Balance
Pinching Pennies: New Uses for Coffee Filters
When it comes to the writer’s REAL life, every penny counts. Here are some tips for making good use of that stack of coffee filters in your cupboard. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make great covers. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.…
Snow Day Fun???
So can you tell I live in the one of the colder climes? A snow day can be a great excuse for a break — but when a writer/mom is on deadline — the fluffy white flakes can present a problem. Here are some tips gathered from parents to help you not only survive –…
A Resolution Worth Keeping
I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.” Job 42:5 Good intentions. Our lives are full of them. And when it comes to finding time to spend one-on-one time with God, the proverbial “road” is paved with them. Well aware of this struggle in my own life,…
Christmas Ponderings
Christmas Eve should be relaxing–spent with family near a crackling fire with games and hot chocolate, or perhaps, attending a Christmas Eve service at church… These thoughts went through my mind last night as I swept and mopped the kitchen floor, cleaning up after a never ending day of baking projects and the children’s card-making…
Christmas Traditions
Over at my blog, I’ve been talking about giving (time or money since both count) to charity and supporting books for the holidays. It’s been an enlightening holiday season and like many of my author friends, readers, and blogger buddies I’ve been trying to get away from the excess and get back to the true meaning…
Learning to play
I want to be like my daughters when I grow up. To many that makes no sense because children are supposed to grow up and be like us.But most kids do a few things we grown ups have forgotten…Kids play hard.They fall down, dust themselves off and try again.They laugh. A lot. They marvel at…
Waiting Game
Lately, it seems I’m spending quite a bit of time waiting. Waiting for projects to get finished. Waiting in carpool lines. Waiting for a letter to arrive. Waiting for a page to load. Waiting for the Next Thing. I’m not a very good “wait-er.” I feel impatience start rising from my toes and hit my…
13 Planned Interruptions to Enjoy the Christmas Season
Oldie but Goodie The whole month of December is often a big interruption in people’s schedules. I consider it a nice change of pace although we need to be careful and not stretch ourselves too thin at this time of year. Everyday things still have to be done: going to work, paying bills, fixing dinners,…
Lesson Learned: Check
by Guest Author Mike Dellosso Mother Theresa once said, “You’ll never realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you got.” How true! Life gets busy, the appointment book fills up, plans are made, schedules set, gotta go here, go there, do this, meet them. We got it; we can handle it. There’s…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving day is a great excuse for surrounding yourself with loved ones and reflecting on the big and little blessings of our lives. I love the Jewish Home Blessing, which states: “May its doors be open to those in need, and its rooms be filled with kindness. May joy shine from its windows. And His…