Recipe: Christmas Crack

We have our first Christmas this weekend.  My mom and her four sisters still get together to celebrate with all their children and grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.  I am so lucky to have a large, loving family.  Even though not everyone can always make it (my husband and boys can’t this year) those of us…

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Book Review: Orphan Train By Christina Baker Kline

ORPHAN TRAIN: A NOVEL By: Christina Baker Kline Published: April 2, 2013 I had been hearing how wonderful this book was, but I didn’t realize how wonderful until I began reading it.  If I could have shut out the rest of the world and read it in one sitting, I would have.  ORPHAN TRAIN shifts…

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A Little Monday Inspiration – Move-mber

The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself. Running will do that. Marc Parent As part my challenge to MOVE every day in November, I have named the month Move-mber.  I’m not part of a challenge with anyone else, this is just something to inspire me and challenge me to make changes…

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Memory Verse for the Week

This week I chose a verse that is one of my favorites and yet one I need to be reminded of on an hourly basis.  I rush through each task without really absorbing what I am doing, what I am reading, what I am saying or hearing and am always thinking about the next thing.…

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Motivated Moms Planner Winner

Using Random.org, I have chosen a winner from all the entries in my google form.  Thanks to all of you for entering and telling me how you found out about the giveaway.  I showed that all my forms of marketing are important.  Today’s winner found me from a giveaway linky on another blog!   Random…

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Book Review: The Vintage Teacup Club By Vanessa Greene

THE VINTAGE TEACUP CLUB A Novel By: Vanessa Greene Published: November 5, 2013 Fiction In this debut novel by Vanessa Greene, we are swept away to England for a touching story of friendship and how a vintage teacup can bring three women together for a lifetime.  The story begins with Jenny, a bride-to-be in search…

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