How in the world, you ask, did it take you three years to buy living room furniture!
Well, there were extenuating circumstances. Let me explain.
When we moved three years ago, after 15 years in the same house, most of our furniture was well worn, since it was not new when we bought it; we…
Early in our marriage Dan and I had a desire to find a cabin that we could rent and return to year after year. We had some specific things we were looking for – privacy was high on our list. We didn’t want to stay at a resort with lots of business; we wanted to…
For years my husband has been doodling every time he has to sit and listen for any length of time - sermons, teachings, school. One time our pastor thought he was taking great notes, until he saw his doodling. Over the years, 24 in July, I've come to think of it as art.
Art or doodles...…
We were so blessed this weekend to have our former pastor and his wife stay with us while they taught a marriage seminar at our current church. We’ve know them for about 19 years. They’ve been with through some of the most difficult times of our lives, including our marriage struggles and our son’s leukemia,…
View from our family room
In Minnesota we say, “If you don’t like the weather just wait, it’ll change.” And change it did. We’ve been having temperatures in the high 40’s and 50’s, and all our snow was gone, then yesterday a blizzard hit. We’ve already gotten about 8 inches of snow and it’s still…
My husband is a great conversationalist. His secret? He actually talks very little, but he listens well and knows how to ask great questions.
We’ve used this to our advantage during our planning weekends that we’ve written about in our book “Purposeful Planning”.
I was recently asked for some of the questions we’ve used with our children…
If you are anything like me you have many projects started and very few finished.
I’m currently reading eight books that are all stacked, not-so-neatly, by my quiet time chair.
I’m working on a photo album/slide show for my son’s graduation in the spring. I know you are all going to think I’m absolutely amazing to be…