A (Crunchy Chicken) Challenge

Crunchy Chicken, a blogger from Seattle, likes to issue challenges. And believe me, for mainstream America, some of these are truly challenging. Like the Diva Cup Challenge, Low Impact Week and the Cloth Wipe Challenge. This time she’s challenging us to chill out. Or, rather, to keep the heat off as much as possible this [...]

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside!

This morning we woke up to 30 degree temps and a frosty wonderland outside, as well as this:

Which led to this:
 (leggings)
And, for our morning walk and prayer, this:

Brrrrr!  I’m so thankful for our nice warm home (in which we haven’t even turned on the heat today)!

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Reminder

Note to Self: After going without food all night while you’re sleeping, be sure to eat a little something before you head out on your prayer walk in the morning, so you don’t end up bonking…

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Works For Me Wednesday

This week’s tip is a simple little one but it sure does help us. We were having a lot of trouble with the trash bag slowly working its way into the trash can, which created quite a mess at times. One day it dawned on me to use a large rubber band to hold the [...]

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Win a Dyson!

I want a Dyson sooooo bad!  Domestic Diva is giving away one of Dyson’s cute pink breast cancer awareness vacuums, worth $400!  And Dyson is donating $40 for breast cancer research for each pink vacuum cleaner sold.  You know you want one too, so head over to Domestic Diva’s blog and see how you can [...]

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A Giveaway!

ETA: Congrats to Kacy!  This giveaway is now over.  Thanks so much to all who joined in! 
Woohoo, it’s my first ever giveaway! I’m proud to be part of the Fall Y’all Bloggy Giveaway, a blog carnival hosted by Shannon from Rocks In My Dryer and Bloggy Giveaways. I’m offering you this fantastic set of cards, [...]

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Meal Plan Monday

 
Happy Monday, friends!  I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for this new week.  Enjoy your cooking this week, and eating all those yummy dishes.  The Lord be with you all this week!
Monday-leftover corn casserole
Tuesday-grilled cheese sandwiches & tomato soup
Wednesday-Southwest Slow Cooker Chicken
Thursday-Stir Fry
Friday-leftover Southwest Chicken
Saturday-Crystal’s Soup
Sunday-Spaghetti & garlic bread
Baking-garlic bread
Cheese & [...]

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An Epiphany and Ruing a Change

I’m not very pleased with myself. This week I walked a grand total of two days. Two! I want to be walking at least five days a week, so two is not cutting it. The way two days of walking in a week happens is that I get myself too busy during the day. I put the walking off. [...]

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Lyrically Spoken

Awhile back I bought the double album set, WOW Hymns. Wow is right! All sorts of wonderful hymns sung by contemporary Christian artists; I could listen to the album over and over again. The other day I was listening to music in the kitchen and “Trust and Obey” played (sung by Big Daddy Weave). I [...]

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Well Versed

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.
Colossians 3:23
This is one of my very favorite verses. I strive to fulfill it, each and every day. It reminds me to pour myself into pleasing the Lord in everything I do, whether I find it enjoyable or not. Cardwork, cooking [...]

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Talk About a Fiery Orange Ball…

Nope, not the sun.  Check out these pictures: 1, 2, 3.  Unfortunate but stunning!

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