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Balance and The Crane
“Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.” Peter Latham I’ve been taking some time to reflect recently. I’ve kinda had a lot going on and tend to get caught up in the “business” of life and lose myself. Last night I had about had enough. The kids were going nuts, my husband was rushing around trying to fix like five different things at once, our dogs were chasing the cats…it was exactly like one of those “Family Circus” comics only louder! Anyway, I hollered at the kids one last…
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Sometimes Things Are Not As They Appear
Take a look at the photo above. What do you see? Illusions surround us every day. Things in our lives may appear one way but be very much different when given a new perspective. I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently. So many times I catch myself essentially judging things before taking the opportunity to look at them from many different angles rather than just mine. Not something I’m proud of but we’ve all got something, right? How many times have we seen an overweight person and just assumed they were fat because they were lazy? How many times have we seen a homeless person begging on the street…
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Live well, shall we?
I can’t shake the words that I heard this past Sunday from our priest during his sermon. He started his sermon by mentioning how we have telescopes to help us see things far away and magnifying glasses to help us see things up close. Why is it we can’t see clearly the things that are right in front of us? He went on to tell a story about a man who had recently gotten a phone call from a close friend of his. This friend had been very sick and was in the hospital for a few days, but was out now and doing better. The man was devastated. He…
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Cupcakes Anyone?
Ok, so I’m trying to come up with something dessert-ish for the kid’s lunches the other day and I thought about making cupcakes! The only problem with cupcakes in lunches is if you put the frosting on the top it will be a horrible mess by the time they get to lunch…not to mention the fact that there is practically no way to wrap a cupcake to even put it in a lunchbox in the first place. (Note to self, Self…invent a cupcake box similar to the neat sandwich ones they have at Wal-Mart!) Well, until I get to inventing the cupcake box I will simply do what I did…
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A Season of Change
I was reminded last Sunday during the sermon that Lent is about change. And in order for change to come about we must leave something behind. This “something” may be our old habits, maybe old friends or family members who are influencing our lives negatively, or even old goals that just don’t seem that important to us anymore. When we leave these things behind they are replaced by new things, right? New goals, new friends, new habits…things that move us in a more positive direction so we can progress through life and leave the world a better place than we found it. This is a wonderful theory but it’s based…
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Money Saving Tips For School Lunches
Having a large number of children, I often get asked “How can you afford to feed all of your kids?” The answer is simple, I’m cheap. There, I said it. The only way to feed 7 growing children in this day and age is to be thrifty. I don’t buy crap. My kids eat good, healthy, wholesome foods. I’m not going to pay good money to make my kids obese. Secondly, I don’t buy what I can make (or put together easily) at home. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard my girlfriends talk about how much money they sink into their child’s lunch account at school…
