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Wine4.Me, my wine app, launches TODAY!!!
Wine 4.Me is finally ready for YOU! After years in development, I’m thrilled to announce that launch day for Wine4.Me, the wine app I’ve been developing to empower casual wine drinkers and help people find new wines they are sure to love in a total intimidation-free zone is HERE! Yes, you can click right on over…
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Week 9 of the Bible in 90 Days begins today
I don’t know about you, but time sure is flying for me! So much so that you might have noticed I haven’t been keeping up with my Bible in 90 Days posting so well this session. This frustrates me a bit, as I’d like to be here for you quite visibly each step of the…
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Am I Pretty?
I saw a post in my personal Facebook stream about a friend of mine’s wife who wrote “Am I Pretty?” a book to help her daughter and other girls as they come to terms with who they are and what to value. Before I even bought the book, I knew this would be a great…
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Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
Looking for something delicious and easy to make to add to your menu plan this week that’s definitely not turkey? I’ve got an answer for you: Creamy Chicken Enchiladas from Jessica Fishers new book, Not Your Mother’s Make-Ahead and Freeze Cookbook (NYM Series). Jessica allowed me to share the recipe on my other site, VineSleuth…
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Bible in 90 Days: Day 89
The Bible in 90 Days reading for Friday is… Cover to Cover Plan Wooo-Hooooo!! These last two days are grace days so you might already be finished. :) Are you finished? Please let us know in the Bible in 90 Days Finisher post. Still reading? Let us know how you are doing here so we…
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#B90Days Week 5 Resources & Check in
Have you hugged your mentor this week? Please take a few moments and let your mentor know how you are doing this week. Are you caught up? Flying? Struggling? Please be sure to check in with her and let her know. She is investing a lot of heart in you, so please reach right back…
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Bible in 90 Days mentor groups are at capacity
Wow! Again there are sure a LOT of you interested in reading the entire Bible in just 90 days with our (amazing and dedicated) crew of volunteers! As you can see from my sidebar on the right, we have quite a team of leaders helping people just like YOU read the entire Bible. Unfortunately, though,…
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Summer Fun in more than 40 cities…
Looking to beat those boredom blues and have a blast with your kids this summer? Click on over to Mom’s Travel Tales where I’ve listed links to more than 40 bloggers lists of fun (and often frugal or FREE) stuff to do in their hometowns. This is a great resource for staycations and vacation. And…
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Summer Fun in more than 40 U.S. Cities
Looking for some summer fun? Want to get ahead of the “I’m boooorrrred” refrain? Yesterday I shared my 2012 Houston Staycation and Vacation Guide with tons of great activity and live performance ideas for Houston, Texas… and I’ve got more to come. If you aren’t in Houston, I can still help. I’ve joined forces with…
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Support the Arc & cook with some of Houston’s best…
The Houston based non-profit, Friends for Good, will host a cooking class at Central Market in Houston featuring chefs from Green Beans and Guacamole, a cookbook for-a-cause supported by exceptional Houston restaurants, on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Guests attending the Central Market cooking class will watch as a star-studded lineup of Houston chefs, including Chef…
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Planning a real vacation… at home
Have you booked your plans for Spring Break yet? Wanna go see something fun and different with the kids and get a little relaxing in? Want to enjoy all your favorite foods—just the way you like them, or maybe try something a little more exotic? Sure, I love boarding a plane and taking off for…
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Acts in 28 Days Week 2
I’m sorry I am a day late in posting this week’s schedule. Yesterday’s appointment with the surgeon, and then the flooding in Houston, took more of the day than I anticipated. Here is the schedule for this week’s reading: Monday (yesterday): Acts 7 Tuesday: Acts 8 Wednesday: Acts 9 Thursday: Acts 10 Friday: Acts 11…
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Advent Activities for Moms and Families
You might have an advent calendar ready to go for your kids, but what about you? Do you have something set for you to get a refreshing treat each day of Advent? I have an early Christmas present for you again this year. In 2008, I created an advent calendar for myself and some local…
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Time Management for the Holidays
Time management is tough enough, but when you throw in all the extra celebrations, meals, activities and everything else that comes with the joy of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, things can reach overwhelming right away. I’ll admit it, just writing that sentence was a bit overwhelming… Only two weeks till Thanksgiving vacation.. really?!…
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Friends: One of the best things about travel
I love seeing new places, trying new things and meeting new people. Travel allows for all of those things. One of the best parts of travel, however, is really connecting with people all over the world, even when ‘all over the world’ means just a couple states away from home. Traveling to a far away…