Admiring and Desiring

Have you ever known someone who had something or had a quality that you admired or desired?
Have you ever known someone who had something or had a quality that you admired or desired?
With all of these snowstorms that we’ve experienced in West Michigan, it has called for some creative activities in the house. I grew up with my mom having dried potpourri on the stove and that inspired me to try something myself. Stovetop potpourri. Though not dried and uses fresh ingredients, I have to say it…
Unbusy. Have you ever thought about what that word means? Pretty sure it is a word that is not part of our common vocabulary. In fact, it’s quite the opposite it. Busy. We are all busy. Someone asks how we are doing and we say “busy.” We think about what we have to do in…
Have you ever wondered what other people think of your home? I do… I have to admit that because I author an organizing blog there are high expectations to have our home put together. And in turn, others feel they have to apologize if theirs is not perfectly clean, when I come in because they…
Even MORE ways to save money? You bet! Why not? I just can’t get enough, so I hope you can’t either! I have been doing a lot of thinking on this subject and I have to admit, there are just some things you can’t necessarily “save money” on. Some things are what they are. Yet…
Written last week: This post, I write while I am sitting beside my hospital bed, waiting to hear if I will be discharged or not. As I gaze out the window and realize that I soon will be stepping into “the world” again, I can’t help but reflect on my life. Such a heavy thought…
Conversations are often about WHAT we spend our money on – not what we DON’T. Why change the direction of conversation? Because our culture is consumed with consumerism. You do not have to look far to notice that we are bombarded with kind “suggestions” on what we should spend our money on. Think billboards Think…