I’ve been purposefully avoiding this blog for some time now. And although I knew my avoidance was intentional, I couldn’t place my finger on my reasons for doing such. I knew there was a culmination of reasons, but why or how they all tied together to bring me to this place was an equation I [...]
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My Minimalist Step #1
Posted 11 August 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Yesterday I wrote a post “I Want to be a Minimalist” and today I took the first step towards that process. I’m hoping that my small victory will just be a stepping-stone to the next small victory. So, do you want to hear my grand ol’ victory for today? I cleaned out my portion of [...]
An Easy Way to Forget About Your Problems
Posted 16 June 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Do you want an easy way to forget about all your problems? Yesterday I experienced the perfect distraction from all of mine. It wasn’t alcohol. It wasn’t sitting mindlessly in front of the t.v. It wasn’t finding comfort in food that I don’t need. It was the simple act of serving someone else. I’m not [...]
Jillian Michaels
Posted 14 June 2011 by adminTagged As: fitness, health | Categories: Fitness, Health, Things I Love, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I really like to stay in decent shape, but having four little kids and very little time for myself, I need something that isn’t going to require much in the time department. So, for the past 3 weeks I’ve been doing Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred DVD …and let me tell you, it’s amazing! The [...]
Humble Yourself
Posted 24 May 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
From the time I was pregnant with my first child, I’ve regularly invited my parents to step in and intervene at any point when they see behaviour with my children that needs to be corrected. It takes a lot of humbling to allow someone to come in and point out your weaknesses, that’s for sure. [...]
Rudeness and Impatience Everywhere I Turn
Posted 16 March 2011 by adminTagged As: Impatience | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Today I was out and about running errands and in between stops I decided to treat myself to a drink at one of those specialty coffee shops. There was one woman working behind the counter and as she was making the drink for the lady in front of me, she was happily engaging in small-talk [...]
Pushing Through to Achieve My Goals
Posted 14 March 2011 by adminTagged As: goals | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
My, my, what a busy last few weeks I’ve had! From finishing up sports for the season, a cute little almost-2 year old visiting for a few days, and my daughter’s third birthday, my poor blog has been severly neglected. But I’m back and here’s what’s on my mind today… My husband often tells me [...]
Accountability Partner
Posted 10 February 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Sometimes I think God listens to the desires of our hearts and provides a means to receive those desires…it’s just not always how we want it to go. This morning was a perfect example. I’ve been complaining to my husband about needing more time in my day so I can start working out again. I’ve [...]
Raising Boys in a World Filled With Temptation
Posted 24 January 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I have two little boys and while they’re still very young, I’m already concerned about the temptations they’re going to face when they get to be young men. If lust and sexuality are already an overwhelming part of our society, I shudder to think what that’s going to look like ten years from now. My [...]
Getting Your Child to Obey
Posted 23 January 2011 by adminTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Sometimes it seems like getting your kids to listen to you is almost impossible. But after some dedicated hard work I’ve found that getting your child to obey is actually a pretty easy task. Every month we study a character quality and for the month of January we’ve been studying “Obedience.” I’ve made it a [...]
