Work-in-Progress Wednesday: New Month, New Challenges

Can you believe it's July already??  Happy July 1st!  We're halfway through the year! Well, since it's Work-in-Progress Wednesday and the beginning of a new month, I wanted to share with you what my monthly challenge goal is for this month.  Last month was a fail (again!), but I have high hopes again for getting through another challenge.  This month, I want to go through these two challenges: 31 Days to Pray for Your Spouse 31 Days of God's Provision First, as I am reading more and more about marriage and how men work, I want to be the best…

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Worst. Vacation. Ever. (Stepping Back to Find the Positive)

If I had to rate bad vacations over the course of my lifetime, I'd have to rate this one as #2 worst vacation ever. (#1 was a trip to the beach with my parents and step-brother that was just awful, but that's a story for another day.) On saying that though, my good holidays such as once staying in accommodation from Exceptional Villas definitely outweigh the bad ones. One of my favourite ever trips was our cruise. We saved up for ages and treated ourselves to one of those fly cruises, where you fly somewhere and take a cruise from…

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20 Blogs You Must Follow

About 2 1/2 years ago, I posted "Blogs You Must Follow," where I shared a list of my favorite blogs.  Over the last two and a half years, my list has grown in some areas and shrunk in others.  But regardless, I have to share my latest and greatest favorites.  I'm not making the most of my favorite things if I'm not sharing them with others!  Here are the latest blogs you must follow: (in)courage - My all-time favorite blog!  Lots of posts from many Christian lifestyle bloggers.  Daily inspiration and encouragement, book clubs, and community groups.  They also post great…

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday: Working On Me

This week is a week off.  You wouldn't be able to tell, though, because I planned everything out in advance.  That's the nice thing about blogging--working ahead is pretty easy.  It's catching up that's tough. Well anyway, this week I'm working on me.  I'll probably post in a week or two about my plans for this week, but I'll just say I'm doing a lot of walking, for one.  I'm drinking a lot of water, because it's REALLY HOT, so I think this will be a really good week for weight loss and getting back into regular exercise and water…

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Summer Rules: Aiming for a Meaningful Summer

Do you make your kids work of over summer break? I do. But it's not what you think. I'm not breaking any child labor laws--don't worry. :) What I'm talking about is not making my kids earn an extra buck here and there (although they do like to do that at Grandma's house!). Instead, it's about teaching them the value of hard work, avoiding summer learning loss, and teaching them that it's not okay to be lazy. I usually have to go round after them doing everything again as they're not as thorough as I like to be, for example…

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