressing. Dressing:...

Daniel Fast

“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.”                                                                                                                     Daniel 1:12 “In those days I, Daniel, was...

Spending Fast (more like a diet)

Go big or go home.  That’s right.  Here is the New Year I’m starting a spending fast…right now. The spending fast is new this year for our family.  We aren’t taking the plunge to do an entire year.  We will just be getting our feet wet for the month of January.  And...

Yearly Wrap Up (of lights, anyway)

(Disclaimer:  While this is not a soul-moving or seriously-salvational blog post….it just may save your holiday spirit in 2016.) This year I am going to make a HUGE seriously big and life-altering resolution. Actually…that’s a lie. My resolution is...

The Lost Last

The other night the kids and I watched the final episode of a Disney show.  It’s a cute little thing that’s been running for a few years….and a miracle form of entertainment in the fact that ALL of my kids actually enjoy watching it together. So they were...

Do It Yourself Leather Cuff With Inspirational Quote

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. Some people just amaze me.  Julissa is one of them.  That woman can do anything.  Our first meeting was in her store.  She and the amazing Mary Ann own one of my favorite shops in the...

Spread it Thick

“Give them roots,” they say. “Give them roots and give them wings.” Apparently, these are the most important gifts we can give our kids. We are supposed to firmly implant “things” in them that will, one day, enable them to launch...