“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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  • Someone Else for a Day

    They say you don’t know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes. Who would I want to be for one day? Whose shoes do I want to walk in? I don’t want to walk in anybody else’s… Continue reading

  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 40 – Promise  Keeper 2 Chronicles 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king,… Continue reading

    Daily Bible Study
  • 26 February – What I’m Thankful for Today

    Good evening from warm Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA where the temperature is 35 F and feels like 32 F at 10 PM. There’s still snow on the ground despite how warm it got today. I’m happy. (Smiley emoji) It’s a… Continue reading

    26 February – What I’m Thankful for Today
  • Most Ambitious DIY Project

    My most ambitious DIY project I ever took on was that of becoming a mother. The day I became a mother for the first time, I wish I had a parenting manual to show me how to become a good… Continue reading

  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 39 – Battle 2 Chronicles 35:20 After this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.  21 However, he sent messengers to… Continue reading

    Daily Bible Study
  • 25 February – What I’m Thankful for Today

    Good evening. I haven’t forgotten my thankful post before I end this day. It’s been a good day. It was another warm day in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA on this 25th day of February where the snow should be deep,… Continue reading

    25 February – What I’m Thankful for Today
  • My Fairytale – Chapter 4

    Here is the next installment of My Fairytale. As always, I would love feedback about the story, if you see any typos, if it doesn’t flow as it should, or what you think about it overall. 4 It soon became… Continue reading

  • Banned Word

    There’s only one word I would ban. It’s a word used so frequently people don’t even realize they say it anymore. It’s the F bomb. Bomb is what they do with this word. They bomb everyone with this foul word.… Continue reading

  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 38 – Celebration 2 Chronicles 35:1 Now Josiah kept a Passover to JEHOVAH in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He set the priests in their duties and encouraged… Continue reading

    Daily Bible Study
  • 24 February – What I’m Thankful for Today

    Today has been a very disappointing day. The temperature shot up to 50 F and the snow melted off my patio. We expect more of the same tomorrow, though not quite as warm. So ends the weather forecast. Very disappointing… Continue reading

    24 February – What I’m Thankful for Today