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Reflections on Christmas
It has struck me as an adult how Christmas has lost its ‘magic’ to so many of us. How even last year, I found myself secretly wishing I could skip the season, followed by feelings of guilt and horror that I would think such a thing. As a Christian, even more so “shame on me!”…
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5 Hacks for a Clean & Inviting Bedroom
Take it from someone who puts her bedroom as last in her list of priorities all too often, these 5 hacks will help you keep your bedroom clean, tidy, and inviting, rather than a source of frustration. I don’t know about y’all, but my bedroom is the place where stuff gets thrown because guests aren’t…
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The One Thing that Helped Organize My Life (When Many Other Options Had Failed)
This has been the greatest discovery I have ever made to help me get my life organized– to know what I’m doing when and where and even why. A place to put all my scheduled appointments, bill due dates, expectations, goals, and details like prayer requests and Kohl’s cash. And it’s visible at one glance…
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8 Ways to Read More Books This Year
Some of these suggestions may be more compatible with your schedule or preferences than others, but within these eight, I believe you will find some ideas to help you read more books this year. I love to read. My book bucket list is so big there’s a good chance I will never get to the…
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4 Easy to Implement Family Bonding Ideas
Lives are busy. Families are busy. But this time together as your children grow is a shorter window of opportunity than it seems sometimes when you’re in the middle of it. It’s important to make the effort to bring your family together and build close bonds between family members. I have 3 grown children. I…
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Some Day: Start Today
“Someday” works great as an excuse until the days start to fly by, each one a carbon copy of the day before and dreams get shelved and instead of “someday” approaching, it looms ever farther in the distance. All the tomorrows are swallowed up by todays and someday hopes get lost in the shuffle of…
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14 Common Items Repurposed
I love, love, love to find uses for things other than their intended purpose. I don’t know why, but it brings me great joy to creatively repurpose things. Here are some ways I’ve found alternate uses for common items: 1. Loofah sponge as a toothbrush holder – I do love this one. I have a love/hate…
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Gift Ideas for Men & Women
The song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” But it can also be the most stressful. Unfortunately, gift giving often contributes to that stress, whether it’s because our budgets are stretched really thin or we don’t like to shop or we don’t know what to buy. Giving and receiving gifts should bring…
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5 Things to Love about Fall & Winter
Some Thoughts for People who Don’t Love Fall and Winter This definitely isn’t an article about pumpkin spice lattes (which I don’t like, much less love). Instead, it’s an honest look at 5 things I do really love about fall and winter, with some serious soul-searching about choosing to look for the things we love…
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Smoothies: Healthy and Simple
I knew smoothies were healthy, but I didn’t know they were so simple to make! Smoothies are simple to create. Some of you may laugh at me and think that everyone already knew that. But on the chance that there’s someone like me out there, who has perused the smoothie recipes online and given up…
