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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Six Month Rule-Part One

In the day and age we live in where everything is instant and right at our fingertips with technology. We can be impulsive and make wrong choices or choices that are not in the right time. Have you heard the statements my eyes were bigger than my stomach. Using the six month rule...

Monday, September 29, 2014
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Bedtime Routine

Bedtime routines are important and also special. I know as a parent there are some nights that are not as easy as other nights. I try and remind myself before I know it they won’t want me to tuck them in bed and read them that same story book we have read 10,000 times. There are those...

Saturday, September 27, 2014
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Volunteer – Give Back!

Today my family and I are volunteering at our “All Church Work Day”. Our church hosts events like this throughout the year to provide an opportunity for us as members to get involved. There can be a multitude of different tasks involved: painting and building maintenance work, cleaning...

Friday, September 26, 2014
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Potato Soup Recipe

One of the many reasons I love autumn and winter is SOUP! I’ve never met a soup I didn’t like, and potato soup is one of my all-time favorites. I’ve tried a variety of recipes for making potato soup and I find most recipes are quite similar. One year the day after Thanksgiving...

Thursday, September 25, 2014
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100 Years from Now

In the beginning weeks, and months of marriage you are discovering each other in a whole new way. When you live together, you see much more of each other and see all the habits and preferences that you may not have been aware of before living together. You get to experience setting up a home,...

Wednesday, September 24, 2014
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Children and Honesty

As parents we desire for our children to be honest, not cheat, lie, or steal. I recently had a conversation with my seven year old about lying. He likes to say things to his brothers and then say “I was only joking”. Also this past week, someone threw a pillow at the three year old,...

Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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Envelope System

If you need help sticking to your budget the Envelope System works wonders. It is a proven statistic that people spend more money when paying with credit cards and debit cards verses paying with cash. When you are paying with cash you are more likely to think about what you are purchasing. How...

Monday, September 22, 2014
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Menu Planning

One of my little grocery shopping helpers. A great way to save money and gain some much needed sanity is to have a Menu Plan. It’s been my experience that when I don’t menu plan, preparing dinner is not as fun. I end up making more trips to the grocery store, and you know even when you...

Sunday, September 21, 2014
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#MyChurchStory

National Back to Church Sunday is this Sunday, September 21, 2014. Last weekend I blogged about how I was invited to church. You can read that post here: http://theblogaboutitall.blogspot.com/2014/09/national-back-to-church-sunday.html This week I am going to elaborate on how my...

Saturday, September 20, 2014
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When Your Child Hits or is Hit by Another Child

With three boys I am daily reminding them to keep their hands and feet to themselves. They like to wrestle, jump on each other and someone daily seems to be making unwanted contact with the other. These little angels hit....never! This past week my youngest son who is three hit another...