Where to Find Cheap Food: A Comparison of Grocery Stores

family, food, moving

  Ever since we moved to the South, I’ve been on the hunt for the best grocery prices. I blogged about my findings and my favorite stores in my area over at Engaging WorkLife. I hope you’ll give it a read. I included some good grocery tips, and I hope you’ll share your money-saving ideas with me too. I’ve disabled comments here so you can show Engaging WorkLife some comment love. Here’s a snippet: “Eggs were 69 cents a carton. Milk […]

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2 Month Moving Update

family, love, military life, moving

I guess life has settled down into a new normal here at our new casa. Thus begins the 1st year that you move somewhere. Oh, how I love that first year. (That’s sarcasm.) This is the year when you walk around confused because you don’t get it yet, and you don’t know how to fit in either. You leave extra early to get places because 8 times out of 10, you are going to get lost. It’s a year of […]

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The Importance of Joy

Bible, Bible verses, blessings, joy
home school vs. private school pros and cons

I have been focusing my Bible reading on joy this past month. See, I have every reason to have joy, but I also have just enough daily life aggravations to sometimes forget to experience joy. And that left me wondering, “People are always saying to choose joy. How do you do that? Is it a choice?” Sometimes it is a choice, and you can focus your mind in such a way, and pray, and be doing right things so that […]

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How do you get more self-discipline when you work at home?

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Apparently, for a perfect article, you’re supposed to solve a problem for the reader. (See, I’ve been reading up on it. Fat lot of good it’s done me.) So I feel like I should apologize to all of my readers. Have I ever solved ANY of your problems? Noooo–unless your problem was you needed to feel better about yourself. If that is the case, I am HERE for you, man. I will tell you how short I fall of the […]

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The Book–I had an exciting break through!

books, family, letters to war, military life, writing, writing a book

I don’t know if you remember, but before I gave birth to JD, I was writing a book. Yes, that was over three years ago now. I haven’t touched it that whole time. I can’t write that particular book anymore. It’s not the book I want to write at this time. Each morning I open my inbox in hope of seeing a blog job offer that I will want to take on. This week I had opportunities to review a security […]

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Decorating the New House: Autumn Style

decorating, fall

Something has happened to me since I sent the boys back to “regular” school. My days opened up a bit, and I began to have fun keeping house again. I have especially been enjoying decorating for fall! Confession: When I actually set all these out, it was the middle of August. I figured if people can decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving is even over, then I can decorate for fall in August. Don’t ya think that’s fair? Having just moved […]

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A Scary Wake-Up Call and My 3 Part Plan to Return to Health

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20 minute a day to a healthier body

I reached a low point the other day. I was standing in the Wednesday night supper line at church with my two smallest boys, and I had what could only be described as some sort of hypoglycemic brain shut down. As in, my brain stopped functioning for a solid 2 minutes. It was embarrassing. I know those women in the supper line will probably always think I’m bonkers now. John David and Daniel were standing beside me, clinking their trays […]

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My New Stay at Home Mom Job: Just JD and me (and the blog)

family, funny stories, parenting, preschool, stay-at-home mom, three year old
my new stay at home mom job

I LOVE being a stay at home mom. No, I mean literally. I LOVE IT. I always have. This is my pace of living y’all. Yes, I have to get up BEFORE 6am now to drag sleeping boys out of bed and drive them to school, but that is the ONLY down side. My life is so free now. I made a schedule on day 1, just to make it all feel official. Then I took the notebook I wrote […]

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A Place to Write Out Answered Prayers

answered prayer, attitude, blessings, family, God, God provides, prayer

Yesterday we sang this song at church. I wish I could remember the name of it, but it was something like “Do you remember?” I could not stop my tears while singing this song. Sometimes, I have this problem that once my water works start it feels impossible to turn them off!! All of a sudden, I lose all ability to be tough or cool. I become total mush. Does that happen to you? It’s embarrassing, but it’s healing, and sometimes […]

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An Unexpected Blessing and Friend

big family life, family, military life, moving, prayer

Something special happened to me this week. We have been on such an emotional roller coaster this year, and we’ve had new obstacles to manage the past couple of weeks. When one member of a family meets a set-back, the whole family meets it too because we are each other’s support. I cannot write about it because it wasn’t mine to write about, but I felt it almost as much as he did. Don’t worry. Everyone is safe and sound, […]

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