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I joined the Weight Watchers® program last month.  I've been doing pretty good at losing weight although I am a couple of pounds short of where I wanted to be today.  I weighed in last night and was really hoping for a 3-pound loss but it was only 1 pound.  I was...

Have you ever been carrying in groceries after a long trip to the super market and you think you can get just one more of those little plastic bags over your forearm or one more recycle bag on your shoulder as you carry the handled paper bag into the house?  You have...

Today's post is part 2 to yesterday's post regarding the Dare To Be event where Natalie Grant and Charlotte Gambill encouraged us to step outside of our comfort zone and dared us to do what  God is calling us to do!!  Let's not be afraid to let God lead us. Leading up...

Morgan and I went to the Dare To Be evening with Natalie Grant and Charlotte Gambill in Louisville, KY Sunday evening.  It was a wonderful evening beginning with Natalie and her beautiful God-given voice to sing several of her songs followed by an encouraging message...

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? -Corrie ten Boom How many times do we try to handle situations on our own instead of going to God in prayer first?  I know I'm guilty of it.  I think I can handle it.  I can drive this situation...

Life is precious.  We want to know everything we can to be prepared should we have to try to save a life.  We learn all kinds of techniques to make sure we don't feel helpless if we come across a situation where a life is in danger. We may learn CPR, mouth-to-mouth...

When we were little we drank water from the faucet.  The water usually came from the cistern and that water was usually rain water. Nowadays we have many choices.  When we go to a restaurant and order water, we may be asked if we would like lemon or no lemon; ice or...

My mother-in-law used to make the best butterscotch pie in the world!  We would always "fight" over who would get the last piece.  Butterscotch is my favorite flavor of pie. Whether your favorite pie is cherry, butterscotch, apple or peach, the worst kind of pie to...

I am a list maker.  I am off work on Fridays so on Thursday nights I usually make out my list of to-do's for Friday.  I also am obsessed with being productive and marking things off my list.  I've been known to write things down I've already done just so I can mark...