This week there was haRveSt on the Shoup farm. We had a drought this year and the beans could have been better, but it is always a fUn time of year because the colors are changing, the weather is enjoyable, and we finally get to reap the benefits of all of our haRd work. TheContinue reading “So God Made a Farmer”
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I’ve Gotta Feelin’
Having a RoUgH start to your week? Try my QuiCk fiX to reverse the feeling of a bad day. P.S. I don’t know HOW MANY times I’ve listened to this to give me a little boost. So much so that when this song siNgs from my office, my daughter immediately runs as fast as sheContinue reading “I’ve Gotta Feelin’”
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”
Use The Resources You Have
If you’ve been following our blog you may have seen me talk about dealing with an “All-Or-Nothing” mindset. I struggle with this thinking and am diligently working to change this crazy TrAiN Of ThouGht. Here is one thing that is helping me out a GreAt dEaL. I recently have adopted the thinking, “Use The ResourcesContinue reading “Use The Resources You Have”
Most Valuable Player
A month or so ago I had the opportunity to speak to a group of CoLLeGe students about following their DrEaM and fulfilling their PoTeNtiaL. I took this trophy along and told them how I had wanted so badly to be named the MoSt VaLuAble PlaYer in BaSkeTbAll my senior year of high school. Instead, on awards night, I took home theContinue reading “Most Valuable Player”
Blessing and a Curse
No matter who you are or where you came from, we all have CharacTerisTics that can serve as a blessing and a curse. Maybe you are GeneRous with money, which could cause you to struggle managing your finances. Maybe you are easy to get along with, but when it comes to standing up to people, youContinue reading “Blessing and a Curse”
My way is the right way!
When I first started dating my husband, he always said something that really stuck with me: “Different strokes for different folks”. It wasn’t as if I had never heard that before, but that day it rang a bell in my mind as to how we should ReSpeCt the way people run their lives. I thinkContinue reading “My way is the right way!”
{A Lesson From H.S. Seniors} – “Live Like You Were Dying”
I first heard this song at a HiGh ScHoOl GrAdUaTiOn sung by a group of SeNiOrS. What made this song so PoiGnAnT and left an ImPrEsSiOn was the fact that they had experienced, first hand, how short life can be. One of their classmates had died the previous year of cancer. They dedicated this song to her. I especiallyContinue reading “{A Lesson From H.S. Seniors} – “Live Like You Were Dying””
A Tough Balancing Act
I don’t know how many ConveRsatioNs I’ve had with Robynn about the importance having a good balance in my life. Balancing my business and watching my kids….balancing trying to achieve goals but not letting them consume me…balancing housework, family time and ME time… I have always been a black and white type of person, soContinue reading “A Tough Balancing Act”
Funky Vacation
This week I’ve been in a “funk” that I can’t seem to kiCk. Do you ever have those? We’ve talked or written many times about hitting the reStart button. I’ve been trying to hit the restart button for days now and it has frustrated me because I wake up and my feelings haven’t chaNged. I knowContinue reading “Funky Vacation”
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