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It's time for Happy Homemaker Monday!    It's so nice to have a laptop again and to be able to blog!  I've missed HHM!   The weather outside is:::: Today is spring like for Michigan!  50s and sunny.   On the breakfast plate this morning:::: For breakfast today I'm having boiled eggs, 1/2 an onion bagel and an orange.  As I look outside my window::: Outside I see my new bird bath and bird feeders.  Overgrown grass too :/  Right now I am::::   Thinking about too many things!  As I look around the house:::: I see that a lot of hard work was done over the weekend!  I also see more to be done!  On today's to do list:::: TO DO: Work Homeschool with Emme Refill bird feeders Sweep kitchen floor  Currently reading:::: I am reading "What Happens When Women Walk in Faith" by Lysa Terkuerst for my current Bible study.  I'm also reading "The Great Gatsby" along with Jake and Emily.   On the ...

Inspired by the prompt at (This week's word is "short")  Spring breezes through trees Green buds bursting overhead Short days are over

It's time for Menu Plan Monday over at Organizing Junkie !   I haven't been all that great at menu planning lately, but I am trying to get back in the swing of things.   BREAKFASTS:   This week I am going to make breakfast sandwiches.  An egg, turkey sausage and light cheese on an English muffin with a piece of fruit.   LUNCHES:   For work lunches I try to go through my fridge at the end of the week and come up with something I can put together that will keep me from wasting food.  This week I have a bag of spinach, green onions, sausage, some mixed vegetables, 3/4 jar of pasta sauce and lots of bits of different-shaped noodles.  I am going to make a veggie pasta bake!  With it I will have a yogurt and piece of fruit.   DINNERS:   MONDAY:   Chicken and vegetable stir fry  TUESDAY:     Pork Carnitas  in tortillas with a green salad  WEDNESDAY:   Spend the evening with my kids...

My coworker and I have been talking a lot over the past two weeks about the sheer unaffectedness of our hearts over the worlds' tragedies. We are both Christian women who try our best to do what is right.  We are church goers.  We are family women.  We worship and praise through prayer and music.  So how is it when multitudes of people are killed on the other side of the world we only take a moment out of our days to think "oh, how awful.  Those poor people".  And.  Well.  Maybe a quick prayer goes up for strength and comfort. But that's about it. Is it just us?  Are we the only ones that have become quickly numb to the horrific monstrosities of ISIS , the eruptions in Chile , the quake in Nepal ?  Those are just a few of the things that are happening around the world.  We have fires, tornados, abductions and so many more things going on right here in the US as well. The world we live in is getting more and more explosiv...

Welcome to Ubiquitous Grace! I had names for this blog tumbling around in my head all day.  I finally woke up from a muscle-relaxer-induced nap (more on that in a minute) with the words "ubiquitous grace" in my head.  I wasn't even completely positive exactly what ubiquitous meant, so I looked it up: "existing, or being everywhere, omnipresent" - Dictionary.com.  How perfect.  God's grace is everywhere I look, so in honor of Him - the name of my new blog! I haven't blogged regularly in some time.  I am glad to be back! This morning on Fox News I heard one of the reporters talking about "fridge friday".  The theme of the slot on the show was about how much food that the typical American wastes.  Apparently overall, 40% of all food gets wasted at some point between production and us throwing it into our garbage cans.  So fridge friday is something this reporter does in order to use up what's in his fridge instead of throwing it out.  I...