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We finished our annual planning time on Wednesday and now it’s time to work the plan. Planning without execution is a futile waste of time.

Time for you to Work the Plan

ParentingJanuary 25, 2013478Views 0Likes 8Comments

We finished our annual planning time on Wednesday and now it’s time to work the plan. Planning without execution is a futile waste of time. I always end up with a big to-do list after our planning time and need to remind myself that most of these things are things we hope to accomplish over the…

Today we start our annual planning time. We've done this every year since 1995. We started out with one day, then a three day weekend, and have steadily added days until we are now taking a full week.

Planning Week, New Book, Free Adobe CS2 – Oh My!

ParentingJanuary 15, 2013529Views 0Likes 6Comments

“Man does not plan to fail, he just fails to plan.” ~Frederick Douglass Today we start our annual planning time. We've done this every year since 1995. We started out with one day, then a three day weekend, and have steadily added days until we are now taking a full week. For the next week Dan and I will…

This soup recipe has special meaning to us since a dear friend made it for us when our son Eric had leukemia and friends were bringing us meals.

Anyone Ready for Soup?

HomemakingOctober 17, 2012596Views 0Likes 7Comments

With a fire in the fireplace and a big pot of soup on the stove I’m feeling ready for fall. Then Jill at Blessed Beyond a Doubt said she was going to post all kinds of soup recipes and I decided to add one of our favorites – Potato Soup. This soup recipe has special meaning…

Why Would You Want to Have a Planning Weekend?

FamilyFebruary 6, 20121KViews 0Likes 2Comments

As Stormie Omartian discusses in her book, The Power of Praying for your Adult Children, “the Lord is very willing to reveal His vision to us. He desires for all of us to have His vision for our lives, to have our eyes opened to understand our purpose and calling so we can respond correctly…

Planning Weekend January 2012

FamilyJanuary 27, 2012978Views 0Likes 0Comments

What a whirlwind month this has been. We took an extended planning time this year – a full week – because we had so many important things to pray about and discuss. It also gave us additional time to be relaxed and enjoy our family a bit more since my husband’s job has been particularly…

Sin Always Takes us Farther Than we Thought We’d go

Biblical EncouragementJanuary 8, 20121KViews 0Likes 1Comment

This line from Lorrie Flem of Eternal Encouragement has stuck with me since I read it in one of her newsletters. “Sin always takes us farther than we thought we'd go, keeps us longer than we thought we'd stay, and costs more than we thought we'd pay. We really do become slaves to our sinning, whether…

I have to admit that there have been days when I thought my children were less than a blessing – and that’s saying it nicely.

Do You Find Your Children to be a Blessing or a Curse?

ParentingMarch 14, 2011711Views 0Likes 2Comments

Being a grandmother and needing photos of children for this post I chose to use my two darling great granddaughters. Two of the more recent quotes I've read about children are: “The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing. But our culture applies for curses and rejects blessings.” ~ Doug Phillips "I am going to…