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It’s Okay to Do Absolutely Nothing When Facing Big Changes

big family life, education, family, stay-at-home mom
It's Okay to Do Absolutely Nothing When Facing Big Changes

***Ad Disclosure Statement: When you purchase through links on this website, we collect advertising fees.*** Do any of you ever feel so subconsciously overwhelmed that you just feel like doing nothing? This week I definitely did not do “absolutely nothing.” In fact, I picked up all the boys’ school-issued materials for virtual school, set up and then re-set up work areas, and figured out how to work these new Chromebooks. That was a lot of things that I DID accomplish. […]

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15 Fun and Simple Games to Start Your School Day

4 kids, attitude, big family life, home school, homeschool, stay-at-home mom
15 Fun and Simple Games to Start Your School day

When this whole crisis home school fiasco started, John David, our resident first grader, sat down beside me and laid out exactly how his school day usually goes. He fully expected our distance learning day to mirror the way things run at regular school. Oh, boy, was he set up for disappointment or what? However, this did give me good ideas. This year John David has a teacher who makes school very fun, so she is someone I should be […]

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My New Book, Tour Israel in Pictures & Stories, with a Giveaway

Archaeology, books, travel
tour Israel in pictures and stories

Hurray! It is finished! I feel like everyone already knows this, but I forget that not everyone is a Facebook junkie like me. Many of you may have no idea. How could I have forgotten to ALSO let my blog readers know something that I am this excited about?? Have you ever done something so new and exciting to you that you almost don’t even know what to do next? I mean between the book publishing and the earth-shattering news […]

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The Cookie Fiasco: All That Work for Nothing

Bible verses, faith, family, food, stay-at-home mom

A couple of weeks ago I found out that the ladies’ ministry at my church is going to have a cookie contest. It is really more than just a contest, it is a luncheon, but at the luncheon there will be a cookie contest. Then the cookies are delivered to teachers at a local school. We are giving back to our community with something pleasant like Valentine cookies. Now I am a regular attending member of our church, and also […]

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10 Minute Meals for When You’re Injured, Over-Scheduled, or Just Plain Tired

big family life, chronic pain, family, food, stay-at-home mom
10 minute meals

Super easy 10 minute meals are all I have time for lately. Have you ever had a phase like that? This week I had to stay off my feet. I had plantar fasciitis in a mild, I-can-handle-this version for 4 months. A little over a week ago, it turned into big, fat roaring don’t-you-dare-take-a-step-on-these-feet plantar fasciitis. It hurt! I did go and see a doctor about it. He gave me some anti-inflammatory medicine, and he told me to stay off […]

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My Attempt at Baking with Mary Berry

big family life, books, food, stay-at-home mom

***This side includes Amazon ads. We collect advertising fees when you purchase through these ads.*** Have any of you watched The Great British Baking Competition on Netflix? It may not sound like much, but it is addictive. Alan even watched it with me sometimes. I’ve seen every single episode of all the seasons, so we don’t watch it anymore, but I watched it around the clock last year. On the show, there are 2 judges. Well, really there’s 3. For […]

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My 10 Favorite Memories from 2019

accomplishment, answered prayer, Army Wives, family, military life, stay-at-home mom

Can this also double as our year-end Christmas letter? I’m thinking it can. I’m going to do these in order of the year and my memory. Most things that happened have been forgotten, of course. But here are 10 happy memories. #1. The snowed out promotion ceremony All set for a stressful day at the Pentagon, when SURPRISE, snow buried D.C., and we got to have Alan’s promotion ceremony in the comfort and relaxation of our own home–in the basement, […]

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Of all the places, which one did you like best?

Army Wives, beach, military life, moving, Real Army Wives
of all the places, which one did you like best?

This year we moved AGAIN. Did I mention that already? Maybe I’ve brought it up too much. Sorry about that., but moving is everything. Where you live and who you’re surrounded by, that’s your life setting. I was at the eye doctor this week because I’d run completely out of contacts and haven’t been to the eye doctor since 3 states ago. The eye doc asked me many of the usual questions, including this one: Of all those places you’ve […]

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Ow!! What just stung us at the beach in the Gulf of Mexico? Jellyfish?

beach, science, travel, vacation
Ow!! What just stung us at the beach in the Gulf of Mexico? Jellyfish?

I didn’t get a single sting this year. Hurray! But Alan and two of our sons were swimming around when they all began to realize that their legs were stinging, all of them! It wasn’t a terrible run for cover ordeal, just a, “Hey, I’m getting out

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