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The kids and I saw the Nancy Drew movie Thursday night and I wanted to share my impressions with you. Hopefully I can do it without too many spoilers. Like many of us, I grew up reading the Nancy Drew mysteries. I loved how the stories unravelled until Nancy had solved the case. Secretly, I […]

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I found a fabulous group writing project for moms. There’s even a prize! The topic is “three things I want my kids to …”  You fill in the blank. This post is my entry to that project. 1. I want my kids to experience the joy of a relationship with their Maker — to find […]

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Angela at Domestic Divapalooza has tagged me for the eight facts about me meme. Rules and Stuff The object of the game is to blog “8 Random Facts About Myself.” Here are the rules: 1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts. 2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits […]

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Thanks to a tool I discovered at Surburban Mum this blog got rated: I’m really glad, because I want this to be a family blog. Click on the tool above to find out what your blog is rated.

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Dana‘s post last Friday on Finding Purpose took me back to my own decision to leave the corporate world over five years ago. I remember how I agonized over that decision! I had truly come to believe what I had heard almost all of my adult life — “that it takes two incomes to get […]

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I found some fun blog listings of contests and giveaways for you: At 5minutes for mom there is an announcement for a July 4th Giveaway. At An Island Life there is a list of Contests and Giveaways. At I’m a Home Mom there is another list of giveaways. At Mom Blog there is also a […]

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One of our favorite restaurants (that boasts of excellent home-cooking) is decorated with signs all over the walls. On the signs are famous sayings that “Mom” used to say. The sayings include: “Brush your teeth” “If everyone else jumped over a cliff, would you jump too?” “Go to bed” “Pick up your toys” “Clean your […]

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Note: This post originally appeared when I was a guest blogger for Angela’s WAHM blog. Angela has consolidated her blogs and she now blogs at Domestic Divapalooza.  I’m recycling this post for your enjoyment. Recycling is a good thing, right? A few years ago I was sitting at a lunch table with four other moms. […]

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