I love, love, love the crockpot.  It is one of the best tools to help achieve a more stress-free life.  If for some strange reason you haven’t gotten one yet, I URGE you to hop on over to to your favorite Stuff-Mart and get one.  And I mean NOW!  They are a ton of bang for your […]

The other day my children and I were standing in the front yard talking to one of my good friends.  My 8 year old said to her “Daddy is moving home next week.”  She thought “Oh my.  Has there been some trouble?  Did he move out and now he is moving back?”  I have laughed […]

Before we talk about those 5 little words that have become my latest revelation, let me say this:  I haven’t published a post in quite a while.  It seems like all of a sudden life turned into a whirlwind.  Well, maybe I should say, more of a whirlwind than usual.   I haven’t been able […]

With the world the way it is today, I sense an urgency to keep a tight grip on our families.  To do everything we can to create fun, interesting, challenging times spent together.   And in those times, sow into our children the morality, the ideas, the survival techniques, the practical matters of living that […]