What’s in the Box?
A couple of boxes arrived in the mail a while back. The return address is labeled Jostens, and I know exactly what it is. One part of me is excited to open the box, the other part of me wants to put off opening it as if leaving it unopened...
I Love Organizing….once I am done.
You know it is time to move when your house starts to look like this… I am fixing to try and get psyched up for a serious rampage of closet cleaning and clutter removal. This may take me a while—both to work up the mental determination to...
Organize Your Move with a Moving Notebook
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage,but everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty. Proverbs 21:5 Anything that requires planning and organization...
Organizing for the Move
Well, like it or not, here are some more thoughts on moving. In general, there are several schools of thought on how to handle the physical details of moving. 1. The first, and most effective-sanity-keeping method is called the We like it...
The Ornery Moving Hormone
If you are in the military, moving is a given. A fact of life. And actually, it is a really good part of military life….most of the time. (Particularly once everyone is happily settled on the other end.) Long ago, when all the other military...
Home is …a New Address Every Few Years
Any Military wife is all too familiar with the saying, “Home is where the military sends you.” Like it or not. If you want to survive as a Military wife, you have to embrace this mindset. Otherwise, you spend your time being...
Do Nothing From Selfishness…
Well, it is a new day and a new week and nearly a new month here in my corner of the world–Monday morning, February 28. I don’t know about you, but I am absolutely SHOCKED that tomorrow is March 1. (No snickering from the peanut...
Grace to Think Realistically
How are things with you in your corner of the world today? I have just eaten breakfast and the Lord has served up a slice of humble pie. I was planning on eating a sesame seed bagel, but I guess God wanted me to chew on something else. ...
Ever Catch Yourself Arguing with God?
Sometimes I catch myself reading a portion of Scripture with a bit of an argumentative attitude. Ever done that? When the words of God are shockingly different from our cultural mindset and worldly way of conducting life, it is easy to cross my...