I turned on the Early Show this morning to make sure Little Man’s school wasn’t on a delay, saw this story and smiled. The Westminster Dog Show crowned Stump, a ten year old Sussex Spaniel who came out of retirement after a serious medical condition, its newest Best in Show.

I just love stories like this.
At [...]

It reached a high of 52º today. The sun shone brightly; it was simply beautiful. I’m sure it would have felt even warmer if there weren’t so much snow still on the ground.
Even though it was so warm, Little Man’s school was canceled.  Did I know that? Of course not. Since it was in the [...]

When Little Man was about Littlest One’s age, which is 14 months old today, I cleared out a kitchen drawer for him to use as his own, so he had a little place to put some fun kitchen toys like plastic spoons and plastic containers that were just for him to play with and bang [...]

You can’t live Up North and not embrace the snow, so this year my husband and I bought two new-to-us snowmobiles.
Snowmobiling is nothing new to my husband. He’s been driving them for years. I, however, had ridden one only once before, and that was on the back of my husband’s in the mountains of [...]

I wanted to get back into WFMW, but I didn’t realize until  a little bit ago that it was time. So here’s Works for Me Wednesday, Thursday Edition.
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I enjoy news magazines but I don’t enjoy the liberal commentary that comes with most of them. Time Magazine is probably the most popular, but its liberal slant [...]

Yesterday I posted the daily devotional from the Purpose Driven Life about whether your life has margins or is marginless. Today the devotional offers four reasons why we should try to widen the margins in our lives.
Here are four immediate benefits you’ll receive by building margin into your life:
1. Peace of mind. When you’re not [...]

I get a daily devotional from the Purpose Driven Life everyday. Most days I glance at the subject line and if it looks interesting, I’ll open it. Many days don’t interest me that much. I can’t tell you why the subject line “Margin or Marginless?” caught my attention today, but it did. I’m glad I [...]

NORAD is tracking Santa! You can follow Santa’s path throughout the world as he delivers his presents to the good little boys and girls. Virtually all of Europe is done already. It’s amazing how efficient he is. At the moment that I’m writing this he’s in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which means it should be a fast [...]

Today we are spending the day at home. I’ve got some last minute stocking stuffer shopping to do. When I get back, we are going to bake cookies for Santa as we watch all the fun Christmas movies on television. Later this evening, we are going to our church’s Christmas Eve service at 7pm. Tomorrow [...]

Pot roast to be exact was for dinner last night, and it turned out wonderfully! And it was really simple to make, so I thought I’d share the recipe.

2 teaspoons olive oil
3 pounds boneless chuck roast
1 onion, chopped
4 medium unpeeled potatoes cut into pieces
baby carrots – as many as you want
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 bay [...]