Last night at church, our student ministries pastor did an experiment to see if our youth would approach a new person that looked a little different. He had his brother in law come dressed in torn jeans, a t-shirt that had a scary picture, a green army jacket and a skull cap. He stood in [...]

Filed under: Blog, Ministry, Youth Ministry

I have been thinking a lot lately about the social networking sites that I am a part of, mainly Facebook and Twitter. I have many “friends” and followers. I am curious as to why so many people only post their status and never interact with the people that are reading their posts. I mean, if [...]

Filed under: Blog, Social Networking, Twitter, Virtual Assistant

I wanted to get a Wii for my kids because I thought that it would allow them to play fun games and help them to be active. We started saving our money to get one and then a friend of ours bought one for us as a Christmas gift (but gave it to us 2 [...]

Filed under: Blog

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are booming!  A lot of businesses are using these site to increase their customer base and get their name out there and they have a captive audience.  Read this post about Using Facebook for your business and then tell me why your business not utilizing these sites. Many business [...]

Filed under: Blog, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter, Virtual Assistant

  I started seeing stuff about SWAGBUCKS a few months ago in some of the blogs that I read but never took the time to sign up…until about a month ago when my friend Lisa Bayorek posted something about it on her Facebook status.  I thought “Fine, I will click on this link and see [...]

Filed under: Blog, Saving Money

I have heard it called many things, God stories, God Breaths, God Winks, etc but no matter what you call them, they are amazing! Have you ever felt like God places something in your day to make you smile and reflect on the fact that HE loves you? ~Some mornings when I look out my [...]

Filed under: Blog, Reflections

I have often heard people say how much they have sacrificed for their children & it has caused me to think about the word sacrifice. Webster’s definition: sac·ri·fice 1 : an act of offering to a deity something precious; 2 : something offered in sacrifice 3 a : destruction or surrender of something for the [...]

Filed under: Blog, Parenting, Reflections

Wow! It is cold here. The current temp is 14 with wind chill of 8. I had not really been paying attention to the weather since I had not been feeling well and yesterday my daughter went out to feed her bunnies & told me that their water was frozen. I made her bring the [...]

Filed under: Blog

I didn’t feel well the last few days of 2009. I had some pain in my tummy and just felt blah. I called the Dr on Jan 31 to see if I could be seen but she couldn’t get me in. That night, we went to my dad’s house to celebrate Christmas/Dad’s birthday/New Year’s. I [...]

Filed under: Blog, Prayer Requests