“I don’t wanna grow up..”

WARNING- THIS POST IS FULL OF GENERATIONAL GENERALIZATIONS. Last night I saw an ad on TV for Botox.  The (mostly) women featured in the spot looked like they were barely 30 years old. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, botulinum toxin procedures have increased 28 percent since 2010 amongst 20 to 29-year-olds. Don’t…

To bake or not to bake..that is the question.

So I was casually scrolling around online the other day, marveling (as I always do) at photos of amazing food.. sky high cakes, Picasso-level cheese platters, Nutella mousse…(!!) bodacious burgers dripping with melted cheese, colorful cocktails with spirals of fruit peels pirouetting inside.. and I thought to myself: “Self?  You know what stinks is the…

How do you spell success? A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y

A wonderful thing happened to me yesterday. I shared a problem I’m having with a group of ladies at church; an attitude problem that I just CANNOT seem to shake… a problem that is slowly damaging a very important relationship. One of the women came up to me privately later and we talked a bit…

Well, that was fun..

NOT!! I just spent several days formulating our 2020 household budget..UGH!!! Step one was combing through our expenses for 2019..which was probably not that representative of a “normal” year thanks to a big move and a major home renovation. But the data was still informative.. and I was able to tease out a realistic budget…

Off the rails..

Wow. I love my new ‘Lion Planner’and one of the reasons why became clear to me this morning as I planned out my day, and more importantly, took a minute to scan my goals for the week that I had written down this past Sunday. What I discovered was this: While I’m getting a lot…

Because sometimes..

Sometimes it all comes down to what’s deep inside: Your faith, your will, your strength, your vision, your insistence, your confidence, your desire and your unyielding determination to fulfill God’s purpose for your life.