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Challenges for Lent: 40 bags in 40 days and some religious stuff too

March 5, 2014 by Jill Leave a Comment

I’ve been in kind of a funk lately and I’m hoping some Lenten challenges will help me spring forward into a better mood. Care to join me? Here’s my 5 things I plan to do … daily-ish:
1. It’s kind of simple, clean one target area each day for 40 days (take one day off a […]

Thoughts on a Thursday: Reaching out

February 21, 2014 by Jill 3 Comments

It’s been a week since I posted. Sheesh. I did write a post for a different blog though. It’s part of my ‘reaching out’. You see, with my 3 ring circus and how the winter has been, I’m feeling the pinch of being a stay at home mom right now. Because I’m really staying at […]

…and then I read those words…

February 7, 2014 by Jill 1 Comment

“your donation helped a family today. 🙂 Thank you”

…and tears filled my eyes. Someone with a new baby is going to be using our hand me downs, hand-ups, and will hopefully be able to better their lives because of it.

Pure joy.

Why your husband being your best friend is a blessing AND a curse

January 30, 2014 by Jill 1 Comment

As soon as the Christmas trees are clearanced out, hearts and candies and frilly cards are in the stores. A lot of us have just gone through the travesty of traveling with their kids to 15 relatives houses who all are perfectly mobile but think ‘it’s too far for me to drive’–forgetting that traveling with […]

Thoughts on a Thursday: Is it really that important?!?

December 19, 2013 by Jill 1 Comment

Hey YOU! Yeah you! That thing that’s bugging you? Let it go. Do something nice for someone else. Forgive, forget, and show the love that has been shown to you over the years. Whatever you celebrate, whatever your joy, share it with the world. Recapture some innocence this holiday season.

…singing loud for all to hear

December 8, 2013 by Jill Leave a Comment

Tonight the big kids were in our church’s production of the Christmas story. I had to get it all second hand, but Matt got some good recordings and a few pictures. Keeley was an angel. Brennan was Mary. They let Keeley have a microphone a few times and Brennan ran giggling up and down the […]

Random kid update- B at 2 years

November 12, 2013 by Jill 1 Comment

Why do we teach kids to say cheese anyway? Ruins their natural smile. Lol.
In a few weeks, she won’t be our baby anymore. She’s potty trained with very few accidents when you ask her often if she has to go, she has her own room, loves her stuffed pig and is nearly always smiling.
The only […]

A helping hand

May 27, 2013 by Jill 1 Comment

Something I want to pass down to the girls (and any future kids) is the ingrained notion of being a helping hand wherever it is needed. Sure, helping other people takes time, most of the time it doesn’t garner any glory (unless you’re part of a civic organization that tracks specific outlets)… perhaps it gains […]

Troubled mind

May 21, 2013 by Jill 1 Comment

I have a troubled mind. Our local school system (jr high/high school) has been out for a few days due to terror threats. The Oklahoma thing, and all those storms are headed our direction. I’m having some slight medical issues, nothing important at this point, but just enough to be worrisome. I’ve got a 4 […]

Growing a mother

May 17, 2013 by Jill Leave a Comment

We ended our Mother’s day festivities last night with a Mother/Daughter banquet at our church. My mom made the 80 mile trip (nabbing an award for being the farthest traveler) without my dad as he caught a cold at the last minute and didn’t feel like traveling. Since Brennan had just seen her, and had […]