Why can’t you just sponsor yourself? Let’s think about driving a car. You could teach yourself to drive. It is possible, people have done it; but it took time and lots of hard work. Plus, there are blind spots. Most cars are designed to give us the maximum view of our surroundings based on the…
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Instant Gratification Monkey-Resolving Procrastination
Watching Tim Urban, a self-proclaimed master procrastinator, present his hilarious TED talk on the subject of procrastination gave me hope for resolving procrastination in my own life. If you missed the video watch it here. I have spent the last two years asking why I can’t organize my days and accomplish what I want to accomplish…
I am Not My Addiction: God Says I Am
I am not my addiction. I am a child of God. Hello, My name is Tanya and I am a codependent. Hello, my name is Sally and I am an alcoholic. Phrases so iconic in our culture that anyone can finish the sentence for you. God never design me to be anything but his child. When…
How to Make Gingerbread You Want to Eat!
Let’s face it most gingerbread is for looking not eating. If sandwiched next to a chocolate chip cookie the poor gingerbread boys will die of loneliness. How to make Gingerbread you want to eat is a whole different recipe. Building houses and vintage campers with the gingery dough gets my creative juices flowing! But eating…
The Mom Village -Stories of Strength and Courage
I am thankful for the opportunity to participate in The Mom Village Project. As I gift I am offering my chapter for free. If you choose to purchase the book, 100% of the money raised benefits Agape in Action medical clinics in Guatemala. Paula Rollo of Beauty Through Imperfection speared head the project graciously allowing me…
Win the Battle with Your Time Wasters
Time wasters are serious business for a work-from-home mom. They rob us of the one commodity we must have to be successful–time. Battle Strategy Against Time Wasters #1 Know your enemy Time is not your enemy, but how you choose to spend it is. Write down the three biggest time wasters in your day. Examples:…
How Friendsgiving Saved My Marriage: A Love Story
Friendsgiving is such a strange term. All I can see is the cast of Friends, Ross, Monica, Joey, Rachel, Chandler, and Phoebe sitting down to a very late turkey dinner after some emotional struggle almost crashed their friendship. Isn’t that what all the episodes were about? A relationship issue that threatened to destroy the”Friends” bond. Be Sure…
10 Simple Christmas Wreaths You Can Make in An Hour
Make one of these 10 simple Christmas wreaths in less than an hour! We don’t even start to set up our Christmas Tree until after the second weekend in December. I often make the wreath for the door out of the trimmings off the Christmas tree we liberate from the national forest. This year…
What Do I Tithe to Keep God Happy?
Tithing stresses the protestant church out! What is a tithe? Tithe literally means 10%. What do you give ten percent of– money, time, goods, everything? The first occurrence of a tithe is long before God gave Mosaic Laws and set up a covenant with the Hebrews. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and…
