Author: Amy
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Daily Devotion: Esther 1
For the last month and a half we’ve read through the Proverbs together, one and a half times. I have really enjoyed taking in His wisdom each morning and listening to what God might be telling me. I hope you have also enjoyed the days in Proverbs and learned what He had in store for…
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Fitness Friday- Week 2 update- Why do YOU exercise?
It’s been two full weeks since we launched into exercising together here on MomsToolbox. How’s it going for you? In some ways it is getting easier to keep exercise in my routine, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t also getting harder at times, too. When my alarm went off Wednesday morning, I really thought about sleeping…
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Pre-order Good Cheap Eats— and get a FREE wine pairing ebooklet by yours, truly
So often people think that wine is for snobs or only for special occasions and fine meals. As you might guess, I disagree. To me, that is almost like saying food is only for special occasions. Wine is an agricultural product that can truly enhance the flavor of just about any meal, and paired well, any…
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Houston Area Wine Events in September
You might have noticed a few changes around here on MomsToolbox. Not too long ago I mentioned that I was moving my content from MomsTravel Tales to join MomsToolbox, and with the new header, I have also moved some of my wine content and series that were on VineSleuth Uncorked over to MomsToolbox, as well. It might…
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Daily Devotion: 31 Days in Proverbs: Proverbs 26
If you are reading with me, today we are on Proverbs 26. (Remembering what to read in the Proverbs is as easy as remembering the day’s date when you read them with me.) That being said: Today’s Reading: Proverbs 26 Using SOAP devotional method, here’s what I heard…
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Daily Devotion: 31 Days in Proverbs: Proverbs 25
August sure is flying by for me. My kids spent their first full week in school last week and I think I had my most productive week in years last week, as well. What was so great about it was that it was productive in so many ways. I got a lot of tasks done,…
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Fitness Friday: 1 Week report
Happy Friday, friends. As determined by my new trainer, Fridays and Sundays are rest days for me, so no exercising today. Instead I got to sleep in an extra hour and a half and my body got to recover. Cha-CHING! After exercising nearly every day over the past week, I cannot say that I look any…
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Daily Devotion: SOAP (Diligence) and holding your tongue
Wow! How did it get to be Thursday already? This morning I was up and out at 5 a.m to do my second round of weight training. I’m so thankful for that time! I’m also thankful for the habit I brought back last month of daily time in the Word. Here’s what grabbed me today…
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Managing Chores- Dishwasher Duty
How do you spread the joy, er… responsibility, of dishwasher unloading at your house? Because we can go in spells of running the dishwasher a lot or very little, I was struggling with finding the best way to share the joy of dishwasher unloading among all my sweet children. My kids are 8- 12 years old. Also,…
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Overall Update: SOAP and my new Pushup Perfecter
Good Monday morning! In an effort not to inundate my subscribers’ inboxes with lots of posts on one day, I’m going to attempt a somewhat daily update of the regular stuff for awhile and see how that works. I’ll use these posts for my daily devotional findings, exercise updates and anything else that I feel…
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Operation Intentional #Kindness: August Missions
This month’s assignments for Operation Intentional #Kindness are: When you get an email from your child’s school, or another organization of which you are a member, respond with a kind word back to the sender. Mass-sent notes rarely get kind responses in return. Make it a point to compliment three people before dinnertime. Look the…
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Adding fitness back into my schedule
This morning, after dropping the kids at school, I went for a fitness assessment with a trainer. You see, things a have gotten out of hand over here and I am not taking care of myself as well as I should be. Launching VineSleuth/ Wine4.Me, as well as managing the rest of my life as…
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Daily Devotion: 31 Days in Proverbs: Proverbs 13
Today marked the first day back to school for my three children. It is exciting and yet hard to believe that we now have a third, sixth and seventh grader. I remember so much about each of those years of my own schooling with so many smiles…. new friends, old friends, new school supplies, lockers, roller…
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A note to my subscribers of MomsTravel Tales:
It’s Amy of Moms Travel Tales here. Welcome to MomsToolbox! After blogging about travel at MomsTravelTales.com since 2009, I am making a move back to blogging about travel over at my home blog, MomsToolbox.com. Since I began blogging back in 2007, with the Cycling Mama (a WordPress-hosted site), I have learned so much. One of those…
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Bible Reading on the go with the Crossway ESV Bible App
I travel quite a bit for work and play. Since we started Proverbs this month, I’ve already been on two trips, with another set for tomorrow. To keep myself up to date in my reading, I most often read my daily devotional reading on my phone with the Crossway ESV Bible from the App Store.