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Daddy Pix It
When my sister was little, she was very attached to her pacifier even as a toddler. Mom tried to take it away and she was very insistent on keeping it. It was one of the old kind - the heavy rubbery kind. She loved to pull on the end while chomping down on the...
What’s your “San Diego”?
While on vacation we tried to leave the worries behind but the cracked windshield saga on the rental car and several other things snuck their way into the worry portion of our minds. But when we went to San Diego with our cousins for a long weekend, it seemed all of...
Whirlwind Trip!
What a great vacation we had visiting cousins in Arizona and delivering buckets to children's hospitals in New Mexico, Utah and Nevada!! We have now delivered 3,000 buckets in 17 states and Canada! Thank you to all the volunteers who have made this happen over the...
Cracked But Not Shattered
We were on vacation driving a rental car and a rock flew up and cracked our windshield. It was a significant crack - probably 6 inches on one part and 4 on the other. We contacted the rental car company and they said to go to the nearest Enterprise® car rental and...
I’ll Do It Tomorrow
Procrastination. It’s never a good thing. It brings on anxiety as we hope nothing happens to “show our hand” on the issue we procrastinated over. We may think we will clean the house tomorrow instead of today when we have time. It never fails, someone comes to visit....
Life Cycles of the Washing Machine
The dial on a washing machine indicates settings for which clothing should be washed. There are GENTLE and PERMANENT PRESS. Some may also have settings for COLOR, WHITE and DARK. During most weeks we use each of the cycles to get the best clean for our clothes and to...
The Eye of the Storm
Many of you know by now that Natalie Grant is coming to town August 20th. Ticket sales have not been what we hoped. You see, a year ago, I felt God telling me to try to bring Natalie Grant (NG) to town. I had this strong feeling and then I would tell myself it was...
Whack-A-Mole
Have you ever played this game? Whack-a-Mole? You seriously just keep pounding these moles back down into their hole with a big ole hammer and they keep popping their ugly heads up and you have to keep on pounding them back down. It can be intense, frustrating and...
Junk or Jesus?
A couple of days ago I was out of town and was craving a hometown donut. Schmidt Bakery in Batesville, Indiana has some of THE BEST donuts I have ever had but not available in North Carolina where I was visiting. I had yogurt, eggs, English muffins, bananas,...
