Category: Your Home
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Getting ready to be Cupid
Before I officially begin this post, I need to ask my neighbors to leave. Sorry guys. I just don’t want to ruin it for you. Are you gone? Okay, now that it’s just us, and you don’t live in my neighborhood, I have to share what’s brewing at the 144 house: This morning on the…
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Day 25: Christmas Day!
Wow! Today is the day we celebrate our Savior’s birth as a baby on this earth! Here’s your assignment for today: At the end of the day, sit back and reflect on your Advent season. What new blessings did you enjoy this year? Thank you for spending this advent season with me. I hope it…
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Day 24: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Wow! Can you believe it is Christmas Eve? Here’s your assignment for Day 24: Read Luke 1-2:40 to your family or enjoy some quiet reading with yourself and God. Enjoy … See you tomorrow, when we celebrate the birth of our Savior!
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Day 23: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Christmas Day is almost here! Here’s your assignment for Day 23: Pray for yourself. And try to really listen. Enjoy … See you tomorrow.
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Day 22: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Christmas Day is almost here! Here’s your assignment for Day 22: Play Christmas carols and light candles while preparing dinner. Keep the music and candles going during dinner and have each person share one of their favorite carols. Enjoy … See you tomorrow.
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Day 21: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Christmas Day is almost here! Here’s your assignment for Day 21: Be a secret Santa. Give someone a simple gift and don’t take credit. You could leave baked goods, candy or a sweet anonymous note on a neighbor’s doorstep. Enjoy spreading cheer… See you tomorrow.
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Day 20: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Christmas vacation has begun for the kiddos! Let’s have a party at home. Here’s your assignment for Day 20: Have a hot chocolate and game night tonight… heat up a few cups, add marshmallows and stir with a candy cane. Here’s a crockpot recipe if you’re inviting more than a few… Give your games a Christmas…
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Day 19: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Wow! Christmas is almost here! Today is my kiddos’ last day of school until 2009. Here’s your assignment for Day 19: Pray for your children’s teachers and school administration. (If that is you, then pray for your teaching and your role as your child’s teacher.) Enjoy… See you tomorrow.
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Day 18: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Wow! We are one week away! Here’s your assignment for Day 18: Pray for a person with whom you have a strained relationship. Hope you find this prayer time enlightening… See you tomorrow.
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Day 17: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 17: Get ready for Christmas part 3: Ask your kids what they would like to do over the school break. Make a point to do at least one realistic request. Enjoy planning some fun… See you tomorrow.
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NPR’s Holiday Reading List
Since I now so often have little ears in the car with me, I don’t get to listen to NPR in the mornings or evenings as I did in my pre-mom days. Tonight my husband came home and asked me to listen to a beautiful story that aired today on NPR about a family who sets…
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Day 12: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 12: Pray for your immediate family… as a group and as individuals. Enjoy sharing God’s love again… See you tomorrow. PS You might consider rounding up some apple cider and cinnamon sticks for tomorrow.
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Day 11: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 11: Pray for your extended family. Write down your prayer for at least one individual and mail it to him/ her. Enjoy sharing God’s love… See you tomorrow.
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Day 10: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 10: Look through old Christmas pictures. Enjoy… See you tomorrow.
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Day 9: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar
Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 9: Read John 1:1-18 to your family or enjoy some quiet reading with yourself and God. Enjoy… See you tomorrow.