Category: From my Journal

  • Money, Money, Money Month reminder

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    All you readers out there learning about money with me this month, here’s a heads up: Tomorrow is Tuesday, so I’ll be posting an update as to what I’ve learned in my reading of The Millionaire Next Door then. If you are also reading any books on finances/ money, please consider posting on your blog…

  • Weight Watching Wednesday: Smart Snacking

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    Snacking gets a bad rap… because it is most often junk that we snack on. But if you change that to healthy snacks, and plan for them, you could actually be doing your body a favor. At Weight Watchers, they suggest you eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. And I would bet…

  • Chew away those calories

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    I don’t know about you, but when I bake, my fingers often just happen to fall into the batter or frosting or dip for just one lick. How else could I better slide the rest of it in there without my fingers? (Never mind that a spatula would do the trick, my fingers are right…

  • Let Weight Watching Wednesdays commence!

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    Today I got back on track. I swam laps at the Y for 30 minutes and then went to a Weight Watchers meeting. And I was pleasantly surprised that I had only gained 1/2 pound in the 4 weeks I was away. Of course I would have preferred to have lost, but that brings me…

  • Money, Money, Money Month, week 2

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    As I mentioned last week, this month my ladies’ discussion group is reading books on money/ finance. Since I cannot invite you all into my home twice a month for dinner, wine, prayer and fantastic conversation, I thought I’d at least virtually invite you for conversation, if you’d like. And this invitation is for every…

  • Money Money Money

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    Now that I’ve got your attention, I’ll explain: I’m really tired. And I should really be in bed sleeping. So I’d love to tell you all about the ladies’ discussion group I hosted tonight and all the interesting things we discussed about September’s reading topic of healthy eating. But I am exhausted. So I’ll try…

  • Who knew Boy Scouting could make me cry?

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    Yesterday I finally made it to the Scout Shop to buy needed Tiger Cub supplies. This is my son’s first year in Boy Scouts, something I hoped would happen and really just kind of assumed would happen. My dad was a Boy Scout. My brother was a Boy Scout. I was a Girl Scout and my…

  • I love a carnival, a blog carnival, that is

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    As a new blogger, I have really enjoyed all the blog carnivals that I’ve come across in the blogoshpere. These features offer a fantastic way to learn about all sorts of other blogs and gather lots of great information. Plus, a few of them have motivated me to get a more home chores done by…

  • Any Healthy Eating readers out there?

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    Two weeks ago I invited you to join me in expanding our minds, or sharpening our tools, (if you want a little blog title tie in) by reading new books and sharing our discoveries at least twice a month on Tuesdays. September’s topic is healthy eating, and my original reading choice was “What to Eat”…

  • Thanks to those who keep us safe

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    It is so easy to forget what our soldiers are doing all over the world for us. It is so easy to get caught up in the politics of it all and not realize that those soldiers are real people, following orders to keep us safe so we can live our lives in almost any…

  • Take a break from Ike… It’s Vegas, baby!

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    While Ike was pummeling Houston, I was off gallivanting about in Las Vegas, celebrating a friend’s wedding. So when I wasn’t checking my email (members of my MOPS group in Houston were sending status updates to each other), checking Houston  weather blogs, and calling my husband with information updates that I was able to collect…

  • Random thoughts on my Hurricane Ike experience

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    Driving north out of Houston Monday night I saw 20 -30 utility trucks heading south into the Houston area. I saw tanker trucks likely filled with much-needed gas and several container trucks, hopefully filled with food and other needed supplies. My cell phone battery was nearing exhaustion. With my charger already in Dallas, and not…

  • Cleaning out the ‘fridge, Ike-style

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    Sunday I returned home for a few hours. I was fortunate enough to catch a stand-by direct flight to Houston, and, to make it an even better, I had driven myself to the airport Thursday, so my husband’s car was there waiting for me. Cha-ching! I was so glad to be getting closer to my…

  • Menu Plan Monday: Ike Evacuee Edition

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    As many of you know, I often post our weekly menu here. It’s a great way to start off the week with grocery list in hand, and in planning out the meals I take a look at all the week’s activities, so I’m better able to tackle the week, as well. This week is a…

  • Ike Update

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    A tree fell on my neighbor’s house, opening the roof. I hear my husband is out there now helping to cover it with a tarp. Lots of trees are down in our area and no one near our house has power. My sister-in-law, who is not an alarmist, is at our house with her boys…