Splurging is something that I hear people talk about a lot. We splurged on our getaway. We splurged at the restaurant. We splurged on our car. We splurged on groceries. We splurged on this…we splurged on that. I have never done a scientific study on splurging and no I am not an expert on it….
ARE YOU PREPARED? Maybe you aren’t a Black Friday shopper. Maybe the thoughts of stepping out of your house on this day brings your blood pressure to a whole new level. Maybe for some, you have been counting down the days and have been planning for weeks, how you were going to “survive.” When I…
Yesterday we attended our first college volleyball game! Not that we really ever have “former” youth group kids as they will ALWAYS be a part of our life, but one of our youth group girls who graduated last year, is playing for Bethel College. Her parents and Kari’s sister were heading out there and we…
You are shopping with a friend. You see a GREAT deal, but know that you don’t really need it. You think “eh, I’ll just pay for it later.” Cha-ching. You pay with your credit card. You go to the next store or even shop a few days later and say the same thing. Then the…
The past 3 Saturdays have become a new “normal” for us in the spring and fall. The biggest fundraiser that our youth group does is take out docks/boat lifts for various people, on various lakes. Moving out to Minnesota, I hadn’t really heard much about this “job.” Living near Lake Michigan, the docks were permanent,…
I feel like it has been awhile since I have given an overall life update, so here’s what’s been going in the Sterk’s life lately: Our life these days, has a different “excitement.” There were so many changes and so many circumstances to process, that I felt I could have blogged 3 times a day….
