Today felt more like a hydrant day then a dog day! Building our dream home is quickly starting to feel like more of a nightmare lately. I won’t bore everyone with the details of all the problems that have happened over this last week other than to say that there comes a point that all […]
Life is full of unexpected events, changes, and uncertainty. Sometimes those changes are exciting and wonderful, and sometimes they are devastating, painful and hard. C.S. Lewis is my favorite author. I have learned many important life lessons by reading his books. One of his quotes that has helped me tremendously as I have dealt with […]
Nothing can lift the spirits of a crowd faster than putting on some great music and having an impromptu dance party! The last few days I have been attending a Girls Camp for the Young Women in our church group ages 13-17 and after a long, hot, uphill hike, the girls were worn out and […]
For those who do not have teenagers at home, the word Vacay means Vacation (according to my teen daughter anyway). I am still trying to learn the revised English language used by teens today – Deets means details, Deec means decent, Cray-cray means crazy, Tots means totally, and vacay means vacation. Spending last week at […]
My day started out on a great note. I was getting things done this morning and feeling a good sense of accomplishment. But by the time 10:00pm rolled around and I was just pulling into my garage from a very long and frustrating day, I was feeling grumpy and stressed out. As I came in […]
Last week I was traveling out of town and then I returned home and ended up sick in bed for the remainder of the week. I am not a person who is sick very often, and I am not a person who can handle slowing down very well, but this last week I didn’t have […]
Is there such a thing as too many choices? Are too many choices a bad thing? Are 31 flavors of ice cream better than 3? Do you want paper, or plastic, or the green reusable shopping bag? Do we want kiddie sized, regular sized, medium sized, or super-sized meals? There are a million options every […]
Our self-concept is made up of two things. The picture of ourselves performing today, and the picture of our ideal self – the person we want to become. The beautiful thing about our self-concept is that we can choose to replace the current picture of ourselves with the picture of who we want to be […]
Amidst having a pity party for myself for my ‘oh, so stressful’ week, I came across an article that was absolutely perfect for kicking me in the behind and knocking some humor back into my pity-party self: How To Have a Mental Breakdown in 11 Easy Steps –By Jason Kotecki Have you ever wondered to […]
We all have our little life rituals. Sometimes we are aware of them and sometimes we don’t even realize we do them until something causes a break in our ritual and we suddenly realize how important they were to us. We start out each day with our morning rituals. For me it includes having my […]
Only 21 days until Christmas! It is hard to believe. This time of year is my very favorite, yet it seems to fly by so quickly each year that I barely am able to appreciate and take in the Christmas spirit. I am beginning to realize that the only way to take control of ENJOYING […]
“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” – Mark Twain What a fabulous quote by Mark Twain! And SO TRUE! Worrying is a crazy thing if you think about it. It has no redeeming value as the act of worrying does absolutely nothing to impact the outcomes. […]
