Lets Give Them Something to Talk About

The other day my family was innocently watching a movie on TV when I see a little brown mouse dart across the room.   I wish I could say this was something new for us, but unfortunately, living in the country, this happens more often than I would like to admit.   So my brave husband went and got his shoe and a bucket so we could catch it and kill it, and I stood guard behind the couch to make sure it didn’t get out.   The mouse finally came out and we almost got it, but it disappeared down the AC register. (Nasty right?) So I got out the chunky peanut butter and proceed to set 4 snap traps.   We tie the snap traps to the inside of our register and put them down the vent.   That sounds silly, but we have caught so many mice this way.   In the morning, when I went to check on the traps, I was overjoyed to see that I had caught one.   Now granted, I know that usually where there is one mouse that you see, there are many more that you cannot see, and that one mouse, most likely has a mate

Last night I determined that we were all going to go to bed early.   So at 8:30 (usual time is 9:00) we got the kid’s teeth brushed, got them tucked in and we were in bed by 9:00.   We had taken a long bike ride yesterday and then swam all day and frankly, I was just tuckered out!   I got a massive sunburn too!    Well the early bed time didn’t fly with my kids, they were up and down and up and down, needing this and that.   Finally by 10:30 they were asleep.   It was then that I was just about asleep and my dogs started to bark.   REALLY?   Come on!!!   I kicked my husband and informed him that his dog was barking (since he was the one that wanted the second dog) and that he needed to go shut it up!   So he got out of bed and took care of the dogs.   Finally – peace.   It was 11:00 and I twisted and turned and flopped all over the place attempting to get comfortable with my newly radiated skin.   And by 12:00, I had finally gotten to a spot and to a mindset that I could sleep.   At

Have you ever noticed that the things that we get the most defensive about are the tings that we need the most help in?   So I will suck it up and admit it – when it comes to house cleaning, I am definitely lacking in that department.   I think that the majority of us (except for those who are neat freaks) have at least one room in their house that they don’t want people to see or know about.   We do things to make sure visitors, don’t go in those rooms.   We lock the doors from the inside, we close the doors and when they go to that area, we yell – “no   no no – don’t go in there”.   The rest of our house could be spotless but there is always that one room .   For me – it is actually a couple of rooms: my storage/ catch all room that is rarely ever organized, our bedroom because I think making the bed is pointless and the kid’s bathroom.   When you are potty training a 2 year old, there is a lot that goes on in that bathroom.   The other day, my friend came over and didn’t give me a l

Most people do not wake up every morning wondering how they can make my life worse.   As a matter of fact, most people don’t wake up thinking about me at all.   They are thinking about their life, their day to day things that they need to do.   They are thinking about their family, God, work, kids, errands they have to run, COFFEE- but rarely do they wake up thinking of me in particular.   I know this, but some days I think that they just MUST be plotting all night on how to make me feel bad, or feel bad about myself.   It is like, everything that I do is judged by someone.   It isn’t always the same person either.   The thing is- most these people don’t intentionally hurt me.   They have plans with me, and life gets in the way.   They mean to call but never do.   They see me at walmart and don’t stop and talk.   They make an arbitrary comment in person or e-mail or on my Facebook status that makes me feel like a bad mom, a bad wife or an all around bad person.   I know that I am not

You know when you start working out (not that I physically do) how your muscles the days after are all sore and stiff?   Even if you did every step and every thing JUST the way your trainer taught you, you can really be feeling it in the morning. You dread any type of movement because you know what type of pain is going to follow it.   You know that you have to get up, get ready and get on with your every day life.   But movement isn’t always comfortable during those days.   It is especially uncomfortable if you haven’t ever worked out before.   We all know that our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit, and that for health reasons that we need to work out.   Working out gets our heart rate up, it makes our blood flow, makes us sharper, makes us more flexible, makes us stronger, leaner and more attractive.   So lets look at that in a spiritual way.   We start working out our spiritual muscles.   We have never worked them out before or have taken a break from it.   One day, we dive in

Recently, by reading the amazing Proverbs 31 Ministries devotions, I have been inspired to start journaling about how god is moving in my life.   Daily God can move, and work, and He does, we just don’t always take the time to notice.   Whether it is through a phone call, an e-mail or a facebook post, God can move in your life everyday.   Now God does answer prayer and if you SINCERELY ask it, God will start moving in our lives.   The Bible says in Philippians 4:6   “Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”   Proverbs 15:29 says “The Lord is far from the wicked but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”   Therefore, if you are righteous, then, according to the Bible, the Lord will hear your prayers.   First lets look at what it takes to be righteous.   Webster’s Dictionary defines righteousness in this way: “Free from guilt; morally right; acting in accordance with moral or divine law.”   He