Monthly Archives: October 2011

Make your Priorities Convenient

Ever since I started dAtiNg Doug, we have always tried to read a daily devotion from our “Word Among Us” booklet we get every month.  I remember how SimPle it was to get this task accomplished in the dating and pre-kid days. There was very little room for excuses on why we couldn’t find a fewContinue reading “Make your Priorities Convenient”

Write It Down

We all know the saying, “KiDs say the CuTeSt things.”  I’m sure you have favorite stories of words of wisdom that came from your own children, grandchildren, and nieces & nephews.  We swap these little stories with family, friends, and co-workers but do we ever take the time to jot down these little glimpses ofContinue reading “Write It Down”

Lost In Translation

Do you ever have one of those MoMenTs in an email conversation or text where you read the comment and your response is, “That was RUDE!  I can’t believe they said that!” That is the unfortunate ConseQuenCe of written communication.  People don’t have the ability to interject tone or emphasis on particular words, and aContinue reading “Lost In Translation”

{Biggest Bang For Your Buck} – Special K Sour Cream & Onion Crackers

Lara and I love SaLtY cHiPs and when it comes to getting the {BigGest BaNg For YoUr BuCk}, we think these guys (Special K Sour Cream and Onion Crackers) pack the biggest “PuNcH”!  If you like salty and “Sour Cream and Onion”, give them a try!! Check out the nutitional information!!  There are a total of 27Continue reading “{Biggest Bang For Your Buck} – Special K Sour Cream & Onion Crackers”

{Yummy} Apple-Butter

Today I was HoPiNg to be in WeStOn, Missouri at their ApPLe CeLeBraTioN.  Weston is a quaint little pre-civil war town in the rolling hills of northwest Missouri with so much to offer.  I especially love their apple OrChArDs and PuMpKiN farms where you can pick your own apples and pumpkins.  The tractor-trailer ride to the pumpkin patch where my family visited hadContinue reading “{Yummy} Apple-Butter”

{Artist Alley} Love It!!

I recently picked up these BiRdS at my town’s fall festival a.k.a. {ArTiSt AllEy}.  I had been looking for birds for my mantle but just hadn’t been real ThRillEd with what I had seen.  Boy, am I so glad that I waited and found these guys.  I love it that they are so UniQuE, colorful (the onesContinue reading “{Artist Alley} Love It!!”