I realized late last night that I had totally screwed up!!!! I’m blaming it on the bad migraine. Yesterday was my 13th Blogoversary!!!!!! And I missed it. Well, we’re just going to pretend like I didn’t miss it and celebrate anyway. I mean, how often does one become a teenager. My blogoversary yesterday also means that it’s been 13 years since we found out that we were expecting a precious little baby, our daughter Damaris who will also become a teenager this year (I’m not old enough to have a teenager!!!!! Somebody help!!!!!! At least I have a few months… read more

Sorry that I missed out on InstaFriday last week. We were out of town and I just didn’t get the post done. But that means you get two weeks worth of pictures today – two for the price of one!!!! These are last week’s photos. 1 – Definitely in West Texas with the miles and miles of what I call windmills (Damaris kept correcting me, “Wind turbines Mamma!” 2 – Love Chick-Fil-A’s new grilled chicken nuggets. Definitely works for those of us eating gluten free! 3 – Any guesses where we ate dinner? 4 – Here’s another hint. Did you… read more

I’ve been reading the Day in the Life series at Simple Homeschool with much interest. I know that every homeschooling family does things differently. We each have to do what works for our individual family. I love to see what others do and am many time inspired to try different tactics or adjust a suggestion to something that might work for us. As a woman living with fibromyalgia (a disease characterized by chronic widespread pain [my major pain areas are back, hips, and legs] as well as a host of other issues – brain fog, depression, sleep problems, fatigue, migraines,… read more

The 30 Day Blog Challenge is over and I think it went very well! We had quite a few bloggers participate, some once, some several times, some most of the time, some all of the time. It was amazing! I got to know some bloggers better and I got to meet some new to me bloggers as well. Now that the challenge is over, well, actually back about a week before the challenge was over, I started thinking about what might be next. I knew I didn’t want to do another every single day challenge right away. As I pondered… read more

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. ~ G.K. Chesterton If you’ve been a reader here for long, you know I’ve been keeping a gratitude list for about a year after being inspired by Ann Voskamp on her blog A Holy Experience. This year, Ann has challenged us to participate in the Joy Dare. You… read more

The giveaway is over and I have used Rafflecopter to choose a winner. The winner is: Congrats Beckey! I have contacted Beckey via email and she has until Thursday to respond to claim her prize of a Through the Looking Glass necklace. If she doesn’t respond by then, I’ll choose a new winner. If you weren’t the winner (or even if you were), don’t forget to do some shopping at a 10% discount at Shabby Apple. Simply enter imonmyway10off when you place your order (expires 2/21/12). Don’t miss out on my current giveaway – a Vineyard Music’s “I Love Your… read more

Album Description: “I Love Your Presence” was recorded live at the Burn Bright: Worship and The Kingdom Of God conference, hosted by Vineyard Worship. Several hundred worship leaders and worshippers gathered in the Arizona desert to explore the nature of God’s kingdom through music and teaching with some of the Vineyard’s most gifted communicators and musicians. This inspiring collection of songs recorded live at the The Vineyard Church North Phoenix will immerse listeners in the powerful worship that was the highlight of the event. “I Love Your Presence” reminds us to not just think of worship as singing songs, but… read more

Welcome to Day 30 of The 30 Day Blog Challenge hosted by me, C.C., here at I’m On My Way and my online BFF Jamee at A New Kind of Normal. Today’s assignment is to post a blog post of a photograph of yourself and three good things that have happened in the last 30 days. Make sure you grab the 30 Day Blog Challenge button (use the code that’s in the box below) to post in your blog post and once you publish your blog post, enter your link below so we can look at each other’s posts. Damaris… read more

Holy and awesome God, your Son’s authority is found in integrity and living truth, not the assertion of power over others. Open our imaginations to new dimensions of your love, and heal us of all that severs us from you and one another, that we may grow into the vision you unfold before us. Amen. So please leave a comment 15% off on all gift purchases. Coupon code: 15OFFGIFTS Enjoy 10% off all purchases through 2/21/12. Coupon code: imonmyway10off Image & Prayer from Revised Common Lectionary What do you think of this post?Educational (1) Interesting (1) Funny (0) Agree (1) Disagree (0) Like (1) Love (1) read more

Welcome to Day 29 of The 30 Day Blog Challenge hosted by me, C.C., here at I’m On My Way and my online BFF Jamee at A New Kind of Normal. Today’s assignment is to post a blog post about something you could never get tired of doing. Make sure you grab the 30 Day Blog Challenge button (use the code that’s in the box below) to post in your blog post and once you publish your blog post, enter your link below so we can look at each other’s posts. I love, love, love, love, love, love, LOVE, LOVE,… read more