Faith Leaps by Alyssa Avant

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  Are you a mom passionate about starting your own home business?  Many times navigating this new dream can be scary and leave you full of fears and doubts about your own God-given abilities to make it happen.  If you are currently at a crossroads about turning your passion into profit, may I recommend a [...]

Spring Break In A Nutshell

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6- number of hours spent in blissful napping this week. 350- number of times I’ve had to listen to “Gagnum Style” since son discovered this song. Ugh. 2- number of babies cuddled and rocked. (No, we didn’t have any…they belong to family!) 1- But speaking of new additions to the family, number of cars bought [...]

The Donut House Coffee- #yourperfectcup

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The best donut shop in our town closed its doors a couple of years ago.  It was a beloved town staple that is surely missed by so many.  Anytime I stopped in, I was always greeted with a warm, friendly smile and hello from the owner “Mr. Jimmy", and I always ordered the same thing; [...]

Introducing Your Kids to Money Saving

It might sound bizarre at first, but introducing your kids to budgeting is a great idea. It is never too early to instill some financial sensibility into your little toddler. From the day they are responsible for their own piggy bank, kids must know the value of money. Like all other behaviors, you kids will [...]

Pettin’ Kitties

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My parents have a whole family (plus more) of stray cats who suddenly started taking up residence in their neighborhood a couple of years ago.  There are about five of them that show up at their house morning, noon, and night for a meal.  I suppose it doesn’t help that we feed them.  In any [...]

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted…

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It’s finally here.  Really and truly here.  I have been dreaming of this day since we went back to work after Christmas break. Spring Break is here. I have never been so glad to see a Spring Break in all of my teaching years.  I want to sleep past 4:30 AM.  I want to go [...]

Choosing The Perfect Birth Announcement

When my son was born, I couldn’t wait to send out birth announcements to announce his arrival to our friends and family.  I can remember looking over many internet websites to find the best announcement that captured our sentiments just perfectly.  Customized birth announcements were just coming into the market at that point in time, [...]