I’ve had a terrible time lately finding time to do book reviews!   In an attempt to catch up on months of neglect in one fell swoop, I’m going to tell you briefly about each of the books I’ve gotten recently. E is For Ethics contains several dozen short stories about various ethical dilemmas and...
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Help Haiti Live is an awesome concert sponsored by Compassion International. It’s happening Feb 27th in Nashville and will be streamed live online.  Don’t miss it! Help Haiti February 27th – HelpHaitiLive.com from Compassion International on Vimeo.
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Yesterday I was bemoaning all the drama that seems to happen in our house on a regular basis. Seems like we can’t make it an hour without someone losing their cool over something. Later in the day I happened to chat with another mom who looked a bit frazzled. “It’s my...
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Today I posted my recipe for greek style yogurt over at myrecipes.com
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The story goes that women were polled about the type of commercial that would catch their attention. Popular answers included a muscular guy, a guy on a sailboat, and a guy on a horse. Thus this commercial, which we played enough times at our house that several of us now have...
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One day when Heaven was filled with His praises One day when sin was as black as could be Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin Dwelt among men, my example is He Word became flesh and the light shined among us His glory revealed Living, He loved me Dying, He saved me Buried, He carried my sins far away Rising,...
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I joined a women’s community choir in January and am absolutely loving it.  It is taught by the awesome Linda Walker, who taught our kids choir for several years, and who also has an adult women’s group.  We are learning some gorgeous music, and I am learning lots more about singing, which makes me...
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Our house isn’t especially small, but it is full of people!  That’s why I was so delighted by this series of small-house pictures on flickr.  This is a perfect example of beautiful functionality in a small space. ~~~~ Updated to add:  The beautiful uncluttered-ness of the above pictures has inspired me to embark on a bedroom-cleaning...
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One of the biggest challenges of parenthood is encouraging good behavior in kids.  When you adopt older kids who have had difficult past experiences and who don’t start out knowing the family rules and who also need time to bond to mom and dad, that challenge gets even tougher.  Recently I came across a...
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