Too Much Stuff!

Did you ever have too much stuff going on in your personal life, stuff that no one else really knows about except your immediate family? Stuff that messes with your thoughts and sleep and drags you down? I’ve got some stuff going on. While it isn’t life threatening, it is joy robbing and it’s dragging…

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The Wait From Here…

   “The wait from this point is 45 minutes.”  Sound familiar?  If you’ve been to any sort of amusement park lately, you know what I’m talking about.  Most popular amusements have the wait time posted at the entrance giving you the option to wait or leave.  You can evaluate the external factors such as temperature,…

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Home, Sweat, Home

No, it’s NOT a typo! Yes, you read it right! Why Home, Sweat, Home? If the photos don’t speak for themselves (look closely at the carpets) then I’ll fill you in. It’s a whole lot of house that needs a whole lot of fixing up. But we were blessed to get this foreclosure at an…

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Losing Steam!

Every since I got back from the ACFW conference my drive to blog and do all things that are associated with blogs/webring maintenance is dwindling. Not sure if it’s a good thing or not, but it could be because I’m more interested in working on my WIPs and homeschooling. The not so fun side of…

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I Loved being Wounded!

It’s been a long time since I read a book that was hard to put down touched my emotions on all levels, and had me thinking about its characters way past the ending. Wounded by Claudia Mair Burney is one book that did all that. When she first told me about this book at ICRS…

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My Substance Abuse: Sign of a Deeper Problem

It started innocently enough. I’d stopped drinking sodas and rediscovered the joy of drinking water instead. I found myself craving that cold, clear refreshment in a whole new way. But soon I realized that I was looking forward to the moment when the water in my glass was gone….leaving the ice free for the taking.…

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Zzzzzzz…

    The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber… Romans 13:11 NIV   Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. I slam a hand on my alarm clock to halt the annoying blips.  I nestle lower in the bed looking for the entrance to my dream.  Nine minutes later, the maddening sound starts again. …

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