If I know anything about my readers at all, I’m pretty sure that many of you have either just begun a group Bible study or you’re about to get started shortly. ‘Tis the season! Let me ask you a few questions about that. Do you usually complete the Bible studies you begin? And by complete, I mean do you successfully… Read More
There’s Gold in Them Thar Pages!
When I was a girl growing up in a small town outside of Atlanta, my family would take an annual trip to the North Georgia mountains each fall. Those Saturday or weekend-long trips would include three essentials: buying apples for the applesauce and fresh apple cakes my mom would later make, eating boiled peanuts from a paper bag (now you… Read More
The Rewards of Routine
I heard the other day from Dr. Oz that people who eat the same breakfast every morning are more likely to maintain their ideal weight than people who go scrounging for different things to eat every morning. Since I’m a lover of a wide variety of breakfast foods, I had a hard time swallowing that little fact. Still, I do… Read More
How to Resist the Urge to… Waste the Day Away
I’ll admit it: by nature I’m a procrastinator/lazy person. Not that I just sit around the house and sleep or watch TV all day. I don’t. But I sure would like to. Of course, at the end of the day I’m always glad I didn’t. And if I do waste the day away, because I give into the urge…, well,… Read More
Need to Burn Some Holiday Calories?
I admit it. I’m a cold weather exercise weenie! I love to get out and walk or hike, but I loathe exercising in the frigid cold. Of course, I also hate exercising in sweltering heat. That’s a dilemma for another day, another season. Now that winter is fast approaching and the morning and evening air is noticeably cooler, it’s a… Read More
How Do You Perk Up Your P.M.?
I’m a morning person. While I have as difficult time as the next person getting out of bed in the mornings, it’s a mixed bag for me. I lie there for a few minutes enjoying the sweetness of slumber, but I can’t linger between the sheets too long because I’m anticipating much more than I’m forsaking. Each morning I look… Read More