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Celebrate Friends!

Today is National Best Friend Day.  So when there is a national holiday, we like to celebrate!  Bring out the chocolate cake with chocolate icing!  Bring out the hats and horns and banners! Who is your best friend?  Maybe you don't have just one best friend.  Maybe...

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It’s Anti-Procrastination Day!

According to this organization blog I follow, Wednesdays are Anti-Procrastination Day! So what is it that you have been putting off? Cleaning out the refrigerator? Going through old magazines? Sweeping out the garage? Cleaning out the sock drawer? Organizing the...

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There Is Only One You.

"I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the New York Yankees." - Derek Jeter When I heard Derek Jeter make this statement, it really stuck...

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Diapers, Crowns & Tractors

What a great weekend I had getting my "wish my kids were still little" fix!  I got to help a friend with her 6-week-old and 3-year-old boys over the weekend while her husband was out of town.  I had such a great time.  Then Roger and I got to spend a few hours...

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Morning Greeting!

This morning, for the first time in over 20 years of getting up and walking out of my bedroom, I wasn't greeted with a signature meow and a friendly leg hug from our family kitty cat. The girls named her Rugrat back in the days when the popular cartoon was their...

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Landing the Helicopter.

Do you know what a "helicopter mom" is?  I hadn't heard the word until I went to hear a friend speak to a group of moms at a Mom2Mom meeting.  A helicopter mom or dad is defined as a parent who goes ahead of their child and tries to remove all obstacles so that the...

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Time To Call In The Professionals!

I'm so thankful for professionals. I don't have the patience for certain things like, let's say, carpet cleaning.  That's why I'm so thankful for professional carpet cleaners. I don't have the patience nor the know-how for cooking for large amounts of people.  That's...

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Grab A Hairbrush And An Extension Cord!

I sing in the car every morning on the way to work.  I sing at home while cleaning.  I sing when outside mowing.  I just love to sing.  And I gotta admit, when I am singing with Tim and Faith, Carrie Underwood or Lauren Daigle I sound pretty doggone good.  The louder...

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Imperfect Perfection.

I love Natalie Grant.  Her music is awesome and as some of you know, God called me to bring her to little Greensburg, Indiana last year and it absolutely changed my life.  Not because I got to meet her and talk to her and see how genuine she is but because God...

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