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September Goals: 3 in 30 Challenge

September already! Finally cooling off too, I’m down to only running the AC in the afternoon most days….starting to think about fall foods, fall gardens and what I need to do to better winterize this old house…. August recap: Physical: … Continue reading

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15 Minute Housekeeping-3in30 Update

I love this new method of doing the housework! It got a little messed up this week as I needed to run some errands one morning, but it was so easy to get things back on track by adding an … Continue reading

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Not Just For Grown-ups

This morning we attended at the Episcopal Church in our neighborhood where I was a member before I married S. I always enjoy going there, seeing people I know and how much the children have grown. It’s good there in … Continue reading

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3 A Day Rotation: 15 Minute Housekeeping

The other day my clean three rooms for 15 minutes each went so well, that I decided to make a rotation schedule for our whole house and follow it for four weeks. I’ll be reporting in each week on how … Continue reading

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15 Minute Housekeeping

Housekeeping is just not a natural for me. I like having things clean and neat but I’d so much rather do anything but clean… I’ve been trying lately though to get the house clean on Thursday and Friday- all laundry … Continue reading

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Trying Things On

Yesterday I decided that we should start following our new schedule for the fall. I needed to rearrange things so that the schedule accounted for taking F to and from school and added in some specific things that have been … Continue reading

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Even the Dogs?

  The Gospel Reading today was the story of Christ and the Syro-Phoenician Woman. The passage is preceded by Jesus teaching that it is the things of the heart that defile not the things we put into our bodies in … Continue reading

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3in30 Update: Second Week of August

I missed the link-up last week, just had one of those days when I had too many things to do and not enough hours…. Here’s how things went this week: Cleaning off the table and half the counter before I … Continue reading

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Forgiveness (Turning Hearts)

This morning I was listening to this : And I thought: I am a Christian because I believe in the possibility of true and complete forgiveness. I believe that it is possible for my heart to turn back to yours … Continue reading

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Ten Ways to Restart a Bad Day (Turning Things Around)

Since my theme for the week is turning, here are ten ways to turn a bad day into a good one (or at least a better one). Pray for Grace: Right away in the middle of everything else, stop and … Continue reading

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