Today I am the proud owner of a brand new GE stove in my kitchen. Joy bubbles up in me when I see that shiny new top with no chipped enamel or stains that even a Magic Eraser can’t get off. May I brag that I now have convection and air fryer features in my…
We went to buy Matt new shoes. He was looking for good quality, to keep his feet well enough to exercise, and he was dropping a good bit of his stash of birthday and Christmas money on these shoes. “I probably will need new tennis shoes one of these days,” I muttered absent-mindedly, as I…
Last night Matt installed the new showerhead I requested for my birthday. We stayed in a hotel on our way to Wyoming this Christmas, and the showerhead was amazing. I decided right then that this was the gift I was going to ask for. Matt thought I was weird, but I told him we do…
Since becoming a certified financial coach, I have now listened to upwards of 600 hours of Ramsey and Jesse Mecham financial podcasts. Since you may think that’s nuts and don’t want to do the same, let me deliver to you the one word that I have heard the most: intentionality. Dave Ramsey would say that…
I drove to church the other night in a dense fog and knew right away that no one was going to attend the class I had to teach. Who would want to go out on such a dark January night in pea soup? As I write this, it is now a frigid but bright January…
I took Matt’s aunt into the Whitefish urgent care to have them look at what we thought was her sprained ankle, and I rolled her out in a wheelchair, after x-rays revealed tibia and fibula fractures. They took the x-rays and then brought a full cart full of casting supplies into the room where we…
That three-year-old now treats me with disdain when I go to tuck him in for his nap, if I dare try to pick him up and lay him down on the bed. He throws me a saucy look, grabs big handfuls of the comforter and pulls with all of his might to get on the…
It’s time for all of the “I’m gonna’s.” This year I’m gonna lose 20 pounds. This year I’m gonna work out six days a week. This year I’m gonna drink less soda. But have you ever, at the beginning of a fresh new year, resolved to change your language around something instead of your behavior? …
I was sanding plantar warts off of the bottom of my feet with a pumice stone just now. Covering them with duct tape for a few weeks got rid of them for months of pain-free walking. But they just started to return, so I’m back in the rotation of covering them for the night with…
Matthew brought home a new phrase a while back, from old Scotland. “Hurkle durkle,” he said. “It means to lie in bed, without guilt, long past time to get up.” This has now become a common expression in our home. It didn’t help when I put a new cozy blanket on the bed. It is…
My little grandsons were restless, but it was bitter cold outside, so I took them to the crawlspace for entertainment. We go there often. Those little boys love nothing better than going to a secret cave under the house with flashlights to explore. I sat down on a Rubbermaid and let them look for treasures….
My mother-in-law had her pacemaker replaced recently, and I accompanied her to her followup visit. She sat down in the chair, and the doctor stood at the counter with her hands over the computer keyboard. “I’m going to slow down your heart a little bit, so you might feel a little lightheaded,” she said. What…
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